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BBC News
30-03-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Hundreds of vintage tractors take to Shropshire roads
More than 125 vintage tractors will take to the streets of Shropshire for the county's annual charity road run. The Shropshire Vintage Tractor Road Run will take place on the roads of Ironbridge, Brosely and Bridgnorth on Sunday 6 April. The event is in its 26th year and has raised more than £100,000 for the Midlands Air Ambulance charity since it began in route will cover about 25 miles and the tractors will leave Apley Farm Shop at 10:00 BST prompt. Organisers said the tractor run is only open to vintage tractors, as modern tractors are too big and too fast to accommodate. David Spruce, from Bridgnorth Vintage Machinery Club, said the event is hoping to raise thousands for charity. He said: "We are shaping up for another great vintage tractor run this year,""The club is very proud of the 26 events we've put on and the money we've raised, but it's also always a wonderful celebration of these vehicles and is well received with people lining the streets and waving to the drivers, who always have a lot of fun."The tractor run will begin and end at Apley Farm Shop on the A442 between Telford and Bridgnorth, and the vehicles will travel to Bridgnorth. Linda Harris, business development manager at Apley, said: "We are delighted to be able to support such a worthy event and to be both the start and end point for this year's vintage tractor road run is a privilege."We are really looking forward to seeing the array of tractors coming through our gates and waving them off, while raising money for a vital charity at the same time." Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
19-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Upgrade to Telford hospital's catering facilities set to begin
Work to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from a hospital kitchen is set to get kitchen and Apley restaurant at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford have been closed since the material was discovered in September Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust said following the work, both areas would be upgraded to larger more modern facilities, and a new doctors' mess and a plant room would also be catering facilities were in place for patients, staff and visitors, the trust said, and would continue for the duration of the works, which will be carried out in phases and are due to finish in spring 2026. What is RAAC concrete and why is it a safety risk? The trust's assistant chief executive, Inese Robotham, said the upgrades to facilities was positive news and would further enhance the hospital's catering thanked patients, visitors and staff for their patience, and also thanked the catering and estates teams who put temporary measures in place and had been working differently to support patients and said that they had to "relocate overnight" after the RAAC discovery, serving more than 400 meals per day from a temporary kitchen in a to build the temporary kitchen included installing electrics, sectioning off areas and building a walk-in chiller to store the food. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
