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News from our partners: Visiting to all wards suspended at Shropshire’s acute hospitals

25/10/2020
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News from our partners Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) Visiting has been suspended to all wards at Shropshire’s two acute…

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News from our partners: Acton Scott Farm receives Rare Breeds Survival Trust accreditation

23/10/2020
Acton Scott Farm sheep and lambs

News from our partners Rare Breeds Survival Trust Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) has awarded RBST accreditation to three new organisations, including…

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October half-term: council urges public to stay safe when visiting Shropshire

23/10/2020

Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council are urging the public and visitors to stay safe to help keep Shropshire open beyond…

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(Ghost)busting Halloween waste myths: encouraging residents to get spookily sustainable

23/10/2020
Cover your face

Joint story with our partners Veolia  We all love Halloween for the pumpkin lanterns, costumes and decorations, but one of the scariest…

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£11m spent surface dressing 151km of Shropshire roads in major pothole prevention programme

23/10/2020
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More than £11m of Government funding has been spent surface dressing 151km of Shropshire’s roads since June 2020, to improve the county’s…

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Have a happy and safe Halloween!

23/10/2020
Why not craft a pumpkin to put on show?

With Halloween just around the corner, Shropshire Council is urging people to celebrate Halloween safely this year and help save lives by…

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Shropshire Council committed to superfast broadband

23/10/2020
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Shropshire Council is committed to bringing superfast broadband to the whole county, with 68,000 premises already given access in the last seven…

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Coronavirus: Using the ‘Swiss cheese’ approach to protect yourself and others from COVID-19

22/10/2020
The 'Swiss Cheese' approach

A stack of Swiss cheese can help protect you from coronavirus / COVID-19. Physically, it cannot. But the idea can. Think of…

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Coronavirus: Get tested if you have coronavirus symptoms

22/10/2020
Coronavorus symptom checker

People with symptoms of coronavirus – no matter how mild – are being encouraged to book a COVID-19 test as soon as…

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Shropshire Council urges people to respect the countryside in new campaign

22/10/2020
Respect Shropshire's countryside - image of Long Mynd

Shropshire Council is calling for visitors to the county’s beautiful countryside to be respectful so it can be protected for everyone to…

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