Spring yarn bomb
Anyone walking through Bridgnorth’s Castle Gardens will have noticed the knitted and crocheted flowers adorning the rails near the ruins. This ‘yarn bombing’ is the
20 April 2017
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Anyone walking through Bridgnorth’s Castle Gardens will have noticed the knitted and crocheted flowers adorning the rails near the ruins. This ‘yarn bombing’ is the
May your garden grow Take the time to look after your garden now and reap the rewards later in the year. Despite a wet start
First ran in 1989, the Ironbridge Half Marathon has become a popular event on the running calendar, taking in a route that includes crossing the
Olympic Gold medalist and triple jump world record holder Jonathan Edwards was a special guest at this years’ Wenlock Olympian Live Arts Festival. The 131st
A group of Bridgnorth retailers and businesspeople received training about growing their businesses online as part of the town’s prizewinning package from the Great British
More than 26,000 people are expected to attend this year’s award-winning Shrewsbury Food Festival, which takes place in Quarry Park on 24 and 25 June.
Bridgnorth Chamber of Commerce has presented Lifetime Membership awards to two people instrumental in setting up the town’s successful Park and Ride. De and David
A farm shop near Bridgnorth is holding its second Bake Off event after 2016’s inaugural contest proved popular. The Bake Off will take place at
Shropshire artist Meg Hawkins has joined forces with TGS (The Glass Studio) on a collaboration that sees her designs appearing on a range of kitchen
A Shropshire company has chosen a special way to mark the milestone of 175 years in business. Tanners Wine Merchants have launched a special beer
A scheme has been launched to give businesses the tools they need to flourish and grow across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Herefordshire. The Marches
In May 1943, a German Junkers Ju88R-1 night-fighter with a crew of three took off on a mission from Denmark. Two of the crew decided
The family of a Bridgnorth boy with cancer have been stunned at the public response to the launch of an appeal to help him. Five-year-old
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometres from home. He survives many challenges and dangers before being adopted
The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron has opened after a six-month redevelopment, revealing how the remarkable events that happened in this part of Shropshire changed the
Broseley Festival announced earlier this month that the 2017 Festival was secure thanks to funding from Broseley Town Council. The Council have pledged financial support
A group of 16 staff and students from Bridgnorth Endowed School (BES) visited Umonga Secondary School in Tanzania earlier this year as part of an
Much Wenlock was twinned with French town Cysoing in 2004 and strong links have been developed between the two communities. But now the Shropshire town’s
Remember parachute pants, shoulder pads, rara skirts and big hair? That’ll be the 1980s… and that decade’s music is coming back to the county with
A Shrewsbury High School Sixth Form pupil has been selected to become a member of the GB Rowing Start programme. Jemima Gould endured a tough
Shrewsbury’s free street music festival, The Big Busk, took place in April and raised more than £8,500 for the Shrewsbury Ark. Karen Paterson, one of
Internationally recognised musicians contribute to Bridgnorth’s 24th annual English Haydn Festival, taking place between 7 and 11 June. This year’s theme is Haydn Across the
A former student of Shrewsbury Sixth Form College is wowing film audiences and critics across the globe with a film he wrote and directed. Rob
There are plenty of opportunities for people to travel back to the era of wartime Britain in the coming months, with 1940s events at the
Back by popular demand, the Birchmeadow in Broseley will once again welcome wandering troubadour Mr Otis Gibbs, songwriter, storyteller, painter, photographer and planter of 7,176
Harper Adams has become became the first university to scoop the Whatuni University of the Year two years in a row. Harper Adams also came top
A new project to celebrate cultural diversity and highlight the plight of refugees has been launched by Shrewsbury Folk Festival. Organisers of the annual four-day
This uplifting story is being staged at Bridgnorth’s Theatre on the Steps between 22 June and 1 July. Set during the dark and dangerous build-up to
In their latest move to improve facilities available for pupils and parents, Morville CE Primary School is now providing before and after-school care. From 7.45am
A taste of Covent Garden is arriving in Shropshire this summer, with the launch of a new street festival. Organised by Bridgnorth Promotions and set