Covid Watch 161: Anti-vaxxers are targeting Ludlow schools
andybodders Those that don’t agree with vaccinating children are targeting our local schools and schools across the country. They are using a fake NHS checklist to tip the balance in parents…
Covid Watch 160: Highest ever infection rates in Ludlow
Infection rates reached the highest recorded level in Ludlow last weekend at 520 cases per 100,000 people. That means 57 people living in the town tested positive in the seven…
Covid Watch 159: Infections in Ludlow, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin high and not falling
There is already talk of reintroduction of social mixing restrictions over the winter because Covid-19 infections rates are not falling. There could be announcement within the next few days on…
World Suicide Prevention Day: A councillor view from a hill farm
It is World Suicide Prevention Day. Tracey and Richard Huffer farm high on a hill in south west Shropshire. Tracey is also a health professional. Along with myself and four…
Covid Watch 158: Covid infection rates stabilise in Shropshire and across England
The second peak of the third wave of infections in Shropshire looks to have stabilised and may even be falling. In the Shrewsbury area, the infection rates remain higher than…