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WATCH: Anti-relief road protesters let off flares ahead of crucial Shropshire Council meeting

Campaigners opposed to Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road staged a protest before Thursday's Shropshire Council meeting.

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Protesters let off flares at Shirehall

The activists from Extinction Rebellion attended Shrewsbury's Shirehall at around 9am, where they held a rooftop protest against the road plan.

They let off flares and dropped a banner off the roof of the building ahead of the full council meeting – where several public questions were asked about the plans for the controversial road.

Other members of the group mounted a road sign on the grass outside the council's headquarters.

It comes as the authority is set to finally take the scheme to its own planning committee for a decision later this month.