Andy Giddings

Sheffield

Sports Editor at BBC Radio Sheffield

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Plans for new Telford leisure centre to go on show

4 days ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Plans for new leisure centre to go on showAndy GiddingsGetty ImagesIt is expected the leisure centre will be able to offer 150,000 swimming sessions a yearPlans for a new leisure centre which will include a five-lane swimming pool are set to go on display. Telford and Wrekin Council said the centre would be built at the Telford Langley School in Dawley, an area it said had "the highest level of unmet demand for swimming provision".
Shropshire NHS body welcomes disposable vapes ban

5 days ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Ban on disposable vapes welcomed by NHS bodyAndy GiddingsGetty ImagesThe ban aims to reduce the number of young people vapingThe ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes has been welcomed by a health body. The ban is aimed at protecting children's health and the environment and it means shops and supermarkets will no longer be able to stock them.
Volunteers needed to make knitted hearts

5 days ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Volunteers needed to make knitted heartsAndy GiddingsBBCThe hospitals have been giving the hearts to patients and their families since 2020More volunteers are wanted to make knitted hearts for families of patients receiving end-of-life care. Local knitters have been supplying them to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust since 2020, but stocks are running low. The kindness hearts were first given out during the pandemic, when many families could not see their sick relatives.
Special traffic arrangements planned for air show

6 days ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Special traffic arrangements planned for air showAndy GiddingsGetty ImagesThe annual air show is due to take place on 8 JuneMeasures are being put in place to help thousands of visitors get to the RAF Cosford Air Show next Sunday. The organisers have said they expect a crowd of more than 50,000 people again, with many of them due to arrive by car and more by train.
Special traffic arrangements planned for air show

6 days ago | aol.com | Andy Giddings

Measures are being put in place to help thousands of visitors get to the RAF Cosford Air Show next Sunday. The organisers have said they expect a crowd of more than 50,000 people again, with many of them due to arrive by car and more by train. National Highways said it expected the M54 and the area around the show to be busy, and it would open the hard shoulder around junctions two and three to cope with the extra traffic.
Eight Herefordshire roads to be resurfaced

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Eight Herefordshire roads to be resurfacedAndy GiddingsBBCHerefordshire Council is planning a £13.5m programme of worksEight roads in Herefordshire will be resurfaced this month. Herefordshire Council said it was part of a £13.5m programme of work planned for the current financial year. The authority spent £8m on roadworks in the last financial year.
Newport: Six teenagers take on charity bike ride in memory of friend

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Andy Giddings

Image source, PapyrusImage caption, The boys started their two-day journey to Anfield from AFC Telford United's stadiumSix teenage boys are planning to ride from Telford to Liverpool in memory of a friend who took his own life. They all attended Haberdashers Adams in Newport, Shropshire, along with Max Turton, who died last August, aged 16.
Six teenagers take on charity bike ride in memory of friend

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Six take on charity bike ride in memory of friendAndy GiddingsPapyrusMax (far right) was described by his friends as "funny" and "loving"Six teenage boys are planning to ride from Telford to Liverpool in memory of a friend who took his own life. They all attended Haberdashers Adams in Newport, Shropshire, along with Max Turton, who died last August, aged 16.
Trentham Monkey Forest

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Three endangered macaques born at monkey sanctuaryAndy GiddingsTrentham Monkey ForestThe three monkeys were discovered by the Monkey Forest's head guideThree Barbary macaque monkeys have been born at a sanctuary in Staffordshire. Fewer than 8,000 of the endangered animals are believed to live in the wild and Trentham Monkey Forest said staff were "beaming from ear to ear" at the new arrivals.
Former police station to be sold at auction

1 week ago | bbc.com | Andy Giddings

Former police station to be sold at auctionAndy GiddingsSDL Property AuctionsThe building served as a police headquarters until 2019A town's former police station is due to be sold at auction next month, with a guide price of £1.8m. The four-storey building in Tamworth was built in 1975 and was in use until 2019. SDL Property Auctions said planning permission had been granted to convert it into 54 apartments, with a gym and car parking. The auction is due to take place on 26 June.