Hospital admissions show cases of self-harming are steadily rising, with anonymous surveys suggesting that 10 per cent of all youngsters have tried to hurt themselves at some point.
Lifestyle and Community Features
Town café where the cups overfloweth with kindness
Up to 200 people are said to pass through the doors of Café Connect in Radbrook Green on a daily basis.
Mum Heidi picks up pen to fight prejudice with poetry
When seven-year-old Brandon Collier, of Coton Hill, was diagnosed with autism he hadn’t reached his third birthday.
Offering a helping hand – that’s what friends are for
Quietly going about their daily business is an army of volunteers which play an integral part in the lives of patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
Feedback brings a host of changes at Hamar Centre
One year ago, news broke that two long-serving counsellors had resigned from their posts at The Hamar Centre, which provides care for patients suffering from life-threatening or life limiting illnesses.
Trust supports town man after life changing tragedy
When Luke Harris’s father committed suicide in 2009 his whole life seemed to have fallen apart.
Hospital – it’s time to have your say
LETTERS SPECIAL:
Over the past month we have become increasingly concerned about changes being proposed by our local hospital trust to move vital services away from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, across the county to Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital.
End of an era… but fight to save rail link has just begun
On Friday the last Wrexham & Shropshire train to the capital left Shrewsbury at 2.07pm – marking the end of the link after three years.
Anne’s ‘crunch’ decision has clearly led to many rewards!
Many employees often daydream about setting up their own business to escape the threat of redundancy or the daily nine to five grind.