A World Heritage Site hotel is teaming up with other local enterprises in a bid to boost visitor numbers to the area. Staff at the Best Western Valley Hotel in Ironbridge have created a series of packages to encourage visitors to the area and support local businesses. They want to work alongside firms in and around the town to offer […]
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Visitors to Shrewsbury Flower Show can be assured of a real whizz-bang finale this year with the news of a new company coming on board to put on the traditional fireworks display. The display has closed the Show for more than 100 years with thousands of people watching the spectacular on both nights. This year’s show will again take place […]
Staffordshire pupils hit the West End stage
17 Jun 2019
Sisters at a Staffordshire school have appeared in a special production in London’s West End. Karina and Anaya Kular from St Dominic’s Grammar School, Brewood, are part of the Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts and took part in a production of Trouble’s a Brewin’ in Alberquirky at Her Majesty’s Theatre – the first time the local academy has appeared […]
A group of current and former Shropshire students have been to Buckingham Palace to collect an award and meet royalty. Six students from Ellesmere College picked up their gold Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) award at a special ceremony in May. Ellie Hutchings, Adam Crossman, Jemima Burgess-Thomas, Dylan Evans, Sam Nieto and Tom Hills also had the chance to speak to […]
Touring caravan and motorhome owners are being warned to toughen up their security ahead of the holiday season and make sure they are adequately insured. The number of thefts of motorhomes and caravans spike during the summer with tourers more likely to be stolen from unsecured camping sites, driveways and streets rather than from secured sites and storage premises – […]
Students at a Staffordshire school are aiming to strike a chord with visitors when they stage a major musical extravaganza. The youngsters at St Dominic’s Grammar School, Brewood, have been busy tuning up for the event which will feature all ages and a wide variety of styles of music in a packed programme of entertainment on June 12. It all […]
A Shropshire society which misplaced a coveted cup for over 100 years is to give people the chance to reenact the search for the precious silverware. The Peplow Challenge Cup mysteriously went missing from Newport & District Agricultural Society in 1904 and was not seen until it appeared for sale on the popular BBC TV show Flog It!, originally recorded […]
Elvis fans are in for a treat next week at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn. Lee Memphis King will recreate the essence of the King on June 20 at 7.30pm, accompanied by an orchestra of world class musicians and backing vocalists. The show will also include video screen projection mapping out Elvis’s life and music. Over the last 10 years, Lee has […]
A professional circus is coming to town on Father’s Day to raise funds for a Telford school. The big top will arrive on the playing fields of Lawley Primary School before the National Festival Circus entertain hundreds of people in three shows on Sunday June 16th. The Lawley Big Top extravaganza will see the guests entertained by professional circus entertainers […]
Pure Telecom hit connection milestone
12 Jun 2019
Bosses at Shropshire telecoms firm Pure Telecom are celebrating after smashing through the 10,000 O2 mobile phone connections target – proof, bosses say, of continued business growth across Shropshire and the West Midlands The multi award-winning firm says the figures show more companies are looking at remote working as an increasingly viable alternative and that companies are getting on with […]
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