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I’m almost certain you could make a low-budget, straight-to-Channel 5 Christmas movie out of tonight.
You know the drill, a fancy big city media star gets stranded in North Shropshire just a week before Christmas.
Her camera truck probably gets stuck in a field.
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🚨BREAKING: Helen Morgan (Lib Dem) has won the North Shropshire by-election with 17,957 votes.
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Soon realising her life in London is hollow, she falls for the charms of both the Wem farmer and North Shropshire in general and she opens a Christmas gift shop in snowy Market Drayton.
Ahhhhhh.
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To show our appreciation for our brilliant NHS workers, our highways team and our contractors are this week painting a special THANK YOU NHS 💙 message on the approach to each of our hospitals. Last night we painted roads near the hospitals in Gobowen and Whitchurch.
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@MyDoncaster
@GNev2
Our invitation must have got lost in the post?
We stand firmly with
@SwindonCouncil
on this - don't come crying to us when you're not allowed in next season's Councilbao Cup.
Besides,
@jackieweaver
is from Shropshire. Sure she will back us up.
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A handsome young farmer from Wem helps free her and she’s intrigued by his charms…until his tractor accidentally sprays her with mud.
Sadly the truck needs a new wheel or something and she will have to spend Christmas in the county.
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🎥 And it’s live!
Some of the major television news channels are broadcasting right now as we await the arrival of the first ballot boxes.
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We know this isn't about us.
It's about making sure you're all safe and things return to normal as quickly as possible.
But we want to take a minute to say a massive thank you to our crews who are out across the county.
Drop these guys and girls a like and show them your love!
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⚠️ If you were planning to vote in the North Shropshire by-election today, but are self-isolating, you have until 5pm to apply for an emergency proxy vote (ie to arrange for someone else to vote for you).
👉🏻 To find out more and to apply go to
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@thismorning
@Schofe
Hello! Here is Philllip Snowfield the gritter.
@schofe
- if you want to come to Shropshire to see it (and sign it!) you'd be very welcome!
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The result of today's Bridgnorth West and Tasley by-election is:
🔴 CONNOLLY, Rachel (Lab) – 887 votes
🔵 HOLLAND, Jonathan (Cons) – 480 votes
🟢 NASH, Clare (Green) – 45 votes
🟡 STILWELL, Richard (Lib Dems) – 176 votes
Turnout: 28.9%
🔴 Therefore, Rachel Connolly is elected.
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🌞 We' can't wait to show you a stunning 3000-year-old sun pendant, found in
#Shropshire
by detectorist in 2018. It'll be on display
@shrewsmuseum
from Friday for the first time ever! It's on loan from
@britishmuseum
until Dec. Come and see it for FREE
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A plea from our friends
@hedgehogsociety
. Before you put your garden waste out please check for hedgehogs. It’s the height of their breeding season so mothers with babies, as well as individual hedgehogs, could easily be gathered up with the waste. Thank you.
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🙌 Good morning from our vaccination centre at Shrewsbury Indoor Bowls Centre 🙌
We want you to say a big hello 👋 to Bharti Patel-Smith.
Bharti retired from the NHS in 2017 after 38 years service, but today she's back on the front line as clinical lead.
Thank you Bharti!
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VACCINATING HOMELESS PEOPLE IN SHROPSHIRE
👍🏻 Yesterday, saw 27 homeless people receive their vaccinations at the Prince Rupert Hotel in Shrewsbury, which has been set up as a temporary vaccination location.
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Really poor engagement with our impromptu Monday night Facebook competition.
Really thought our “like this post by 9pm for a free guided walk up Lord Hill’s column” would be a game changer.
Not a single like! Never mind, back to the drawing board. 👀
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@canterburycc
@MyDoncaster
@GNev2
@UNESCO
@No1Cathedral
@SwindonCouncil
@SouthamptonCC
@LeedsCC_News
Well if they are abandoning us.....
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🛍️ If every adult in Shropshire spent £3.80 a week in local shops rather than with international retailers online, it would boost the county’s economy by £1million a week! 🎁 If you've spent £3.80 in a local shop this week, please like this post, and tell us where, if you wish.
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We are pleased to confirm that every child who is eligible for free school meals in Shropshire will be given vouchers or food packages throughout the Christmas holiday period to ensure nobody goes hungry.
We have also carried out deliveries today 🙏
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Breaking: Turn out is 46.3 per cent.
That’s 38,110 of you.
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To show our support for businesses in Shrewsbury town centre affected by this month’s floods, and to encourage people to visit the town, Shrewsbury’s park and ride service will be FREE to use for 2 weeks, from this Saturday (29 Feb) until Saturday 14 March.
