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Protecting plants

Tomato, cucumber and pepper plants should not be planted outside until the end of May; even inside they need some heat at night if temperatures

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Netball superstars

Wolverhampton Girls’ High School U16 netball team participated in the National Schools Netball competition for the first time in the school’s history on Saturday 16

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Wood’s gets the vote

Wood’s Brewery’s newest beer is a drinkable representation of ‘the will of the people’. The brewery, which is based in Craven Arms, launched their new

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Colour boost

Summer bedding can be planted outside from the end of May onwards, so long as we aren’t getting any late frosts. Antirrhinums, asters and lobelia

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Swimming into history

Bridgnorth Endowed School’s first annual prom fundraiser is set to be a team effort as pupils from all year groups pledged to support the school’s

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Big Busk returns

The Big Busk’s night time programme will have a new feel for 2019 as the festival takes over the Frankwell area of Shrewsbury. The popular

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Folk pair’s town date

At 2016’s FolkEast Festival, Peter Knight, legendary violinist and ex-member of Steeleye Span, was paired with leading melodeon player and ex-Bellowhead member, John Spiers, for

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Rotterdam, or anywhere

Following three critically acclaimed runs in London and a highly successful transfer to New York, Donnacadh O’Briain’s Olivier award-winning production of ‘Rotterdam’ will play at

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Blue hues

Add drama with electric, navy or cobalt blue, or calm things down with shades of baby, cornflower and powder… Main picture (top): Long Beach sofa,

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Finding the way

The OS Map Fan Club join Ordnance Survey enthusiast Helen Wood in Habberley for a humorous exploration of the much-loved, fold-out, paper map. This Edinburgh

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Arts trail set to grow

Organisers of the Bridgnorth Open House Arts Trail say this year’s event is on course to surpass last year. Committee member Jack Miller explains, “We’ve

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Drawn to Shropshire

en-and-ink artists from around the world will once again converge on the county town for the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival on the weekend of 26

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Winning snap for Frank

Bridgnorth and District Camera Club recently ran a photographic competition for members entitled Taken in Shropshire. Members submitted images were taken in the county between

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Folk stars ‘on tour’

With Ludlow Assembly Rooms currently undergoing building work, the team are ‘borrowing’ other venues to put on their shows. This is good news for Bridgnorth,

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Strictly Telford

The smash hit dance spectacular ‘Dance is Life’, directed and choreographed by Strictly Come Dancing’s creative director Jason Gilkison and starring one of the show’s

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A passion for roses

At the end of last year, the news was announced that one of Shropshire’s best-loved sons, the rose grower David Austin, had passed away aged

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Madeley spring concert

Telford Orchestra, a community orchestra made up of players from across Shropshire, is returning to St Michael’s Church in Madeley to perform a Spring Concert

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Time of your life…

A classic coming-of-age story visits the Grand in Wolverhampton this April. Dirty Dancing tells the story of ‘Baby’ Houseman as she explores a new world

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Sunset in Oakengates

Telford and District Light Operatic Players (Tadlop) prepare to bring the golden age of Hollywood to Oakengates Theatre at the end of March. The Shropshire

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