Shrewsbury tennis courts set to stay shut despite Emma glory

Tennis courts which have been out of play so council workers could park their cars on them do not look set to return.

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The Unison tennis courts have recently been used as a car park for Shropshire Council staff

A spike in interest in the sport is expected following British teenager Emma Raducanu's victory in the US Open, but Shropshire Council says there are no plans to bring back the Unison courts at Shirehall.

The issue was raised by Shropshire Playing Fields Association, who want the land either brought back into use as tennis courts or converted into a multi-sport facility. The courts have not been used for at least a couple of years for tennis.

The council had a permit in place for workers to park there, which ran out in May. Now that the coronavirus pandemic has created more of a remote working culture, the authority doesn't need to use the courts for parking.