Garden Waste Consultation

Garden Waste Consultation

Shropshire Council is seeking your views on proposals to introduce charges to garden waste collection and changes to Household Recycling Centres. This survey should take approximately 18 minutes to complete and you can either scan in the code on the poster or go...

Are you lonely? Let’s Talk

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) recently launched the next phase of their loneliness campaign activity, as part of the Better Health – Every Mind Matters campaign. This follows the success of last year’s national campaign which encouraged young...

The Annual Parish Meeting

Wem Rural Parish Council would like to invite you to attend the Annual Parish Meeting. This is your opportunity to meet other parishioners and local councillors and to raise questions, matters of current concern or future ambitions for the Parish. The theme for this...

Over 22,000 email and social media account hacked

Data from Action Fraud, the national fraud and cybercrime reporting service, shows that 22,530 people reported that their online accounts had been hacked in 2023, with victims losing a total of £1.3 million. How are accounts hacked? On-platform chain hacking This is...

Telephone Fraud

The number of “Nuisance” calls has risen in recent years from 21% to 40%, and according to OFGEN, nearly 40% of Scams start with a phone call. These scams involve fraudsters trying to gain your personal and financial information, and are often referred to as...

What can you do for the Great Big Green Week?

With February breaking records as one of the UK’s warmest and wettest, it’s clear that now is not the time to slow the pace of action. The Great Big Green Week, taking place in just three months’ time, will be a chance for communities across the country to come...