#Shropshire

I've met many council leaders and MPs to talk about housing and homelessness over the years. The view that local services are attracting homeless people to an area is REMARKABLY
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The elected representative for the people of Telford suggests she’s been prevented from talking about road deaths in comparison to deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. So I’ve pulled together the
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#OTD 1944 there was a small ceremony here as Edward Creber was buried. During training for DDay, towing a Horsa glider, the underpowered Whitley BD420 hit turbulence and suddenly veered
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Neil Clark, RT’s go-to guy for Covid denial and conspiracism, and Garry Matthews, who tragically died of Covid, aged 46, alone in his flat in Shrewsbury on 13 January. His
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While #Lockdown rumbles on, there's still time to take advantage of our e-book #LockdownSale! For just £1.49 you can read some high-quality local history. The THREAD that follows profiles one
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1/?You know what always surprises me?Llywelyn Fawr, Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Snowdon and de facto king of Wales, held estates all across the english border counties and the
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1/3 Well… That definitely snowballed out of hand.It has been brought to our attention that our earlier Tweet that seemed to imply that throwing snowballs would land you with an
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Copying @RoylePin, because quite frankly, who wouldn't. Here's my run down of some of the good shit that's happened 2020, not focusing on the neggy nelly...JANUARY1) Hilarious fails at new
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Let's take a look back at 2020 & the pick of my favourite photos I've taken each month.JANUARY#January was a Meh month weatherwise, some frosts & some stunning sunrises about
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the @britishmuseum’s been closed to visitors for 4 and a half months due to coronavirusyet the museum’s work has continued tonight is definitely good time to look back at
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A quick thread on why I’m not at all surprised that the UK will be leaving the Erasmus scheme and why the arguments made in support of the decision are
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IMPORTANT HIGHWAYS NEWS We are delighted to say that work is due to begin at Mile End roundabout in Oswestry imminently.But first, we have some temporary traffic management measures
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Today, for some reason, we’re thinking about #ReconstructionHere’s some amazing Iron Age hillfort recreations that have recently caught our eye, starting with this excellent picture of Yeavering Bell © Eric
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2021 marks 75 years since the New Towns Act was passed, leading to the creation of 32 #NewTowns across the UK which are today home to 2.8m people. To celebrate,
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So Farm24 is here! Every year #Farm24 celebrates the amazing work that British Farmers do to put food on our tables I do not farm however I work in
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It’s been a bumpy week for archaeologists. Who'd like a diverting tale? It concerns an architect, a Baroness, a derelict mansion, a county archaeologist, two murders, Barry Cunliffe, and a
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