Being born and bred in Shrewsbury I know and speak to many local residents every day, and one of the most regular topics to come up is the state of Shrewsbury’s public conveniences. A good range of well presented and maintained public toilets is a key part of any enjoyable visit to our town centre. [Continue]

I was very disturbed to see the cancellation of the 200th anniversary bonfire event at the West Mids Showground, especially as this event was going to be the planned finale of the Darwin Bi-centenary Celebrations 2009.  It is a great shame, but entirely typical, that the year has finished on such a damp squib of [Continue]

Other matters raised in Cllr Peter Nutting’s letter included the new livestock market up at the Battlefield junction. My concern has to be that less than 2% of local residents are employed in agriculture, yet SABC spent some £5m on the new market. The return in rent we local taxpayers get from the new market [Continue]