The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is reminding motorists to take extra care on the roads during the current cold spell, as freezing temperatures have caused icy and slippery roads in many areas across the region.
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14th January, 2013
A campaign to alert householders about the potential fire hazard from portable heaters wrongly used in the home has been launched in Telford by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Community fire safety officers were at the Asda supermarket...
11th January, 2013
The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in the region to take extra care on the roads over the weekend as temperatures are set to plummet. The Met Office has forecast outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow...
3rd January, 2013
A 22 year old man from Leegomery, Telford was convicted of seven counts of arson and one of arson recklessly endangering life following a trial at Shrewsbury Crown Court.
The man was sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment at...
2nd January, 2013
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service may have to make an extra £1.3m cuts per year by 2016 – making reductions in “the front line” a very real possibility, revealed the Chief Fire Officer.
This comes on top of the £3.2m in cuts already made...
14th December, 2012
The voices of children from two school choirs accompanied by Shropshire firefighters and their families and friends rang out from a county church in the fire service’s annual Christmas Festival of Carols.
Pupils from the Old Hall...
13th December, 2012
Shropshire’s Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond has announced his retirement after a distinguished 33 year career in the Fire and Rescue Service.
He has led Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to become one of the best run brigades in the UK...
13th December, 2012
A man was today confirmed to have died in a severe fire which completely destroyed his Shropshire bungalow.
A total of 40 firefighters from three fire and rescue services were called to the property in the village of Alveley, near...
12th December, 2012
More than half of the house fires Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are called to each year start in the kitchen, revealed the brigade’s community fire safety team.
They will be in Telford town centre on Thursday, December 13th with...
10th December, 2012
A 20ft Christmas tree arrived at a Shropshire church in time for an annual carol service with the help of firefighters.
The festive fir arrived in style at All Saints Church, Wellington, on board a reserve fire engine delivered by an off...
