
Offering hope to young people in distress
A Shropshire fostering agency is aiming to offer a safe and secure environment to young people in 2025, with demand expected to increase from children

A Shropshire fostering agency is aiming to offer a safe and secure environment to young people in 2025, with demand expected to increase from children

Shoppers in a Shropshire town are preparing to show their love for some special businesses. Shifnal is hosting a Valentine’s promotion until February 14, with

A serious embankment failure has occurred on the Severn Valley Railway, leaving the track impassable at one location along the 16-mile route. The popular heritage

An expert in community arts and creativity has been appointed to head up one of the region’s leading music organisations. Dr Jane Povey (pictured) is

A free full-day workshop is to be held in Shropshire in to help anyone thinking of starting their own business. The New Year: New Venture

Oakengates Town Council have announced the return of the much-loved Oakengates Carnival on Saturday 12 July. They have enlisted Shropshire Festivals to organise the event, after

Despite plummeting January temperatures and snowfall, the first official signs of spring have been spotted in Shropshire and beyond. In the depths of cold, dark

A new £10,000 classroom has been unveiled at Weston Park on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border as part of plans to grow the venue’s outdoor education programme

A prominent county music organisation has set out a varied and impressive programme for 2025, with a world-famous artist launching their events for the

A new award scheme for start-up businesses has been launched in Shropshire. Leading consultancy Good2Great, who have now helped around 2,000 new enterprises in the

Local charity Community Resource has announced a new partnership with Telford-based ANTA Community Training CIC, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing accessible education and training.

The team at a recruitment business are wearing Christmas jumpers every Friday in December to raise money for the Shrewsbury Food Hub. The tradition at

Pentabus theatre company has announced Liv Hennessy as its first ever Jerwood Foundation Writer-in-Residence. She will take up the year long residency from January. Liv

Young people are at risk of missing out on vital skills needed for the future, unless fieldwork becomes core to the new national curriculum, a

Shropshire’s Nick Tart Estate Agents have been inviting local primary schools to take part in a Design a Christmas Card competition. The company’s Ironbridge branch

Two acts have been revealed for Shrewsbury International Comedy Festival’s (SICF) flagship gala show at Theatre Severn next summer. The festival will offer performances at

Award-winning Shropshire construction company McPhillips has launched a new fund to build stronger communities as it marks its 60th birthday. To celebrate its Diamond Anniversary,

One of Britain’s best choirs is visiting Shropshire for a festive performance of seasonal music and readings – and the event is expected to be

Haberdashers’ Adams School in Newport has appointed a new head, effective from next September. Daniel Biggins will succeed Gary Hickey, who retires at the end

This Advent children in Shifnal will be invited to guess the location of a flock of festive lost sheep as they ‘hide’ in Christmas displays

A special performance of ‘The 12 days of Christmas’ will be staged as part of Wellington’s Christmas lights switch on this year. Businesses from across

Directors at a Shropshire fostering agency believe the move to a trauma-informed therapeutic approach of supporting children and young people, has been key to its

Shifnal Christmas lights switch-on will take place on Saturday, November 23 and will include a festive market and live entertainment. From 1pm there will be

A breathtaking musical love story comes to Shropshire this month. To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of French composer Gabriel Fauré, Shropshire Music

A new arts project which will celebrate people’s memories of The Wrekin is under way. The ‘Community Voices’ initiative is being led by Wellington collage

A new group which aims to enhance Shifnal rail station is looking for volunteers to get on board. The initiative is being launched to mark

Fast-growing Midlands law firm FBC Manby Bowdler has secured a £30 million investment to fund ambitious plans to double its size in the next 18

A long-running contemporary designer craft fair returns to Irobridge next month. Now in its 19th year, the popular event, called Gorgeous, will be hosted

One of Shropshire’s leading law firms is celebrating a clutch of accolades in the prestigious annual Chambers UK Legal Guide rankings for 2025 – including

Entries have opened for the second of a new fixture in Shropshire’s athletics calendar. TheShifn al 10k race is being organised by a group of