
Buildwas church marks birthday
Buildwas’s Holy Trinity Church was built in 1720 to replace a medieval church that was part of Buildwas Abbey. Ahead of its 300th birthday in

Buildwas’s Holy Trinity Church was built in 1720 to replace a medieval church that was part of Buildwas Abbey. Ahead of its 300th birthday in

Chelmarsh Parish Hall is set to welcome a new kind of treatment for the winter blues, styled after old-fashioned medicine shows that rolled into town

Bridgnorth Musical Theatre Company is in rehearsal for their main production for this year, ‘9 to 5’, which takes place from Wednesday 21 February to

Charly Browne, a Young Leader at 1st Tasley Guides, has won the Alan Golden Award from Bridgnorth Lions’ Club. The award is presented to a

Local artist Pip Jones has triumphed in a well-established art competition. The Shropshire Open Art Competition has run for 30 years, and 2017’s top prize

Some much-loved characters will be appearing at Alveley Village Hall on Friday 9 February. Box Tale Soup’s presentation of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ by

A local man has recently taken delivery of a specially designed transportation system to help him get around. Ben Parker, who lives between Brockton and

Christmas time in most households is a time of increased activity and excitement, which often means a change of routine for our pets…. With all

There may be a slight chill in the air but that’s no reason not to get outside – tempting though it is to take a

Season’s end… As we settle down to the colder months, now is the time to get your garden tidied up and look forward to bringing

With bright white as your base, use red to fire up the Scandi style in your living room this winter. These two hues just zing

Watercolour artist Alan Reade of Claverley, near Bridgnorth, has produced two 2018 calendars of his work to raise funds for his favourite charities. The first

On Sunday 19 November a touch of stardust will fall on Bridgnorth as professional West End stars join with a choir of 200 local singers

The Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Rev Richard Frith, took his ministry to a whole new level when he visited Much Wenlock to celebrate the

A former teacher is launching a new career as a children’s author after publishing her first book. The new venture for Sarah Griffiths follows the

Gemma Brown, who has written a children’s book called The Marvellous Marathon Dragon in aid of Asthma UK, was overwhelmed by the response and sales

Over 80 friends and family turned out to help Maurice Barton, the founder member of Bridgnorth Probus Club, celebrate his 100th birthday recently. Maurice has

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Shifnal and District Male Voice Choir, and a celebratory charity concert will take place in the Village Hall

Telford & Wrekin Cleaning Services have won a prestigious national award at the Association of Public Service Excellence awards ceremony in Oxford. The team’s winning

A creative competition to find Shropshire’s outstanding young thinkers has been launched by Morris and Co and University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS). The competition, ONE Great

Shropshire based charity FCRS, which supports a school for refugees in Guinea’s capital, have launched a range of bags known as Simbaya. Named after the

The winners of Telford’s Active Lifestyle Awards for 2017 were announced at a special ceremony at Oakengates Theatre @ The Place last month. The awards,

Volunteers from the Severn Valley Country Park Supporters Group have received a prestigious royal award straight from Buckingham Palace. The award was presented by the

The Cajun Roosters will bring the music of Louisiana to Shropshire in November. With original arrangements and self-penned songs, accordions, fiddle, guitar and vocals, they’ve

So think you know plenty about your local town of Brugg, Briegge or Brug Morse? (as Bridgnorth has been previously known)? Could you locate the

Who can forget their first teddy bear? As Ironbridge firm Merrythought’s bears are immortalised both in a Royal Mail stamp and in the film Goodbye

Tom Barras, a 16-year-old musician from Bridgnorth, has been selected to showcase his talent at Arena Birmingham on the Firestone Stage in November. Tom, who

A Shropshire charity has received a huge charitable boost to help transport people to work through the Wheels2Work scheme. The Shropshire Rural Communities Charity (RCC)

This Christmas, Bridgnorth’s Rotary Club are celebrating 15 years of raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support with their Tree of Thought, having raised over £20,000

‘Forget Me Not – The Alzheimer’s Whodunnit’ will be performed on Saturday 18 November at 7.30pm at Stoke St Milborough Village Hall. Jim’s wife, a