A coroner who recorded a verdict of accidental death on a teenage girl who died in a camping tragedy in Shropshire told members of her family:
“It’s quite clear that you and many, many people were unaware of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
“The risk you were addressing when you brought that barbecue in, in its dying embers, was against fire, said Coroner Mr John Ellery.
“That was a risk you acted against, but sadly what was happening was that carbon monoxide was more
Remembering the Holocaust and Genocides in living memory, shared conversation about world crises and their impact on us, how together we may build bridges along with a time of reflection in readings, music, images and silence.
Please note that numbers may be limited at these events so please contact the organisers in advance.
Further information about Holocaust Memorial Day can be found on the following website: www.hmd.org.uk
Please note the Holocaust Memorial Day event due to take place at Shrewsbury College on Sunday 27 January 2013 has been postponed due to the weather.
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Further information about Holocaust Memorial Day can be found on the following more
An opening ceremony and exhibition as well as a talk from Holocaust survivor Janine Webber.
Please note that numbers may be limited at these events so please contact the organisers in advance.
Further information about Holocaust Memorial Day can be found on the following website: www.hmd.org.uk
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2013 is “Communities together: Build a Bridge” asking you to remember and stand by those who were forced to live through these experiences. We want you to honour those communities which were destroyed in the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
History tells us that communities which have lived side by side peacefully for generations and even centuries can be persuaded to turn on each more
With heavy snow forecast over the West Midlands region on Friday, the Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is reminding motorists to take extra care on the roads over the next few days. The Met Office has issued an amber warning of snow in the region between 3am and 9pm on Friday (18th January) and the potential for severe travel disruption.
Driving in icy and snowy conditions can be challenging for drivers as vehicle handling changes and stopping times and more
Fire officers are helping to educate the Shropshire public about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning after the tragic death of 14-year-old Hannah Thomas-Jones.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is also supporting a nationwide campaign to protect people from “the silent killer.”
Station Manager Shaun Baker told a coroner today how he carried out a reconstruction of the event leading up to the teenager’s death in a family camping tragedy in Bucknell, Shropshire as part of a more
Entry is FREE.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service will be on hand to offer business fire safety and farm safety advice.
Also there will be stands representing various aspects of rural business, including:
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.
With temperatures plummeting overnight, road conditions in the mornings are becoming hazardous in some areas, with reports of black ice and slippery roads. Driving in these conditions can be particularly challenging for drivers as vehicle handling more
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 in Donnington on Monday this week to talk to shoppers about the dangers.
There have been up to 50 possible incidents involving portable heating and other electric equipment in county homes over the past three years with around 1,200 reported more
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