The Wellington bomb hoaxer jailed, Midlands Air Ambulance celebrates 25 years and a well-known Shropshire boss behind bars... this week in quotes
Here are a collection of quotes from the top stories on Shropshirestar.com this week.
The note about Christians, with an apparently explosive device, left in a road likely to be used by people going to and from the mosque, was designed to stir up racial tension in the community."
Alister Taylor was jailed this week after a bomb hoax in Wellington last summer. He constructed the fake bomb using an aerosol can, copper wiring and part of a CD drive, tied together by black shoelaces and covered with rags.
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Local people know it is dangerous, it is those that are passing through. Because of the flow of traffic, people do 70mph or 80mph down there."
The brother of Merrick Burns, who died after a crash on the A49 - Shropshire's most dangerous road - has pleaded that something is done to improve safety on the road.
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Your company was being run in complete defiance of tacograph regulations that exist for the purpose of protecting the safety of road users - including your own drivers - and the obvious dangers that come from being over tired.
Well-known Telford business boss Steve Holding was jailed for eight months after being told he put the lives of his drivers and other road users at risk by forcing them to work long hours.
Holding's ex-wife Tracey Smith, 48, of Wellington Road, Horsehay, Telford, also pleaded guilty to offences as the company secretary in charge of paying drivers.
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We are incredibly proud to run such a fantastic charity."
The Midlands Air Ambulance has been saving lives for 25 years. this week.
As if to prove the point, no sooner had this week's press call to celebrate the charity's 25 years of service finished, the air ambulance was airborne and on its way to its next emergency.
A woman had been thrown from her horse in Telford, but in this case although the air ambulance attended it wasn't required.
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