Egbert the Early Bird is helping to get Shropshire Council’s School Attendance Week 2011 off to a flying start.

Shropshire Council’s Cabinet is to discuss details of the recent statutory consultation on proposed changes to education in Shropshire and decide on whether to proceed.

The A41 south of Whitchurch is now open (3pm on 12 July 2011).

Shropshire Council and Oswestry Town Council recently held a business employment seminar looking at a range of Oswestry issues and initiatives.

Shropshire Council has been awarded almost £5m following a successful bid to the Department for Transport's new Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF).

A statement on re-publishing the public notice relating to Wakeman School and Arts College in Shrewsbury, which will initiate another six-week statutory consultation period on the proposal to close this school.

An open evening due to be held at Walford and North Shropshire College on Thursday 30 June 2011 at 6.30pm, has been postponed.

Two teaching unions are holding a national day of industrial action on Thursday 30 June which will affect some schools in the Shropshire Council area.

Over the next few weeks, decisions are to be taken by the Cabinets of the four councils who own West Mercia Supplies.