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Next week we'll be delivering food parcels to vulnerable families across Shropshire to prevent them from going hungry. Over the next few days staff will be working to identify those in need, pack boxes, and put transport and distribution arrangements in place.
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Apologies about the previous tweets folks - the perils of working from home with a toddler!
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Urgent. Any residents who have been displaced due to flooding are invited to come to the Column Restaurant at Shirehall. Council staff will give you a warm welcome and refreshments, and will assess your needs to determine how best the council can help you.
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THANK YOU NHS 💙 road markings have now been painted close to the hospitals in Bishop's Castle, Ludlow, Gobowen and Whitchurch to show our appreciation for all of the county's NHS workers. The roads outside Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth hospitals will be painted today and tomorrow.
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This morning Eric Smith will present his last-ever
@BBCShropshire
breakfast show, after 26 years in the role, 34 years with the station, and 49 years in radio. All of us at Shropshire Council - staff and councillors - wish Eric a long and happy retirement 🙂
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Please, don’t do this. Disposable face masks should be thrown in the bin, not left in the street. Thank you for helping us keep Shropshire clean, tidy and safe.
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Shropshire Council election 2021: Result for the Copthorne division. Peter Nutting (Con) - 476; Rob Wilson (Lib Dem) - 995; Ian Matthews (Lab) - 217
#ShropVotes21
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⚠️ Have you parked in The Gap car park off Raven Meadows, Shrewsbury? Do you know someone who has?
All vehicles need to be moved ASAP as the entry and exit to the car park are now under water.
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☀️An extraordinary sun pendant is to go on public display for the first time right here in Shropshire.
The pendant could be one of the most significant pieces of Bronze Age metalwork ever discovered in Britain.
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The Shrewsbury Town flag is now flying on the flagpole at Shirehall, and blue and amber banners are hanging from the railings at the top of Lord Hill's Column. Thank you to
@stfcsp
and
@shrewsweb
for their help.
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👏A truly remarkable effort - a huge thank you to everyone who is involved with Shropshire's vaccination effort!
We might have started slowly but look at us now. Massive thanks to all who are helping roll out the vaccine in
#Shropshire
and
#TelfordandWrekin
#lightatendoftunnel
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Here’s the official vote figures - we will tweet out a link as soon as possible.
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🧟STAY AT HOME🧟
If (like us) you’re a huge fan of The Walking Dead, it's advice you would give to pretty much any character!
The super-talented
@CharlieAdlard
is encouraging us all to do the same during lockdown with these brilliant illustrations!
#TWD
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🚴 Great news! We've been selected to apply for Govt Mini Holland funding, and given £80,000 to complete a detailed feasibility study,
🚶♀️ If the bid is successful, we'll get up up £20m to enhance walking and cycling in
#Shrewsbury
.
👉
@bigtownplan
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In honour of
#VEDay75
, we put on a free light display at
#Shrewsbury
Castle and
@theatresevern
in commemoration of our heroes, past and present 🇬🇧❤️🇬🇧
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What do you like best about Shropshire?
🍾 Today is Shropshire Day (hooray!)
🙋♀️ What is Shropshire Day, you may ask? Well, a chance to celebrate the county.
🙋♂️ And why is it today? It's the feast day of St Milburga, abbess of Wenlock Priory.
🎈 So, happy Shropshire Day!
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❤️ Happy Shropshire Day❤️
☀️ The sun is shining, there's hope for a brighter future and we live in the most beautiful place on earth
📸 To mark Shropshire Day we want to see your favourite views of the county
👇 Post your best Shropshire pictures below and help us celebrate
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To all the amazing key workers and volunteers, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
#thankyoukeyworkers
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To show our appreciation for our NHS workers, our highways team and contractors last night painted a special THANK YOU NHS 💙 on the road near to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Roads have already been painted near Gobowen, Whitchurch, Bishop's Castle, Ludlow and Bridgnorth hospitals.
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⚠️Welsh Bridge peaking⚠️
We’ve been informed that the Welsh Bridge gauge is peaking right now at 5.15m.
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⚠️The river level at Welsh Bridge is now at 4.89m and the water is about to push to the rear of the Premier Inn.
🙏It’s going to be a long night. Please stay safe everyone.
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👏 We want to say a huge thank you to all the guys and girls who have helped in our clean up effort! 👏
They have turned this disaster recovery into a positive and got repairs to St Julian's Friars Car Park done before re-opening for the public on top of all the other work.
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If you thought
#HandforthParishCouncil
meetings were exciting.... you ain't seen nothing yet. Tune in to watch our next Cabinet meeting on Monday at 1pm to find out for yourself -
(We have checked, and we do have the authority to tweet this)
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The Council has backed a motion to become a ‘Council of Sanctuary’ welcoming those fleeing violence and persecution in their own countries.
