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A rather strange Bridgnorth artefact has been restored to the family whose name it bears. John Kenneth Banks was Bridgnorth town clerk from 1957 before

Bridgnorth WI has been raising funds and supporting a huge variety of community events throughout the year. In May, branch president Judith Tranter presented Chris

Cllr Ron Whittle was sworn in as the new mayor of Bridgnorth at the mayor making ceremony at Bridgnorth Town Hall, where he was joined

Women’s cricket softball is taking Shropshire by storm. Two well-attended festivals have taken place in Shrewsbury and Alveley, and with numbers are growing more are

Over 3,500 motorcyclists rode the 23 miles from Shrewsbury to RAF Cosford in the Bike4Life Ride Out, raising £73,800 for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

The Rotary Club of Bridgnorth’s wishing well was recently unveiled in the Bridgnorth Castle Grounds. President of Bridgnorth Rotary Club Robert Davies said “ The

Bridgnorth firefighter Luke Veal has secured his place in the Guinness Book of Records for his part in playing the longest ever rugby match. The

Little Jake Mountford has got a lot to be smiling about. Thanks to a massive community response, the five year old, who has the rare

Local residents are hoping the community will rally round to raise funds to make up the shortfall needed to get the Bridgnorth pool open again.

This July marks 125 years since one of the jewels in Bridgnorth’s crown, the Cliff Railway, opened. To celebrate, a special first-day stamp cover has

Significant improvement works are to be carried out between July and November on the A458 Bridgnorth bypass and the roundabout approaches between the Wenlock Road

The Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust has succeeded in meeting a £1 million fundraising challenge well ahead of schedule and The Heritage Lottery Fund has

Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin is urgently in need of ‘befriending volunteers’ in Bridgnorth to spend a couple of hours a week visiting an

In a brilliant reusage scheme, public defibrillators have been installed inside a number of iconic red phone boxes in the WW! area. Heartstart Midlands has

Bridgnorth Library is offering local and family history advice sessions on Friday afternoons throughout July and August from 2pm to 5pm. Every Friday local and

The most advanced fighter aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Me 262, is returning to Cosford after 14 years on display at the

Wenlock Olympian Games will take place between 1 and 15 July and feature some 20 events, most of which are centred on the town’s Gaskell

Shropshire writer Christina Graham has written the novel entitled ‘Reiver’, in memory of her husband Robert, and the book has gone on sale to raise

Much Wenlock Leisure Centre’s new community club is open to families or individuals offering a range of ‘come and try’ activities at a very reasonable

Talent comes in all shapes and sizes, and acknowledging and developing talent in all its diverse forms is a big part of what The Bridge

The Severn Valley Railway kicked off its 2017 season in style with an event that celebrated everything great about the golden age of steam. The