andybodders Covid Watch 86: Telford and Wrekin to move to Tier 2 at 12:01am Saturday – Shropshire unitary still at Tier 1
The government has ruled that Telford and Wrekin will move to Tier 2 (high alert) restrictions from one minute into Saturday morning. The main impact will be on those socialising…
Covid Watch 85: As Telford and Wrekin moves towards Tier 2, we must ask how decisions are being made
Update: Telford and Wrekin moves into Tier 2 at 12:01am Saturday 31 October. Media reports, including from BBC Radio Shropshire, today suggest that a decision on whether Telford and Wrekin…
Covid Watch 84: Shropshire businesses step in after our county’s MPs shamefully vote against proving free school meals in holidays
Earlier this week, all five Shropshire MPs voted against giving children from poorer families school meals during school holidays. The MPs, who seem not to know what it is like…
Covid Watch 83: Cases grow across Shropshire with hotspots and Telford and Wrekin
A small dip in infection rates across the Shropshire unitary area suggests we are not heading for tier 2. The situation is not so comfortable in Telford and Wrekin where…
Shropshire Homes new plans for Castle View Terrace are better with extra public open space – but are still unacceptable
Yesterday, Shropshire Council published new plans for the proposed housing development on the meadow on Castle View Terrace. The original plans included a bungalow behind two terraces, each of three…