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15 Mar 2024
Housebuilder Bellway has partnered with Own New to make mortgages more affordable to people purchasing new homes in Shrewsbury.   A new mortgage product, Own New Rate Reducer, could see buyers of new-build Bellway homes benefit from interest rates below 1.00 per cent.*   The product launched on Monday (4 March) and is available on selected new Bellway homes across Shrewsbury.   Marie Richards,...
15 Mar 2024
Popular holiday clubs around the county will return during the Easter school holidays to keep Shropshire children happy, healthy and active. The Crossbar Foundation, in partnership with Crossbar Education in Sport, will be running clubs at eight county schools. Week one activities are offered between Monday, March 25 and Thursday, March 28, followed by another busy schedule for week two from...
Halls Fine Art specialists will be providing free valuations for silver, jewellery, watches and antiques in Ludlow on Wednesday.
12 Mar 2024
Specialists from leading regional fine art auction house Halls Fine Art, based in Shrewsbury, will be providing free valuations for antiques, watches, silver and jewellery in Ludlow tomorrow (Wednesday). Silver and jewellery specialist Maryanne Lineker-Mobberley and Asian art, clocks, watches and furniture valuer Alexander Clement will be available at Fishmore Hall Hotel and Boutique Spa in...
07 Mar 2024
Construction staff from Bovis Homes and Linden Homes have designed and built a new sandpit for children at a primary school in Telford. Members of the site teams at The Quarters @ Redhill location in Telford took a digger and dumper truck to excavate a new 20-tonne sandpit in the outdoor play area at Holmer Lake Primary School in Brookside, just four miles away. Bovis Homes and Linden Homes,...
07 Mar 2024
Some of Shropshire’s most inspirational young people have been honoured at the 2024 High Sheriff of Shropshire’s Outstanding Young Citizen Awards.   The annual event, hosted this year at Shrewsbury College, paid tribute to more than 50 youngsters who have gone the extra mile to support their communities and good causes over the past 12 months.   The awards have been running since 2006 to...
07 Mar 2024
The biggest women’s tennis tournament in the UK outside of the grass court season is returning to Shropshire later this year. The Shrewsbury Club has been chosen by the International Tennis Federation and Lawn Tennis Association to stage the prestigious Lexus W100 Shrewsbury event. It means local tennis fans can again look forward to watching leading British and international stars competing on...
High Sheriff of Shropshire Mandy Thorn MBE DL
05 Mar 2024
An innovative new charity fund from the High Sheriff of Shropshire has helped boost 14 youth-led organisations and projects across the county. The High Sheriff of Shropshire’s Fund has announced its first awardees totalling £15,000 for youth-led projects across Shropshire Telford and Wrekin. The award was set up last year to offer grants of up to £1,250 to support organisations, community groups...
Rabbit at Park Hall Countryside Experience
05 Mar 2024
Oswestry farm attraction, Park Hall Countryside Experience, is lining up an egg-xtra special event for the Easter school holidays. Their Easter event will run from March 23rd until April 7th. There will be the ‘Great Alice in Wonderland Egg Hunt’ plus egg hunt trails around the farm for extra treats. Visitors can meet Alice and the White Rabbit in the Alice in Wonderland Barn and watch as the...
04 Mar 2024
Plans to reduce through-traffic and improve cycling options in Shrewsbury would encourage more people to visit the town centre, according to one local family. Daniel Konn, who lives in Belle Vue with his wife and two children, said he welcomed the proposals outlined in the new Shrewsbury movement and public space strategy. The document, published by the Shrewsbury Big Town Plan Partnership,...
03 Mar 2024
  During their spent time on manufacturer’s press fleets the cars we motor-noters are privileged enough to be lent must inevitably lead a hard life. All those miles; all those different drivers; all those different driving styles…     So far, so good. In over thirteen years of borrowing myriad motor cars from myriad marques (some now defunct), fortunately – touch wood and all that – I’ve never...
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