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Thought I was so tired I as seeing double, but no it’s just everybody’s left the Bounty’s again.
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A huge thank you to everyone that has left a note or message for our waste collection crews over the past few days. If you'd like to leave a message for the crews in your area, please post it below and we'll pass it on to them.
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🚗🚙 Parking will be free from 11am to 6pm in all Shropshire Council car parks from 3 December to 17 January, to give the county’s town centre traders a welcome boost once the current lockdown ends. 🚗🚙
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The results are in! We asked you to help choose new names for our gritters. More than 2000 votes were cast, and the 20 winning names can be seen below. Thank you to everyone that suggested a name, and to all who voted! You can see the full results here:
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🚴♀️ We're developing a plan that will focus on providing an inter-connected cycling and walking network in Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry and Whitchurch - plus cycling routes between these towns and settlements within 10km.
🚶♂️ See
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We're very happy to say that - with the agreement of Harry's mum - one of our gritters is to be named The Harry Johnson Trust, in memory of Harry and to help raise awareness of the Trust.
@THJTrust
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Just some of the many notes and messages left for our waste collection crews in the past few days. Thank you to everyone who has left one, they are all greatly appreciated!
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From Monday we'll be using our park and ride buses and drivers to provide free transport between Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals for hospital staff, in particular student nurses that need to travel between Telford and Shrewsbury each day for training.
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🗳️Are you ready?
Shropshire I said are you ready?
Then for the dozen or so in attendance, the thousands watching on Twitter and all our candidates.
Lets get ready for an all day election special!
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Midlands Air Ambulance Charity today opened its brand new store in Shrewsbury's Darwin Shopping Centre and you're invited to visit and to make donations. The shop is COVID-secure.
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Work is underway to turn Shrewsbury Indoor Bowls Centre into one of Shropshire's first large vaccination centres
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The tension is so great we haven’t even opened the mini sausage rolls.
A giant mound of tangerines go unpeeled.
What are you all doing to pass the time?
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❤️ A BIG "thank you" to our waste collection crews who have been out in the extreme heat for the past two days making sure that bins were emptied and recycling collected.
👷 Well done and thank you to all of our bin men, and bin ladies.
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❤️The flag outside Shirehall in Shrewsbury is flying at half-mast this week to remember all who have passed away in the past 12 months as result of the pandemic - in Shropshire, and across the country.
❤️Our thoughts are with all of them, and with their families and friends.
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The Monster Raving Loony Party have arrived.
The Party Party are here.
Ain’t no party like a….
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⚠️CAR PARKING UPDATE⚠️
Anybody who has their vehicle parked in private residential areas around Chester Street and Coton Hill in Shrewsbury, needs to move them as soon as possible.
Please RT!
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‼️ Help save these cars from flooding‼️
These cars are currently on St Julian's Friars car park in
#Shrewsbury
- if they don't get moved, they risk getting very wet.
If you know someone who is parked there, please tell them to move their car NOW.
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⚠️ Please, don't do this.
😟 It's unhygienic, unsightly, and takes time and money to clear up.
🚮 Disposable face masks should be put in the bin, not left on the road or pavement.
🙏 Thank you for helping us to keep Shropshire clean and safe.
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Many of the businesses on Longden Coleham in Shrewsbury have this afternoon put up their doorway "floodgates" installed with council support under the flood property resilience scheme.
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Well that brings our coverage of election night to a close.
Thanks for all your interactions and good humour!
And to sing us out…Wem’s very own Roy Wood.
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A number of local cafes and businesses will be providing free food during half-term week to children in the Shropshire Council and
@telfordwrekin
areas who are eligible for free school meals. Please see link for details. Thanks to
@shroplarder
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This afternoon (with a little help from some
@stfcsp
and
@shrewsweb
friends) we'll be showing our support for Shrewsbury Town by turning Lord Hill's Column blue and amber, and flying a Shrewsbury Town flag from the flagpole outside Shirehall.
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BREAKING: We're getting reports that the coffee machine has shorted out the PA system. More news as we get it.
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The village of Clive in north Shropshire isn’t named after Robert Clive. We believe it derives from the word Cliffe. The village is marked as Clive on John Rocque’s 1752 map of the county, when Robert Clive was still in the process of assembling his fortune, power and notoriety.
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⚠️ Are you the owner of this car - reg no. WR67 CWJ? Do you know the owner?
It's been parked in St Julian's car park in Shrewsbury for several days but needs to be moved asap due to rising river levels.
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Part of Shrewsbury town centre is set to be traffic-free during part of the day to make the town safe during coronavirus restrictions. The main plan involves creating a central pedestrian zone for part of the day by diverting inbound traffic up Town Walls.
