the boardroom cafe here is one of many businesses across telford and wrekin to benefit from the council'seceived some financial backing from the scheme. 0wner elisa thomason started her etsy company five years ago, and says she's had to learn new skills to be able to compete in the online marketplace. she says having a physical presence on the high street is important, and her shop trade alone has increased by 14%. she's also opened a new balloon shop within the last month. we saw a slight dip in the footfall, so we decided to open up a balloon shop on the other side. we got support with the local council for that with the regeneration grant, so we've opened a balloon side and hope that that will kind of see us through the next year 01’ so. and championing local businesses is key to the town's survival. in 2019, wellington had a really poor above—the—national—average rate of vacant units — it was 15%. we're now just under 4%. about 50 new independent businesses have opened up. and the zero—waste little green pantry is one of them. keli king started her business on a market stall five year

racism, well, the real racism is pretending that little girls like sarah and the girls in rotherham, telford oldham aren't worth protecting. little sharif deserved the world more than she actually received. she deserved to live in a country that put her life and her safety above a little bit of middle class, politically correct discomfort. if we don't learn from this tragedy, from her tragedy, then we're complicit in the next one. no more excuses, no more looking the other way. it's time to stand up for british values and actually stop apologising for them. i mean, i read in that renee you're a man. you must have thought. it's heartbreaking. it was horrible. >> you know, for me, as a mum and a doctor, there are so many elements, elements of it that are heartbreaking. not only that, anyone could inflict pain and suffering on a child, any child, but also that we're going to have the same. we will learn lessons from this. the lessons are clear. there's too many agencies with too many gaps in between that don't talk to each other, and everybody's too scared to act. someone should have stepped fo

racism, well, the real racism is pretending that little girls like sarah and the girls in rotherham, telfordoldham aren't worth protecting. little sharif deserved the world more than she actually received. she deserved to live in a country that put her life and her safety above a little bit of middle class, politically correct discomfort. if we don't learn from this tragedy, from her tragedy, then we're complicit in the next one. no more excuses, no more looking the other way. it's time to stand up for british values and actually stop apologising for them. i mean, i read in that renee you're a man. you must have thought. it's heartbreaking. it was horrible. >> you know, for me, as a mum and a doctor, 1492 00:09:

we will go to maureen in telford and a keen gravesend.ing about i julian's point? i found myself almost laughing about you i julian's point? i found myself. almost laughing about you must take responsibility and plan. what — take responsibility and plan. what is _ take responsibility and plan. what is the point in making plans— what is the point in making plans when your plan can be taken — plans when your plan can be taken away by a government decision— taken away by a government decision overnight. you can make — decision overnight. you can make plans, fantastic plans for your— make plans, fantastic plans for your retirement and you think, we can— your retirement and you think, we can manage, we must retire. both— we can manage, we must retire. both my— we can manage, we must retire. both my husband and i are still working. — both my husband and i are still working, we are both well over retirement age. i will take responsibility, i did take responsibility, i did take responsibility but somebody else — responsibility but somebody else m