Nurses get ready to take on the Ironbridge Half Marathon for Pancreatic Cancer UK
February 28, 2018 | James BaylisEight Nurses who worked with the late of Rachel Wilkes take on The Ironbridge Half Marathon for Pancreatic Cancer UK
37 Life-sized silhouettes at Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron mark centenary of Women’s right to vote in the Ironbridge Gorge
February 28, 2018 | James Baylis
A poignant, free exhibition of 37 life-sized silhouettes of women has been installed on The Green at Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, one of the 10 Ironbridge Gorge Museums in Shropshire, marking the centenary of women’s right to vote and the continued inequality that existed for a further 10 years.
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Record number of staff vaccinated against flu
February 15, 2018 | James Baylis
A record number of frontline healthcare workers at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals have had their flu jab this winter.
World War One in the Wrekin area and Wem by Wendy Palin
February 8, 2018 | James Baylis
Everyone in Britain was affected by the Great War and huge numbers of the population were keen to find ways to help the war effort. For some this meant raising money for the Soldiers’ Comfort Funds or knitting socks.
Can you help find Millie?
January 3, 2018 | James Baylis
Parson Jack Russell terrier Millie has now been missing in the Telford area since December 29.
All staff fully trained in first aid at Shropshire nursery after changes in law
December 1, 2017 | James Baylis
All staff across four sites of a nursery in Telford are now fully first aid trained – thanks to one of the parents of a child there.
Craig Stockman, who sends his young daughter to ABC Day Nursery at Hadley, has held extra training sessions after the law demanded all nursery staff are qualified.
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Don’t Drink and Drown campaign launched
December 1, 2017 | James Baylis
Young people who drink too much alcohol and walk home alongside the River Severn are being made aware of the dangers with the launch of a Don’t Drink and Drown and “Respect the Water” campaign in Shropshire.
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Age UK launches Christmas campaign: ‘No one should have no one’
December 1, 2017 | James BaylisA local charity has launched a Christmas appeal which aims to tackle the huge issue of loneliness and isolation in older people.
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