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31 May 2023
The Dyslexia Awards are back for the eighth year – and it’s time to think about which Shropshire people you want to nominate.
The awards, which originated in Shropshire, celebrate dyslexics and those who go the extra mile to support them, and are presented at a celebration evening in the county in the autumn.
Nominations for the nine categories are now open, and awards founder Elizabeth Wilkinson...
31 May 2023
Morris Property has today announced its partnership with Shrewsbury Town Football Club as the new front-of-shirt sponsors from the 2023/4 season. The logo of the fifth generation Shrewsbury firm will be on home shirts from the coming season, with the new kit set to be unveiled in the next few weeks.
The two long-standing Shropshire names are delighted to be partners with Chris Morris, Director of...
26 May 2023
Two of Shropshire’s regional winners in the Lawn Tennis Association’s prestigious annual awards have now been shortlisted for top national prizes.
Amy Dannatt, who is part of the coaching team at The Shrewsbury Club, has made the shortlist for the national rising star of the year award.
Amy continues to gain experience as a tennis referee and plays a leading role as an official in ensuring...
23 May 2023
Buddy,
Theatre Severn,
Tuesday 23rd May-Saturday 27th May
(Matinees most days)
When one finds it hard to leave the theatre one knows one has just seen a spectacle that will indelibly print itself on the heart and on the soul. This show is sensational. That is a superlative reserved for the top drawer. One doesn’t believe there is a chest of drawers tall enough to get all the superlatives needed,...
23 May 2023
Shropshire begin their National Counties Cricket Association Trophy campaign against Suffolk at Sudbury Cricket Club on Sunday (11am).
Shropshire will follow this weekend’s long trip east with home matches against Norfolk and Cambridgeshire before completing their group fixtures in the 50-over competition away to Cheshire.
The top two teams in each of the four groups will progress to the NCCA...
23 May 2023
The divisional winners received their trophies as the annual Shropshire Ladies Winter Doubles League held its presentation evening at The Shrewsbury Club.
The popular tennis competition, organised by Merill Holt, featured six divisions this time with a host of matches played around the county during the winter months.
Reflecting on the continued success of the Winter League, Tennis Shropshire...
23 May 2023
A host of fun water games and activities are lined up to keep Shropshire children entertained during next week's half-term holidays.
The Crossbar Foundation, in partnership with The Crossbar Group, will be running action-packed holiday clubs at eight county schools between Tuesday, May 30 and Friday, June 2.
Luke Hughes, Crossbar’s holiday activities lead, said: “Our holiday clubs engaged with...
23 May 2023
Mount House & Severn View care home, in Shrewsbury recently enjoyed the company of a wonderful group from YMCA Wellington and District. On a mission to give back to the local community the young persons from YMCA Wellington chose to spend time redeveloping the overgrown gardens of Mount House & Severn View.
YMCA enables people to develop their full potential in mind, body and spirit by...
22 May 2023
History inspired the residents of Bellway’s Copthorne Keep development in Shrewsbury when they were given the chance to name apartments in the latest phase of the scheme.
The Keep is a collection of nine two-bedroom apartments within the site’s original 19th century armoury building, which is being preserved and refurbished as part of the wider development.
The first apartments within this phase...
19 May 2023
Last year I started with what I call The Sound of Shrewsbury Folk. It’s a series of concerts in reaction to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine. Naturally like everybody else I felt it was very difficult to make any kind of difference and I was feeling so terrible about what was going on over there that I really wanted to do something. This was so that I could feel that I had addressed the issue for...
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