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Coronavirus: Families encouraged to take-up rapid testing offer ahead of pupils’ return to the classroom

02/03/2021

Shropshire Council is urging households and support bubbles of school pupils and staff to attend one of the county’s rapid testing sites as children prepare to return to…

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Planning permission granted for bridge which will form part of major town gateway scheme

02/03/2021

A bridge which will link a proposed innovation park with one of the main gateways into a Shropshire town will provide a…

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Coronavirus: Further £6 million funding boost to help Shropshire businesses

02/03/2021

Shropshire businesses which have been hit by the current third Lockdown will be supported through a new £6 million round of grants.…

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Shropshire Council delivers UK’s first carbon-neutral highways maintenance programme

02/03/2021

Shropshire Council is currently delivering a £1m carbon-neutral highways maintenance programme, the first such programme led by a council in the UK.…

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News from our partners: How well is NHS 111 urgent medical care working locally?

02/03/2021
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News from our partners Healthwatch Shropshire From December 2020, NHS England launched a new system called NHS 111 First. If you have…

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Shrewsbury town centre enhancement work nears completion

02/03/2021

Work to improve pavements, crossing points, road signs, street furniture and road surfaces in Shrewsbury town centre is set to be completed…

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Grants available for groups providing Easter holiday activities

02/03/2021
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Groups and organisations that plan to deliver activities to children and young people during the Easter holidays are being invited to apply…

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Local support for residents with filling in their Census 2021 form

01/03/2021
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Shropshire Libraries are working in partnership with the Good Things Foundation to deliver local support for people needing help filling in the…

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National Offer Day for secondary school places

01/03/2021
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Today is National Offer Day, when the allocation of secondary school places is made to children across the country (Monday 1 March…

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News from our partners: Severndale Academy officially joins the Learning Community Trust

26/02/2021
Dr Gill Eatough, chief executive of the Learning Community Trust, with Sabrina Hobbs at Severndale Academy

News from our partners Learning Community Trust Shrewsbury-based Severndale Academy, which specialises in educating young people with learning and behavioural difficulties, has…

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