Half of newborn babies who died at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust between 2021 and 2022 had been given 'poor' or 'very poor' care after being admitted.

'We are exhausted by the system': Parents let down by poor maternity care

I think to me, he will always be the boy from Bushbury with a starry-eyed vision of the future, writes ITV News Central Correspondent Charlotte Cross.

Liam Payne: The boy from Bushbury who became a global sensation

Plans to punish those responsible include criminal charges against water company bosses who fail to stop sewage being dumped in UK waterways.

New environment chief vows action on 'unacceptable' river pollution

Flood-ravaged communities along the River Severn have slammed cross border schemes between English and Welsh authorities for lack of flood support. 

Flood-ravaged communities on the England-Wales border feel left behind 

Poppy Russell was born and died at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford in April 2011, having suffered asphyxiation which a Coroner said was down to neglect.

Newborn baby girl died due to neglect at Shropshire hospital, Coroner finds

Amid growing calls for a public inquiry into maternity care, a damning report by the CQC shows services nationwide are getting worse - and less safe

Inspectors find maternity services are getting worse, and less safe

Severn Trent wants to lay a new outfall sewer pipe running from its works near Osgathorpe acoss Stephen's land - but he says he will "fight it all the way."

Landowner takes on Severn Trent in David-and-Goliath battle over sewer project

Andrew Lovesey was so ill, he had to go to A&E - where he was diagnosed with a bacterial infection linked to exposure to untreated water

'Working in the River Severn made me seriously ill'

The pilot scheme by the Angling Trust launched on the River Severn - and, a year on, anglers have consistently found dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals

River pollution: Shocking insight into the scale of the crisis

Caribbean culture can be found around the region and that's because the Windrush generation has influenced society and expanded its culture.

How Caribbean dance, music, and food came to England

ITV Central has been shown the results of a year-long citizen science project by the Angling Trust, laying bare the full scale of the river pollution crisis.

 Hundreds of anglers join pollution project exposing level of toxic chemicals

File photo. Lord Peter Mandelson pictured in July 2023.

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston explains how Lord Peter Mandelson might yet not be packing his bags for Washington DC.

Why Washington could reject Mandelson as Britain's next US ambassador

ITV News Political Editor Robert Peston breaks down potentially the most important diplomatic decision Starmer will ever make. 

Was PM blindsided by Mandelson reaction or did he hope to weather the storm?

Ruth Jones and James Corden attend a BBC launch event for Gavin and Stacey: The Finale, at Ham Yard Hotel in London. Picture date: Wednesday December 18, 2024. 

After the show's 2019 Christmas special ended on a cliffhanger, with a marriage proposal, viewers will hopefully get an answer on Christmas Day.

James Corden and Ruth Jones to give Gavin & Stacey ‘lovely’ send off

ITV News' Robert Peston looks at why the prime minister has given Lord Mandelson the UK's top diplomatic job to the US and what risks are involved

Why Starmer picked Mandelson for Washington

File photo dated 02/02/24 of Lord Peter Mandelson at St Mary the Virgin church in Primrose Hill, north west London. The UK needs to transform itself into a high investment economy to shift out of its low growth "doom loop", Lord Peter Mandelson claims, adding that he will will hit out at "persistent underinvestment". Issue date: Thursday October 10, 2024.

The Labour peer and former 'spin doctor' to Tony Blair would replace Karen Pierce, who has served as ambassador to the US since 2020. 

Peter Mandelson expected to be made Britain's new ambassador to US

The Queen's longtime hairdresser has spoken to ITV News about her decades-lasting friendship with Her Majesty.

Royal warrant for the long-serving hairdresser to the Queen

ITV News' Chloe Keedy reports from Avignon, France, after attending the sentencing of Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband and 50 other men in the mass rape trial.

Gisele Pelicot calmly faced the unimaginable in court for the final time

ITV News' Steve Scott speaks to Lord Seb Coe, one of seven candidates vying to become IOC president, about how the Olympic games could shape up. 

Charlotte Cross

Environment Correspondent, ITV News Central