The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in the region to take extra care as the met office predicts a further drop in temperature over the next few days. With rain and sleet also predicted motorists are being advised to take extra care, particularly on wet and icy roads.
Driving in wet and icy conditions can be particularly challenging for drivers as vehicle handling changes and stopping times and distances greatly increase. It is important to more
The voices of children from two school choirs accompanied by Shropshire firefighters and their families and friends will ring out from a county church in the fire service’s annual Christmas Festival of Carols.
Pupils from the Old Hall School and Dothill more
The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire to take extra care as the weather turns colder this winter, particularly on wet roads from the recent heavy rain and flooding.
The partnership is urging drivers to be prepared for potentially hazardous driving conditions and, in the event of severe weather, follow their advice about driving on snowy, icy and wet roads. Driving in these more
Crews were called in the early hours of this morning to reports of an adult male trapped in fast flowing flood water who had attempted to cross a ford.
On arrival crews liaised with the Police, West Midlands Ambulance and the HART team.
The rescue teams were met with a torrent of water and a car stuck facing up stream underneath a footbridge.
Station Manager Griffiths said “Water First Responders immediately set about putting downstream safety in place in the form of more
Shropshire firefighters were called out to help colleagues tackle serious floods which swept the West Country.
A total of 20 “on call” firefighters from Shrewsbury, Baschurch, Prees, Clun and Craven Arms used the county’s High Volume Pump appliance in Weston Super Mare to join colleagues from Avon and Somerset and South Wales in fighting the flood waters.
A leading Shropshire firm, which employs four retained firefighters, was praised for allowing them to leave work “at a more
Hadley Learning Community in Telford is hosting an Eid and Diwali Mela on Tuesday 27th November 2012, 3.00 – 6.00pm.
There will Family Activities, Henna Art, Asian Food, Asian Drum Music, Balloonist and much much more.
All are welcome to come and celebrate with us.
For more information, please call Mrs Watson on 01952 387 000
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service cordially invite you to their annual Festival of Carols at All Saint’s Church, Wellington at 7pm on Wednesday 12th December 2012
In aid of The Firefighters Charity, All Saint’s Church and Wellington Girl Guides
Chimney fires could increase across the county if the temperature drops below freezing, warned Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Firefighters attended a total of 349 home chimney fires over the past two years –and the majority would have been prevented if the householder had the chimney swept.
More people light open fires or the wood burner as Winter days grow colder but they must not forget to get the chimney swept at least once a year and more often depending on the fuel more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire at M and B Travel in Trench Road, Telford at 7.06am Sunday 25th November involving a Transit minibus and caravan.
The fire also involved a neighbouring shed containing rabbits.
Two appliances from Wellington and one appliance from Telford attended the scene together with a Fire Investigation Officer.
The fire is being treated as deliberate and anyone with any information is being asked to contact West more
A smoke alarm woke a couple when fire broke out in their remote Shropshire farmhouse – and saved their lives.
Householder Tracy Knowles today urged everyone to ensure they had smoke alarms installed in their homes after enduring the “terrifying” experience of a house fire in the middle of the night.
“We would have died if it wasn’t for the smoke alarm waking us up at 2.45am,” said Tracy, after the blaze at White Hall Farm, Aston, Oswestry.
She praised “on call” more
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