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A matter of course

Shrewsbury Colleges Group Business students recently raised a whopping £1,500 for local charities by organising multiple fundraising events. Each year, teams of Level 3 Extended

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Pit at the park

Severn Valley Country Park is holding a family-friendly event to mark 50 years since the closure of Alveley Colliery. Pit at the Park will be

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Bold as brass

The residents of Paris were bowled over by the Wellington Brass Band when they performed in the city recently. A huge audience gathered to hear

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Green Book

Green Book is an American biographical comedy-drama film. Set in 1962, the film is inspired by the true story of a tour of the Deep

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Kids on air!

Following their departure from Free Radio, Jo Jesmond and Ed Nell have set up Radio Active, which uses their radio skills to help schoolchildren improve

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Parish gift for hospital

A five-year fundraising programme between Saint John’s Catholic Church and the Diocese of Shrewsbury is set to benefit a Bridgnorth project. The church’s parishioners decided

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One million mentors

Some of the county’s top business talents have joined forces with Telford College students as part of a national campaign to connect more young people

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Tributes paid

Tributes have poured in for Bridgnorth’s mayor Jean Onions, who has died following her long battle with cancer. She was praised as having her love

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Shortlisted for award

Ludlow Farmshop at Bromfield has been shortlisted in the Midlands Best Rural Food or Drink Business category at the 2019/20 Rural Business Awards, held in

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Council buys bank

The future of Much Wenlock’s town centre cashpoint has been secured after the town council succeeded in buying the former Barclays bank. The town council

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Biz-Fest Returns

The Shropshire Chamber of Commerce have partnered with Reech Media and Shropshire Festivals to bring Shropshire BizFest back for a second year. The free festival

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Coworking hub

Shrewsbury is set to become a hub for flexible and remote working with the launch of a town centre coworking campus as a group of

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30 years of care

For 30 years this year, staff at Severn Hospice have been helping people through some of life’s toughest moments. In the years since its inception,

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Success at world champs

Hours of painstaking practice and dedication have seen a group of Telford-based cheerleaders named the leading performers in the country at an international competition. And

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Callum’s gift

A local boy has set up a charity to support siblings of young cancer patients at Princess Royal Hospital. Callum Finazzi was eight when his

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Race on the Edge

The 2019 Wenlock Olympian Society’s Race on the Edge will take place on Sunday 29 September. This year, a short distance Fun Run will also

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Coracles return

Friday 13 September at 2.30 will see the colourful and hotly-contested Coracle World Championships once again take place at the Pengwern Boat Club in Shrewsbury.

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Bridgnorth run

The Bridgnorth Running Club are pleased to announce that the Bridgnorth 10k is back in October for its sixth year. The race is an undulating

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Film Fest returns

Returning to screens this autumn, the Telford Film Festival will run for six weeks from Friday 6 September, with screenings and special events in venues

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Telford gets active

Almost 1,000 people so far have joined a fitness campaign sweeping Telford and Wrekin… and there are plenty more opportunities to get involved. Over the

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Fundraising continues

This year’s Broseley Festival was another huge success, with over 5,500 visitors packing the streets of the town at the top of the Gorge. Co-organiser

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Comedy and curry

Prepare to laugh the night away at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum’s Comedy and Curry Night in the Engine Shop at Enginuity on Friday 6 September.

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Grass seed season

It’s the time of year that spaniel owners dread – grass seed season! The unique shape of the grass seed means they attach easily to

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Boycie returns

Come and enjoy an intimate evening with John Challis, one of the nation’s great comedy actors, best known as Boycie in BBC1’s Only Fools and

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Bookfest in Bridgnorth

Castlefields school in Bridgnorth held their first Bookfest just before the end of term, with the aim of getting children excited about reading. The year-long

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A poppy for all reasons

Kestrels were hunting in the grassy field margins and bumblebees and soldier beetles feasted on the flowers… My son loves steam trains. Living in Bridgnorth,

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Prom parade

Blakelands Country House in Bobbington was the place to be as Bridgnorth Endowed School students turned out for their end of year prom. The Year

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