With temperatures due to plummet even further and snow forecast over the weekend, it is even more important for motorists to be prepared to deal with the challenges of travelling in bad weather conditions. The Safer Roads Partnership in West...
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2nd February, 2012
Police in Telford are investigating following a suspicious house fire in Sutton Hill. The incident occurred sometime between 12pm and 1pm on Tuesday 31st January 2012, at an address on Spring Meadow, Sutton Hill, Telford.
The house was...
27th January, 2012
An 85-year-old Shropshire woman was saved from a house fire when neighbours heard a smoke alarm during an evening phone call.
They immediately called round to see the neighbour in Maesbury at just after 8pm last night (Thursday) and got...
27th January, 2012
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is working with RMW Electrical of Shrewsbury to test electric blankets for free in the Shrewsbury and Oswestry areas.
If the pilot scheme is successful, it is hoped to offer more sessions later this year...
26th January, 2012
Shropshire firefighters recently took part in a chemical incident training exercise organised at Bridgnorth Aluminium’s processing plant.
Crews from Ludlow and Much Wenlock were mobilised to the incident and were told on arrival that there...
25th January, 2012
A smoke alarm saved a young woman’s life in a house fire in Shrewsbury late last night (Tues)
Shrewsbury firefighters wearing breathing apparatus forced their way into the house in York Road, Harlescott, at 10.30pm when next door...
25th January, 2012
Firefighters are preparing for a major training exercise to deal with a gas cloud over Shrewsbury caused by a supposed chemical spillage at an oil depot.
Morris Lubricants has volunteered their works site so that county fire crews can gain...
25th January, 2012
The death of a lone, elderly and vulnerable woman in a house fire was tragically predicted by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
In a report to the fire authority in December, fire chiefs forecast that the next victim of a house fire in...
17th January, 2012
Police officers are investigating following a car fire in Woodside Telford at the weekend.
The incident occurred outside an address on Wantage, Woodside Telford on Sunday 15 January and police believe the car was set alight deliberately...
13th January, 2012
The Fire Minister was in Shropshire to officially open the county’s newly renovated fire HQ.
Bob Neill MP was given a tour of the new control room - the first in the UK to open after the cancellation of the failed regional control project...
