May 9th, 2012 | Events, Locals Taking Action
The World Record was broken twice as the Stretton Duck Races outshone the Olympics on 5th May. In the first race All Quacked Up (No 25) streaked home in 2 minutes 17.6 seconds, but his world record stood for less than half an hour; in the second …
May 4th, 2012 | Events, Locals Taking Action
The Devil's Drop in calmer years
After the wettest April on record the scene is set for world record performances at Carding Mill Valley on Saturday – but without the foreign competition. Water levels are high and …
April 17th, 2012 | Events, Locals Taking Action
Ducks from Rome and Cairo practising on the ice!
Church Stretton’s Annual Duck race is on Saturday May 5th in Carding Mill Valley from 11.00am to 4.00pm. We were going to call them the Duck Olympics …
March 23rd, 2012 | Government Action, Locals Taking Action
- and this time it’s final. The government today was refused leave to appeal to the Supreme Court – by the Supreme Court, so there’s nowhere left to go. So, if you were one of those who kept the faith and had PV panels installed between 12 December 2011 and …
March 1st, 2012 | Events, Locals Taking Action
WARM AND HAPPY NIGHT - 20th MARCH
Many people in Stretton and the surrounding area have homes with no cavity walls and can’t insulate them. The good news is that when the Green …
February 21st, 2012 | Energy Saving Tips, Government Action, Locals Taking Action
Shropshire households have installed massively more cavity wall and loft insulation than the average for England, and are above the average take up for self- generation of electricity; but they are still using 13.5% more electricity and 4.5% less gas than the average – which means they are paying more …
February 6th, 2012 | Energy Saving Tips, Government Action, Locals Taking Action
The days of cheap cavity wall and loft insulation are numbered, so if you haven’t got round to it yet you’d be well advised to insulate your loft and cavity walls whilst it’s still cheap.
At the moment both forms of insulation are subsidised under the government’s Carbon Emissions Reduction Target …
January 6th, 2012 | Energy Saving Tips, Events, Locals Taking Action
Title: CRAVEN ARMS COMMUNITY CENTRE -ENERGY ADVICE DROP IN DAY 10am – 3pm
Description: Help with energy saving tips, advice on how to switch suppliers and tariffs, information and help on benefits and grants. We’ll be there along with Age UK, the Community Council, the Credit Union, Shropshire Council, Mayfair, Energy …
December 19th, 2011 | Government Action, Locals Taking Action
Friends of the Earth and two solar installation companies have been given leave to apply to the high court for a judicial review of the government’s decision to halve Feed In Tariffs from 12 December. The hearing is expected to take place this week. Click here for the …
November 3rd, 2011 | Energy Saving Tips, Government Action, Locals Taking Action
They said it wouldn’t happen until April, but the cuts in Feed in Tariffs are bigger and earlier than we feared. From 12 December, those who install Photo Voltaic arrays on their roof will get 21p per KWh generated, instead of the 43.3p that was on offer. The government says …
IT’S A RUNAWAY BESTSELLER! AND NOW EVEN CHEAPER!!
Our very own Jon Cooke’s amazingly helpful book has been reprinted and is now once more available at the bargain price of £5.00. Order one here or drop in at Burway Books
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