phil mackie, bbc news, shropshire.cination rates after a national audit office study criticised the current system for being "inconsistent". the report found targets for six out of seven pre—school jabs were being missed. there's been a fall in uptake of nearly all pre—school vaccinations, such as mmr, since 2012. the nao says there should be a greater push to identify vulnerable and under—served groups. now, the humble earthworm is the unsung hero of our ecosystem, playing a vital role in improving the soil. but, after carrying out the first major global survey, scientists say they're concerned about the dangers that worms are facing from climate change. our science correspondent helen briggs reports. every gardener knows earthworms are good for the soil. we don't know that much about them on a global scale. now the first global atlas of earthworms has been compiled, from 7,000 sites in 56 countries. it is hoped the findings will help protect the many species of earthworm living on all continents except antarctica. dr

reporter: bbc news, shropshire. laura: shakespeare' sonnets for ntstress can what an excel idea. before we go, we want to share police in colombia are srmrching for a senator who is give her guards watch you was at the dentist of a places. security cameras capture the from the first-story window. leshe thenon the back of awaiting motorbike. must have been desperate to get away from the dentist.remember,e of the day's news on our website. g am laura trevelyan. thanks for watchorld news america." announcer: fioding for this present is made possible by... the freeman foundation; by judy and peter blum-kovler foundaon, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs; and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. that's where... . man: she took me out to those weapons. i think we're off to a great start. newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: president trump publicly urges china and ukraine to investigate the bidens, doubling down on actions at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.en tha return to

reporter: bbc news, shropshire. laura: shakespeare's sonnets for stress can what an excelle idea. before weo, we want to share footage of a daring escape. police in colombia are searching for a former senator who is give her guards watch you was at the dentist of all places. security ceras capture the moment she used a rope to drop from the first-story window. she thenawled on the back of aiting motorbike. must have been desperate to get away from the dentist. remember, you can find much more of the day's news on our website. i am laura trevelyan.ra t thanks for watching "world news america." announcer: funding for this presentadion ispossible by... the freeman foundation; by judy and peter blum-kovr foundation, puamuing solutions for ica's neglected needs; and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. .. ws just up here. thathere... man: she took me out to those weapons. a i think we're off reat start. captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> woodruff: good eving. i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight: president trump publicly urges c

archive: we've brought you to shropshire, where vera is moulding clay pipes.rought home the weed. what elizabethans smoked is beyond belief. today, just one person here is making pipes the traditional way. i'm told this is where i can find the man who made this, and knows more about clay pipes and anyone else in the world. yes, i moved to this village, broseley, just over 30 years ago. started to dig my garden as a newlywed, i found some broken bits of pipe, and some had patterns and designs on them, and i realise that broseley had a history of clay pipe making, dating back nearly 400 years. 1630 was the earliest recorded pipe maker in the village. they were making them here up until 1957. now i've been able to carry on this tradition. and clay pipes have become a huge part of his life. how many clay pipes do you have? at the last count, about 111,000 clay pipes, originalantiques, that don't include the ones that i make. at one point in the 19th century, more than 6 million pipes were being made every year in this small shropshire town. when the pipe works wer

tim muffett, bbc news, shropshire. as one of your poems which is being played today on the underground at covent garden on the tannoy. carving. others can carve out their space in tombs and pyramids. our town cannot be trapped in cages, nor hope, no laughter. we let the moment rise, like birds and planes and angels to the sky. maternity is this. your breath the windowpane, living walls with shining eyes, the surprise of spires, uncompromising verticals. knowing we have been spared to lift our faces knowing we have been spared to lift ourfaces up knowing we have been spared to lift our faces up for one knowing we have been spared to lift ourfaces up for one more knowing we have been spared to lift our faces up for one more day into one more sunrise. that is beautiful. and it fits incredibly well actually with the idea of this poetry pharmacy and poetry and well—being. this is about living in the moment, isn't it, and not worrying about the past or the future? yes, it is about taking care, paying attention to what is hap

phil mackie, bbc news, shropshire.nfamiliar with procedures — pages were also missing from the maintenance log. a boost to mobile coverage in the countryside — the uk's four main mobile networks and the government are considering a £1billion plan to improve signal in rural areas. about one third of the uk currently has patchy or non—existent mobile signal — in so—called "not spots". the proposed deal — which includes ee, o2, three and vodafone — aims to get 4g coverage to 95% of the uk by 2025. barclays backs down after a backlash — the bank has reversed its decision to prevent customers withdrawing money from the post office network. there was fury when it said its debit card holders could deposit money but not withdraw cash from a post office counter from january. cancelling that plan, the bank said it recognised the facility was "valued by many communities in the uk". much excitement about a new release — but we're not talking about movies, it's a video game? i was worried we were going to go into an addition of the

