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Shropshire Local expands to support rural communities

13/09/2021
Shropshire Local Ludlow

Shropshire Local is expanding its services to rural communities across Shropshire and in the south of the county by launching two further…

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Innovative plans to support people with learning disabilities move forward

13/09/2021
Artist's impression of the supported living accommodation at Greenacres

A new and innovative development that will help support independent living for people with learning disabilities is starting to take shape. The…

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Shropshire traffic lights to be improved following funding award

13/09/2021
Traffic lights

Shropshire Council has received a boost in its effort to improve the county’s traffic lights, and to save money and carbon by…

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The detectorist and the sun pendant: how Bob made “most significant Bronze Age metalwork find” in last 100 years

10/09/2021
Picture by Shaun Fellows / Shine Pix Ltd. Pictured are Bob Greenaway (Detectorist) and Emma-Kate Lanyon (Shropshire Council's Curator of the Exhibition).

Bob Greenaway, a retired former engineer from Oswestry, found a sun pendant in an undisclosed Shropshire field in 2018. The stunning 3,000-year-old…

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Shropshire’s carbon-neutral highways programme in running for national award

10/09/2021

Shropshire Council’s £1m carbon-neutral highways maintenance programme – the first such programme in the UK – has been named as a finalist…

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Clee Hill housing development – an update

10/09/2021

Concerns have this week been raised by local residents in relation to a housing development in Clee Hill. Shropshire Council is aware…

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First phase of new ‘carbon neutral’ build at Harlescott Junior School now complete

09/09/2021
Completed: The first phase of the new build at Harlescott Junior School. Image courtesy of Pave Aways

The first phase of a new ‘state of the art’ school build at Harlescott Junior School at Featherbed Lane, Shrewsbury has been…

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News from our partners: People struggling to get treatment from a local NHS dentist

09/09/2021
Healthwatch Shropshire

News from our partners Healthwatch Shropshire Healthwatch Shropshire has just published a report into the experience of people trying to get routine…

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Coronavirus: Response to COVID-19 outbreak at ABP Shrewsbury 

09/09/2021

Shropshire Council is working closely with Public Health England and ABP Shrewsbury to manage a COVID-19 outbreak at the site in Battlefield.  …

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths locally during 27 August – 2 September 2021

09/09/2021
COVID-19 latest local figures 27 August-2 September 2021 infographic

During the seven-day period between 27 August – 2 September 2021:      967 new cases reported      A decrease of 14% on the previous week      The 7-day infection rate for Shropshire was 297.2 per…

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