andybodders Time for normal service on trains through Ludlow to be resumed to boost economy and reduce overcrowding
Around the country, train services are returning to normal timetables. Not though on Transport for Wales, where services along the Marches line have been halved. This leading to overcrowded carriages…
Boundary review for Shropshire town and parish councils begins (updated)
Our county’s market towns have been expanding into their extra mural parishes for many years. There will be much more housing and business development on the edges of the market…
Covid Watch 156: Infection rollercoaster continues as cases rise locally and nationally
Covid-19 infection rates are on the up in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin and have stopped falling across England. This was perhaps inevitable after relaxation of social distancing regulations. Social…
Covid Watch 155: The third wave recedes but is the rollercoaster ride continuing?
Infection rates in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin have until recently been dropping by more than 40% a week. The rate of fall was astonishing. But in the last few…
Fishmore Quarry bank application must ensure Castle View Terrace meadow is protected
A second application has been lodged to stabilise the rock face at Fishmore Quarry. The first was approved yesterday and will involve construction of a green wall with a grass…