, it is the biggest problem my council is facing because shropshire is a place where many people retire the resources to deal with all the people that need long—term care. deal with all the people that need long-term care. is itjust a danger that the queen today is just doing an election manifesto for the conservative party, because the reality is, if there is going to be a general election, how many of these 22 bills are actually come going to come to fruition?” these 22 bills are actually come going to come to fruition? i am glad you asked me that because i wanted to get this off my chest. we have asked for an election twice already and both labour and the lib dems have refused to grant us an election and now some of those people are saying they don't want an election, they want a referendum. so, this is a zombie parliament and we can't allow it to be a zombie parliament, we wa nt allow it to be a zombie parliament, we want a queen's speech to outline the things which matter to people in this audience, such as prison sentences and how we're going to be running the economy. we will get

this was shropshire earlier on this morning, a sparkling sunday after a pretty 5°99y a sparkling sunday. week by the front and they flow driving in showers and to scotland, but yes i's rain is moving away. this is the major and satellite combined, you can see the rain easing. you can also see where we have clear skies and sunshine. these showers enter the north had been quite a nuisance through the night and the are going to continue through the day, as well. they went will start to ease down and so hopefully the frequency and intensity of those showers will ease, too. still setting across northern scotland, maybe one or two isolated into the south—west and northern ireland. but the rest is, try settled and sunday, but cold. highs of 8013 celsius. those clear skies are set to continue, invite, the weather patterns a space in merthyr the night. we keep the risk ofa merthyr the night. we keep the risk of a two isolated showers into the north and maybe a little more cloud to the south—west. clear skies elsewhere those temperatures will really start to drop off quite sharply. the temperatur

sally is a writer, a magistrate and business coach from bridgnorth in shropshire.u know, i put something out on my community this morning and people we re community this morning and people were telling me that even in our town, i thought cabbage in our town was ok, but there are spots in the town where people have patchy coverage “— town where people have patchy coverage —— i thought coverage in our town was ok. there is a digital paradox going on. on the one hand we are getting more savvy, we are shopping online, banking online, booking tickets, theatre tickets, airline, things like that. when i am coaching businesses i am saying make it easy for people to give you money, take card payments if you are a rural business or a small business ora a rural business or a small business or a start—up, a rural business or a small business ora start—up, and a rural business or a small business or a start—up, and all those things rely upon having a good signal and a reliable signal that isn't going to cut out to mid—transaction. there is that side of things that makes it diff

that is the scene a bit earlier on from parts of shropshire.he west of scotland. 55 to 60 mph gusts here that blustery conditions for many of us. patchy rain in england and wales at the moment and into the afternoon heavy rain starting to develop in central and eastern parts. when that happens, further but it will become drier. heavy showers across scotland, but some sunny spells here. maximum temperature is 13 to 16. for tonight to the band of rain in the south—east will clear away but still some showers coming into scotla nd but still some showers coming into scotland and northern ireland. they will feed their way south and east on tuesday. some sunny spells but we will see heavy showers at times with temperatures 13 to 17. goodbye. you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: american businesswoman jennifer arcuri refuses to say whether she had an affair with borisjohnson when he was mayor of london. just for the record, you're not denying it? i am not answering. that is my record. the prime minis

been running a very good campaign particularly focusing on allegations in relation to telford in shropshireor generations now, certainly for a generation. this particular article reinforces the view which i share that many of the victims were criminalised themselves. not only where they abuse and never got justice, themselves. not only where they abuse and never gotjustice, but they were also forced to become involved in low—level criminality, criminal damage, shoplifting, drugs, that kind of thing, and they will carry those convictions for the rest of their lives, which means they have great difficulty in rehabilitating and getting work and jobs. their view and my view is that we should literally be expanding their criminal records. they were victims throughout and then they can get on with their lives. —— removing their criminal records. it is up to their criminal records. it is up to the government to take some action. you will know about this, but when i go into women's presence, a lot of the inmates that i meet are victims first. i am the inmates that i meet are victims first. iam not

beautiful start in shropshire. it was miserable here yesterday, wasn't it?ld friend is set to return. the northerly flow is now kicking and so it was feeling noticeably colder right across the country and we have got a scattering of showers. the showers have been quite frequent over the last few hours and will start to ease away from the far north of scotland. you can see a good slice of dry sunny weather run off and that is how it is going to stay for much of the day as well. enjoy the sunshine. if you have got it you will need an extra layer on if you are spending time outside. we will see the risk of some showersjust outside. we will see the risk of some showers just driving and across the final. one to enter south—west scotla nd the final. one to enter south—west scotland as well. and it is not going to warm out there. 7—iid into scotla nd going to warm out there. 7—iid into scotland and northern ireland. highs of 13 further south so far this time of 13 further south so far this time of year those clear skies continuing for the night temperatures have on

the uk's first ever poetry pharmacy, in ships castle in shropshire.busy. when there is space, i think i should be doing something. so the poem i have chosen, postscript by seamus heaney. sometime, make the time to drive out west into county clare, along the flag ashore in september or october, when the wind in the lights are working off each other. before she opened this pharmacy, deborah travelled the uk, prescribing poems for seven years. the thing that people most often want a poem four is to do with work stress or the pressures of modern life.” is to do with work stress or the pressures of modern life. i would like to be prescribed a poem to calm me. can poetry really have that much ofan me. can poetry really have that much of an effect on someone's mood and sense of well—being ? of an effect on someone's mood and sense of well-being? nothing like kind of proper medical treatment, or other therapy, really. but kind of proper medical treatment, or othertherapy, really. buti kind of proper medical treatment, or other therapy, really. but i think we

this is from one of a weather watchers in shropshire. see these wobbles and wiggles in the weather front, meaning that for the rainfall it will move southward and north again as we go through the weekend, more rainfall to come for many. that was the picture this morning with the rainfall, heavy bursts across wales, northern england, rain towards the south and showers in western scotland. for the rest of the afternoon, the rain across central areas will gradually move further south, there is sunny skies and north wales, northern england, southern and eastern scotla nd england, southern and eastern scotland and northern england. heavy showers into the west of scotland, quite breezy for many, particularly across southern and western coasts, gusts of up to 50 mph similar across the west of scotland too. maximum temperatures between 13 and 18 degrees. rain across southern parts will continue, a wet night to come, clear spells and showers across northern areas will allow temperatures to drop into single figures, but further south we will keep