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Quiz tribute to Peter

Players from a Shropshire quiz league have donated £750 to Severn Hospice, which cared for their longstanding chair in his final days. Members of Bridgnorth

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SaTH update

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has continued to hit the local and national headlines for a variety of reasons, including failings in

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Ironbridge loos twinned

The recently refurbished public loos in Ironbridge’s Square are being twinned with toilets in Malawi in support of an international charity’s crusade to help those

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Ditch the plastic!

Leaders of a coalition working to reduce plastic in Bridgnorth were overwhelmed at the turnout at its first public meeting in November. The coalition includes

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Scouts bear gifts

Broseley Scouts and Cubs collected shoe box gifts for Shropshire’s Operation Christmas Care Leavers during the festive season. These gift boxes are distributed annually to

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Season’s readings!

Anna Dreda recommends books for gifts – and for treats for yourself! I have to start with the latest from my all-time favourite author, Barbara

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Roobarb’s Ugandan trip

Business owners Marcia Dale and Kevin Bellwood, who operate Bridgnorth homeware and gift shop Roobarb, recently returned from Uganda after a 10-day trip visiting South

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Metallic lust… er

Shimmery fabrics, molten finishes and shiny treatments are all the rage – add warmth to a room and mix well with any colour palette. Silver

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Changes at WordPress

One of the most popular open-source content management systems, WordPress, is at the centre of controversy over the introduction of a new publishing experience called

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Millican can

Sarah Millican is not a control freak, she’s a control enthusiast. Do you arrange the nights out? Are you in charge of passports on holiday?

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Purple change

New Purple Celebration, the band formally known as Purple Rain: A Celebration of Prince, are back with a new name but the same funky musical

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View from the coracle

In this issue, Ed Andrews takes to the waters of the mighty Severn to experience nature from a different angle. Ironbridge Coracle Regatta takes place

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Examining the truth

An exhibition at Jackfield Tile Museum challenges some of the propaganda around how WW1 was and still is represented in the media. Part of Shropshire’s

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