Follow Shropshire Council's Twitter project

Shropshire Council has turned to Twitter as part of a week-long campaign to highlight the services it provides.

As part of Shropshire 360 Live, each day different services will be "tweeting" what they're up to – from trading standards officers checking the welfare of animals at Ludlow Livestock Market on Monday, to volunteers at the Shropshire Olympian Festival on Saturday and Sunday.

Councillor Martin Taylor-Smith, Shropshire Council's Cabinet member for IT, said: "We're very keen to communicate with people in any way we can, and the huge boom in social media gives us a great opportunity to talk to people in a new way. This is the first time we've tried using Twitter and Facebook on this scale, and it will be interesting to see how it goes.

"Shropshire 360 Live is a cost-effective way of talking with residents, using existing, free, social media channels of communication. It will be a two-way thing, and we will respond to comments as each day progresses – it isn't just about us telling the world what we're doing."

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