Around the web: PC with coronavirus 'on the mend'published at 17:31 British Summer Time 14 April 2020
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Updates from Friday 9 September 2016
Around the web: PC with coronavirus 'on the mend'published at 17:31 British Summer Time 14 April 2020
Your photos: Tuesday's blue skiespublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 14 April 2020
We told you blue skies were forecast today and our BBC Weather Watchers have confirmed that this morning.
These are from users Wendy of Warwick in Warwick; JJ infinity in Great Wyrley, Staffordshire; and Skye in Clee Hill, Shropshire:
Image source, Wendy of Warwick
Image source, JJ infinity
Image source, SkyeDoorstep portraits capture lockdown lifepublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 14 April 2020
Birgitta Zoutman takes pictures of people on their doorsteps during her daily exercise.
Read More'I'm in lockdown with my long-lost sister'published at 00:06 British Summer Time 10 April 2020
Sue Bremner and Margaret Hannay had only met once before they ended up in coronavirus lockdown together.
Read MoreConference centre to host Covid-19 drive-through sitepublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 8 April 2020
A coronovirus assessment station is going to open at the Telford International Centre next week.
The county's clinical commissioning groups haven't set a date, but said it would be for pre-booked appointments only, the same as the one at Shrewsbury Town's stadium.
Image source, GoogleThe CCGs said the aim was to prevent people with symptoms having to go to GP surgeries, where they could pass the virus on.
Breweries and pubs find new ways to make moneypublished at 12:15 British Summer Time 8 April 2020
More companies are moving their sales online, to make up for the lack of business and the Purity brewery at Great Alne in Warwickshire is now doing 200 deliveries a day.
It said people were ordering beer from their homes and it had helped offset the loss of orders from pubs.
Image source, GoogleSome pubs, such as the White Hart in Shifnal, are doing similar deliveries and are taking orders for barrels of beer and even bar snacks.
Boy's artwork decorates police stationpublished at 18:47 British Summer Time 7 April 2020
Homes, shops, pubs and even police stations are being decorated with artwork by children, to cheer us all up and pass on important advice.
Six-year-old Joseph has been thanked for his drawings which have gone on display at Ketley police station in Telford and in a police patrol car.
Joseph wanted to thank key workers and NHS staff while reminding us all to wash our hands.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceMake a difference: Hundreds of trees plantedpublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 7 April 2020
BBC ShropshireFour hundred trees have been planted by one man as volunteers were unable to meet amid the coronavirus lockdown measures..
Tristan Haynes of the Telford Woods Social Enterprise had recently received the small trees from the Woodland Trust to plant in locations across the area.
But, as coronavirus meant his team could not meet, he worked with the Bournville Village Trust, external to plant the trees in an area of Lightmoor Village in Telford.
Image source, ThinkstockA colleague is on hand to keep them watered and weed free while they're establishing throughout the summer.
In five years he hopes they will be "quite sizable trees" and become a "tiny forest".
Virtual remand hearings introduced a year earlypublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 7 April 2020
Virtual remand courts are being introduced to the West Mercia police area a year earlier that originally planned, because of the Coronavirus crisis.
The West Mercia Police and Crime Commisioner, John Campion, announced two years ago that the regions five remand courts were going to be cut to down to just one, with measures put in place to do them via video link in 2021.
The virtual hearings were held for the first time yesterday in Telford, Hereford and Worcester have been rolled out earlier than scheduled.
Your photos: A sunny daypublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 7 April 2020
The BBC Weather Watchers have been enjoying some of this sunshine, while out on their daily exercise.
These photos were taken at Clee Hill, Barton under Needwood and Rushbury.
Image source, Skye
Image source, Scotty
Image source, Peter StegglesThousands missed off coronavirus 'high risk' listpublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 7 April 2020
Transplant patients and people with lung diseases are among those who have been missed off the list.
Read MoreSchool makes face masks for hospitalpublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 6 April 2020
Design and technology teachers are making face shields to protect front line medical and care workers.
Staff at Thomas Adams School in Wem, Shropshire are sending their first batch to the respiratory ward at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital.
They are aiming to make 100 shields a day using a laser cutter, polypropylene and acetate sheets.
Image source, Thomas Adams SchoolHead teacher, Mark Cooper, said: “This is a brilliant use of staff skills and our school equipment to help key workers who are facing exceptionally challenging situations on a daily basis."
Pub admits 'mistakes' but denies lock-inpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 6 April 2020
A landlady has admitted breaking restrictions on food and drink sales at her Shropshire pub.
Heather Teale from the Sun Inn in Clun said she made a mistake letting customers putting their own beers in glasses as they were waiting for takeaway food.
She told BBC Radio Shropshire "lessons had been learned".
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End of twitter postQuote MessageWe had turned everything off in the kitchen but because they were regulars and locals we didn't like to turn them away so we said we would do them. Rather than having them sit outside waiting at half past nine we told them they could come in - and because they'd bought takeaway drinks we stupidly let them put it in glasses and it was classed as a lock-in then wasn't it. We hold our hands up, we were in the wrong, we shouldn't have done it and we learn from our mistakes - we won't do it again.
Heather Teale, Landlady, Sun Inn
Girl begins epilepsy treatment despite lockdownpublished at 00:23 British Summer Time 4 April 2020
Sienna Richardson begins her new treatment despite coronavirus curtailing fundraising efforts.
Read MoreThe DJ lifting spirits from his drivewaypublished at 18:49 British Summer Time 3 April 2020
Sticking to social distancing rules, Steve Chase organised a party for his whole street.
Read MoreYour photos: Spring sunshine, sheep and cowspublished at 18:03 British Summer Time 3 April 2020
It's not warm out, but there's plenty of sunshine and the BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing photos from their daily walks.
These were taken near Much Birch, Crabbs Cross and Hopeshay.
Image source, Virginia
Image source, Ozzy UK
Image source, HenryLaptop buyers told to return homepublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 3 April 2020
Two men who travelled from Shropshire to Birmingham to pick up a laptop were asked to return home.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceOfficers tweeted , external"folks this is not an essential journey" after they questioned the pair in the city centre.
They said the two men said they had travelled to the city, a distance of 34 miles, to pick up a laptop bought on Facebook Marketplace. But, after being spoken to, they apologised and went back to Telford.
Around the web: Thousands clap for carerspublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 3 April 2020
Here are three of the stories from the Shropshire Star today:
- Thousands join #ClapForCarers, external
- Boy dressed as Pikachu patrols streets to keep spirits high, external
- Dignity warns of branch closures, external
Young ice hockey players show off skills during lockdownpublished at 18:50 British Summer Time 2 April 2020
You've possibly seen the footballers taking on the "toilet roll challenge".
They've shared videos of themselves doing clever keepy-ups as a way of staying active during lockdown.
Well the Telford Tigers under-15 ice hockey team felt they could do one better, and 14-year-old Kieran Wellings produced this video to show off their skills with the stick.
Media caption, Telford Tigers under-15s take on pass-it-on challenge
Police tape used to seal off play areapublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 2 April 2020
Police tape normally seen at crime scenes has been put up around a playground in Newport, Shropshire, to stop children gathering there.
West Mercia Police said it had to ask them to leave Norbroom Park again this afternoon and wanted to make it clear the area was out-of-bounds.
Image source, West Mercia Police
Image source, West Mercia Police