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Shropshire Council have used 1200 tonnes of salt in the last 24 hours to keep the roads clear. We're still out, with teams across the county. We're doing our best, there's a lot of snow! Be safe, lots more snow coming tomorrow and we're doing everything we can to prepare.
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And here it is! One of the first boxes arrives at the count!
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❗ Shrewsbury flooding update❗
We are closing
⛔ Berwick Rd, Old Coleham ,Victoria Ave from 4pm
⛔ Longden Coleham from 9pm.
⛔ Coleham Head from 7am Mon to deploy the Coleham Head Barriers at 8am.
Sandbags available now at Coleham, Smithfield Road & Chester Street
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❤️ A thank you to Shropshire's COVID volunteers❤️
👏🏻 We thought we would kick off this
#SaturdayMorning
with a thank you thread for the hundreds of volunteers from all walks of life who have been supporting Shropshire's vaccination effort
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Wishing everyone in Shropshire and beyond a happy, healthy, safe and peaceful Christmas. 🎄
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🧹The clean up has well and truly begun!🧤
Our teams are now working quickly to clean up and repair the roads and car parks so Shrewsbury can start opening up again.
In addition the following roads have re-opened:
✅Castle Foregate
✅English Bridge
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📍 Do you live in the North Shropshire constituency?
⚠️ If you're not already registered to vote in the by-election on 16 December you must register by midnight tonight.
⏲️ It only takes five minutes...
👉 Go to now
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If you watched Steve McQueen's excellent & powerful
#SmallAxe
#RedWhiteandBlue
this evening, you may have recognised some familiar sites in the background. The drama was partially filmed at our Shirehall HQ in Shrewsbury.
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🙏 We’re very pleased to introduce you to Captain Tom, one of our newly-named gritters.
❤️ The name was chosen by the people of Shropshire in tribute to Captain Sir Tom Moore.
❄️ 'Captain Tom' is based at our Whittington depot, and treats roads in north-west Shropshire.
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👷 Our highways teams have made good use of the closure of Smithfield Road in
#Shrewsbury
by carrying out road repairs.
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RIP Captain Sir Tom Moore.
A true inspiration, he will be sadly missed.
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❤️ Can you help us to help Afghan refugees?
🏠 We’re appealing to all landlords to help find suitable homes for those fleeing from the Taliban - and inviting people to donate goods to support refugees arriving in Shropshire.
ℹ️ See
🙏 Thank you
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🇺🇦Councillors were joined by supporters and members of the Ukrainian community this morning at Shirehall, to fly the flag in support and solidarity with Ukraine.
#standwithukraine
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👍 We've appointed a new active travel manager to help enable and encourage people to make everyday journeys on foot and by bike.
🚴♂️ Rose Dovey will coordinate cycling and walking infrastructure projects, prepare an active travel strategy, and more.
ℹ️
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To show our support for businesses in Shrewsbury town centre affected by this month’s floods, and to encourage people to visit the town, Shrewsbury’s park and ride service will be FREE to use for 2 weeks, from this Saturday (29 Feb) until Saturday 14 March.
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Thanks to Jim the boat man who has helped our team to give much needed food and meds to residents @ Hazledine Court in
#coleham
. All residents wanted to stay, so we're ensuring they have all they need to keep them safe&well. For flood assistance call 0345 678 9006
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Great to hear
@BecklesOmar
at the Suicide Prevention Conference
@shrewsweb
talking about his charity
@Hub_365
. The event organised by
@shropcouncil
&
@TelfordWrekin
aims to raise awareness of MH & support for people with suicidal thoughts & those affected by suicide
#itsoktotalk
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👷 It's 4am, it's cold, and our gritter drivers are just setting off from their depots to treat roads across the county.
👍Thanks chaps!
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Here’s the scene currently at Welsh Bridge. As you can see, the water level is extremely high.
Yet people are STILL attempting to drive through flood water.
Not only is this dangerous but the impact also creates waves which can cause further damage to property.
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🎉 And here's the first person vaccinated at Shrewsbury Indoors Bowls Centre 🎉
John Hughes, 72, is a semi-retired farmer from Pontesbury.
He still helps out his sons who are both farmers and he admits to being bowled over to be first one to get his first dose today.
Top man!
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Gritting news!
❄️ It's 4am. It's dark outside. And cold. And most people are fast asleep (so won't be reading this 🙂).
👷 But right about now our gritter drivers are heading out to treat rural roads across the county.
👍 Thanks guys!
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💜Shrewsbury Station is lit up in purple…but do you know why?💜 We’re raising awareness for
#WorldPancreaticCancerDay
after hearing from a resident about how this disease affected her family.
#PurpleLightsUK
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