thank _ shrewsbury the place to be. really interesting. thank you _ shrewsbury the place to be.very much, darren, danny and libby, that is a bit of a sense from shrewsbury market and a sense that things are in a good place. but as we know, the economy as a whole is in a tricky situation, people still facing higher prices, still facing inflation and there are still some challenges ahead. that was nick eardley. now, let's speak to vicky pryce who is chief economic adviser at the centre for economics and business research and also the formerjoint head of the united kingdom's government economic service. so she knows a thing or two. thank you forjoining us. vicki, economists are saying that this may not be as bad as it seems. and of course the word recession tends to worry people quite a bit so could you put this into context for us? it is true we have seen some indicators that suggest the start of 2024 hasn't been that bad. we have the data that comes out of a survey that is called the purchasing managers' index which looks at how companies are looking at their prospects and what t

nick eardley is in shrewsbury this morning.bright and lively but not necessarily a reflection of the economy. there are a lot of experts who think we will be talking about the uk having been in recession at the uk having been in recession at the end of 2023. we are entries we market to get some reaction and speak to traders, about how the economy feels to them. —— in shrewsbury market. it has been a tricky time with rising prices and interest rates and rent going up as well. what it will tell us at seven is about the health of the economy. if the uk did fall into recession it is bad news, it is a bad sense things are not going particularly well for the economy. bad economic news, bad news for the prime minister as well. when he came up with his five pledges he wanted to deliver, one was growing the economy. the treasury will be watching this closely this morning to see what impact it has. another potential knock—on impact is if the economy is getting smaller, the government has less money to spend on things like services. there

town centre and fully funding the north west relief road, the ring road round shrewsbury.projects will have a major benefit not just for us, but for those who follow us. in shropshire, there is, however, one issue i would like to still raise with the prime minister, which is how our local shropshire council is funded to deal with adult social care costs. we have a disproportionately ageing population in shropshire and shropshire . council is shropshire. council is struggling to meet those additional costs . what more can additional costs. what more can be done to help councils like shropshire deal with rising aduu shropshire deal with rising adult social care costs? well mr speaken adult social care costs? well mr speaker, can i pay tribute to my hon. >> friend for the work he does representing his constituents? he's right about the pressures that are faced in, particularly in rural areas , which is why the in rural areas, which is why the government provided £600 million of additional funding for local government across the country , government across the country, ensurin

good morning from shrewsbury market. a lot of experts are expecting bad news at seven.jor surge in anti—semitic attacks in the uk since the start of the israel—gaza war, with incidents targeting jewish people at an all—time high. one person is killed and 21 others — including 11 children — are injured, after a shooting at the super bowl victory parade in kansas. a century of test caps now, for ben stokes, as england resume their series against india, while in the tightest of title races, rangers, go level on points with celtic at the top of the scottish premiership. good morning. today is going to be a very mild daily temperatures in some parts of the used reaching 17, 18. for all of us, fairly cloudy with outbreaks of rain. all of the details later on the programme. it's thursday the 15th of february. our main story.

hart's made 690 club appearances and has also played for shrewsbury, tranmere, blackpool, birmingham, friendlies across the next few days as they prepare for the start of their qualifying campaign for euro 2025. they're currently at a warm weather training camp in marbella ahead of facing austria tomorrow night, and then italy on tuesday. manager sarina weigman says the squad's moved on from the disappointment of missing out on olympic qualification and are focused on the defence of their european title. this is the start, with two friendlies, which is really good for us because we can try out things. we are also very close to the u23s, so we are around, we can see them, we can connect with them, so we get a lot of players that we can see and see where they're at the moment, which is a great start, because in april, the nations league starts, which are the qualifiers for the euros too. the second of three days of pre season formula one testing is complete. it was a little stop—start in bahrain today. the morning run had to be suspended after a drain cover broke, causing some superfici

top of £300 million from the organisation of local a&e services, levelling up plans to modernise shrewsburycil responded, to deal with adult social care costs. we have a disproportionately ageing population in shropshire, and shropshire council is struggling to meet those additional costs. what more can be done to help councils like shropshire deal with rising aduu like shropshire deal with rising adult social care costs? mr speaker, can i -a adult social care costs? mr speaker, can i pay tribute _ adult social care costs? mr speaker, can i pay tribute to _ adult social care costs? mr speaker, can i pay tribute to our _ adult social care costs? mr speaker, can i pay tribute to our honourable l can i pay tribute to our honourable friend for the work he does representing his constituents? he is right about the pressures that are based particularly in rural areas, which is why the government provide a £600 million of additionalfunding for local government across the country, ensuring around 7.5% increase in resources available to invest in social care, but also for an extra addition to the rur

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years there have been independent reviews of the performance of specific trusts in nottingham and shrewsburyd and the negatives grew. now one in ten maternity services are rated inadequate, roughly a further 40% require improvement. the cqc identified three key issues — leadership, including how different midwifery and obstetric teams work together, communication, so, giving parents the information they need, and staffing. the cqc said it found examples of staffing levels well below recommended workforce numbers, with shortfalls sometimes resulting in delays in care or even one—to—one care not being available during labour. surveys show the number of patients who say they could always find help has fallen, and the royal college of midwives estimates the nhs has a current shortfall of 2,500 full—time posts. the government has described the nhs as one of the safest places in the world to give birth, but campaigners think more could be done to tackle the problems which persist despite ambition and investigation. joining us in the studio are sian and rob channon, the parents of gethin, and laure

. >> hi, i'm josh , i'm a student >> hi, i'm josh, i'm a student from shrewsbury and i'm 19.s estimated to be short of over a million homes, but despite this, your party have scrapped the housebuilding target and you've scrapped michael gove's proposed planning reforms that would have liberalised the building of houses. you say you have a plan, rishi, do you have a plan to fix the supply crisis in british housing? >> yeah. so first of all, you said you're 19. josh is that right? right. so look, i want you. i'm assuming you don't own your own home at the moment, right? want you to experience right? i want you to experience what i experienced and what probably of us, look probably most of us, if i look around room, have around the room, have experienced at point, and experienced at one point, and that getting the keys your that is getting the keys to your first right? mean, it's first home, right? i mean, it's an special feeling. an incredibly special feeling. those of us who experienced it remember it, right? start in remember it, right? we start in a and hopefully build up a

and sir keir starmer was here in shrewsbury to talk about housing.dy really is talking about at the moment is this row engulfing the conservative now nigel conservative party. now nigel farage, . tice of reform farage, richard. tice of reform have made it very clear that they would welcome lee anderson , they would welcome lee anderson, uh, to them with open arms and it has been really quite an incredible fall from grace for him. it's only a couple of months since he was deputy chairman of the . conservative chairman of the. conservative party he was given precisely because because he said he told it. how many people the conservatives believe think that things are. he tells it like it is. that's part of his appeal to many people across the country. and in fact, uh, plenty of conservative mps getting been cross messages from constituents about. cross messages from constituents about . the fact that the about. the fact that the conservatives had taken the whip from him. so lots of people very angry about the way he's been treated, lots of other people