Shropshire
04 Apr 2023
A capacity mixed entry of cars and motorcycles has attracted the fastest drivers and bikers from across the country to Loton Park Hill Climb, near Shrewsbury over the Easter weekend.
Reigning British hill climb champion Wallace Menzies will be competing in his Gould GR59 single seater racing car against most of the other top ten seeded UK drivers, including Alex Summers of Tenbury Wells and Scott...
20 Mar 2023
Season opener event at Loton Park Hill Climb
Loton Park Hill Climb hosts the first event of the season this coming weekend and most of the top UK drivers have taken the opportunity to come along to give their cars a shakedown before their championship starts in ernest.
Based in the Deer Park of Loton Park, at Alberbury, near Shrewsbury, the tight and demanding course will provide championship...
20 Mar 2023
Ryan Kennedy is joining the on-air team at Shropshire Live this April to present a brand new weekday show.
The local radio presenter will join to host the mid-morning show between 10am – 1pm from Tuesday 11th April.
Ryan will be keeping Shropshire up to date with the latest local news and entertainment, with local and celebrity guests featuring on the show and a mix of music from the 80s to today...
08 Mar 2023
A dyslexia campaigner from Shropshire has enjoyed a right royal day out after officially being made an MBE by Princess Anne at a special investiture ceremony.
Elizabeth Wilkinson, who has worked tirelessly to promote the skills and successes of people with dyslexia, went to Windsor Castle today (Wednesday, March 8) to receive the honour awarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours last year.
She went...
23 Feb 2023
Shrewsbury Folk Festival has kicked off a search to find the folk stars of the future who want to showcase their music and reach new audiences at this year’s event.
The festival is appealing for bands, duos or solo artists to pitch for one of the three places available on The Launchpad, which showcases emerging talent on the festival’s Village Stage.
The Launchpad is sponsored by Midlands What’s...
27 Jan 2023
Bellway West Midlands is offering house-hunters across the region up to £18,000 towards their mortgage payments to help reduce their cost of living.
The developer is offering to pay £1,000 a month towards mortgage payments for up to 18 months for buyers of designated plots at its developments across the West Midlands, including Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Derbyshire.
Bellway has...
19 Jan 2023
Shropshire sculptor Halima Cassell receives MBE award for ‘Services to Art and Cultural Heritage’ in England.
Cassell was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for ‘Services to Art and Cultural Heritage’ in England, but due to Covid restrictions the award ceremony was delayed until 2022. Cassell finally collected her award from Buckingham Palace in...
06 Jan 2023
Oteley Estate, based in Ellesmere has been shortlisted to win a Countryside Alliance Award in the Rural Enterprise Category.
The Awards received over seventeen thousand nominations this year, so Oteley Estate has done extremely well to be nominated. The Awards are the Countryside Alliance’s annual celebration of British food & farming, enterprise, and heritage through small, hard-working...
28 Nov 2022
A former Shropshire farmer has turned his farming tales and adventures into a series of richly illustrated children’s books that are designed to be fun, easy to read and help youngsters develop a love of reading.
Peter Russell Peake has already received fan mail from young readers and is currently in discussions with a major Shropshire tourist attraction about producing a children’s book for the...
15 Nov 2022
Park Hall Countryside Experience in Oswestry has lined up an exciting new offering for December that mixes pantomime fun and adorable animals with all the Christmas trimmings!
The farm attraction team are expecting to delight family audiences with ‘Elf Academy’ – a live pantomime style show with lots of audience interaction. The performers will encourage youngsters to dance and sing along as they...
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