I went to a public meeting last night at the Holiday Inn in Telford on the proposed changes to hospital services in Telford. The main shocker of the night was that David Wright MP not only stayed after the photographers had left but what he said while he was in the meeting actually made sense. [...]

The Department for Transport issues guidelines on village speed limits for local authorities in England.  It defines a village as a settlement with a minimum of 20 properties with a frontage on a 600m length of road.  If it doesn’t meet those criteria it isn’t a village.  Their guidelines also say that speed checks should [...]

According to BBC Radio Shropshire, there has been an explosion in Shrewsbury town centre. The emergency services aren’t giving much information but there have been injuries.  Three people have been sent to the nearby Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and one has been airlifted to Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham.  Three air ambulances and ten land ambulances [...]

Yesterday was National Carers Day and BBC Radio Shropshire marked it with features throughout the day. One of the features was about an announcement of a new scheme for elderly carers.  More money and support is to be given to elderly carers who need their partners to have respite care.  This annoyed me. My father-in-law [...]