YOUNGSTERS carrying out a ‘speed watch’ session ton a ‘dangerous’ road close to their school were given VIP help on Friday.

Pupils from Gobowen Primary School were out in force to monitor the speed of cars travelling up and down Chirk Road towards the village and away to the A5.

It was part of action being taken by the school looking to reduce speed on the road, with children at the primary school recently writing to local Gobowen councillors asking them to take action on the dangerous road as part of their school council work.

They were joined by North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan for the event on the road opposite the school, and she praised their activism in addressing the issue.

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She said: “Road safety comes up as an issue at the school gate, the farm gate, and the garden gate all across North Shropshire when I’m out and about speaking to people.

“It seems far too often that the council are not willing to take people’s concerns seriously or act with any urgency in improving the situation.

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“Outside schools in particular the lack of action being taken is a really recurring theme.

“It was good to get out with pupils and teachers at Gobowen Primary to see the issue in Chirk Road up close. It is very clear that action must be taken by Shropshire Council to make our roads safer, and quickly.”

The MP says that she is is taking on road safety as a campaigning issue across north Shropshire, after recent Llynclys crossroads close to Oswestry.