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Clampdown on school parking

Motorists who park indiscriminately during the school run in a Shropshire village face a clampdown by police after a wave of complaints. Motorists who park indiscriminately during the school run in a Shropshire village face a clampdown by police after a wave of complaints. Minsterley Parish Council says the problem of double parking and people blocking drives close to Minsterley Primary School, near Shrewsbury, was so bad that it was left with no  choice but to seek help from the authorities. Louise Walsgrove, clerk of the council, said that some residents have already got so fed up of the issue that they have resorted to placing traffic cones. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

Minsterley|Sep 1, 2009
Minsterley

Fear phone hitch is hitting taxi business

A taxi firm claims it could be losing business after it was discovered people in a village just outside Shrewsbury have to use the full area code to contact the company.A taxi firm claims it could be losing business after it was discovered people in a village just outside Shrewsbury have to use the full area code to contact the company. Select Taxis, based at Shrewsbury Business Park, delivered leaflets to people in Bayston Hill with its number 540000 written on it. But when they did not get any business from the village, bosses were left bemused. They then found out that if people in Bayston Hill did not dial the full number, using the 01743 area code, they would not get through, but both BT and Cambridge Tele.com, which the firm uses, say the problem is not with them. Claire Ashton, of Select Taxis, said: We did our promotion and nothing happened. Then a wheelchair-user needed a taxi. By chance, he got hold of one of our drivers, who gave him an admin number and he got through, without the dialling code. "We then found out just dialling 540000 did not work in Bayston Hill. We have lost business because of it. It's embarrassing because everyone who has had our adverts in Bayston Hill gets a dead line." Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

Business|Nov 21, 2008
Business

Supersized shock at hospital

A Black Country hospital trust has topped a nationwide league of spending on "supersized" beds, trolleys and mortuary fridges to cope with increasingly obese patients, according to a report out today. A Black Country hospital trust has topped a nationwide league of spending on "supersized" beds, trolleys and mortuary fridges to cope with increasingly obese patients, according to a report out today. The Dudley Group of Hospitals spent nearly a million pounds in the last three years on medical equipment to cope with the growing number of overweight patients, an investigation of 150 hospital trusts around the country found. The findings were from data collected by the Liberal Democrats under the Freedom of Information Act. The report revealed the Dudley group spent an average of £295,000 a year in each of the last three years. And the findings showed the average hospital spent £60,000 on supersized equipment in the last year, compared with £30,000 three years ago. Around 2,000 obese patients a year are admitted to hospital for surgery to reduce their weight, with thousands more having to be admitted for weight-related health issues. Number two and three on the spending league list are the Royal Cornwall Hospitals group and the Surrey and Sussex Healthcare group which both spent an average of £212,000 a year over the last three years. Read the full story in the Express & Star. 

Dudley|Oct 15, 2007
Dudley

Garden floods 10 times in year

A Shropshire couple had their garden flooded after the weekend's rain - for the 10th time this year. Jean and Graham Williams, 66 and 71, of St Georges Road, in Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, say their garden is persistently ruined because of a drainage problem. A Shropshire couple had their garden flooded after the weekend's rain - for the 10th time this year. Jean and Graham Williams, 66 and 71, of St Georges Road, in Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, say their garden is persistently ruined because of a drainage problem. It has been ongoing for the five years they lived there, but is getting worse, despite them calling for action. Numerous floods have seen the goldfish population of their garden pond reduced from 10 to three, while leaving it dirty and their plants ruined. Mrs Williams said on average they were flooded around five times most years but the problem seemed to be getting worse. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star.

News|May 16, 2007
News

Action call to stop nuisance at toilets

People have been relieving themselves behind a block of public toilets in a Shropshire town once they are closed at night. Now Bishop's Castle town councillors are calling for action. People have been relieving themselves behind a block of public toilets in a Shropshire town once they are closed at night. Now Bishop's Castle town councillors have asked Shropshire Council to install barriers at the back of the public toilets in Station Street to try to stop the problem. Councillor Keith Pinches said: "The toilets are locked after 10pm and when people come out of the pubs and the toilets are shut they'll go round the back. "It isn't a big problem, but it does happen," he added. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

Bishop's Castle|Dec 3, 2009
Bishop's Castle

Traps bid to snare vermin

Traps have been set at a Black Country shopping centre as pest control experts work with the management to tackle its unprecedented vermin problem. Traps have been set at a Black Country shopping centre as pest control experts work with the management to tackle its unprecedented vermin problem. Food was back on the shelves of Poundland in the Saddlers Centre today after a 10-day precautionary suspension following advice from Walsall Council's environmental health officers. There is no evidence to suggest that either rats or mice have been in the shop, but vermin has been reported being seen around the town centre complex. Saddlers Centre manager Angela Henderson is working with traders and pest control experts to tackle the vermin problem. Read the full story in the Express & Star.

News|Jul 21, 2007
News
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