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Shouting about things is our bag, so this is where you can find what our clients have been up to, what's happening in our beautiful county of Shropshire, Team J&PR updates - and, of course, our PR and social media advice and tips!

School trip to Cologne a huge success

06 Jan 2016

by Dani Wozencroft

A group of students from a Shropshire school have been testing their knowledge of German on a trip to the country. Year eight and nine students from Thomas Adams School, in Lowe Hill Road, Wem, went to Cologne last month to speak to locals and experience life in Germany. The group of around 40 students visited various tourist attractions during […]

Christmas orders bring home the bacon for Telford butcher

24 Dec 2015

by Dani Wozencroft

It’s bound to be a busy time of year for any butcher – but one shop in Telford has been inundated with orders from across the UK and seen Christmas food trends change. Bosses at G. N. Badley & Sons butchers, in Gibbons Road, Trench, have so far prepared 570 turkeys, one tonne of sausages, 6,000 pigs in blankets, 150 […]

Dear Santa review

23 Dec 2015

by Rhea Alton

Taking kids to the theatre for the first time is always a nervous time. In my experience every child is different so you can never actually judge when they are the right age to have their first theatre visit – not very helpful I know…. But my experience at Theatre Severn on Sunday made me realise it can also make […]

Football team gets early Christmas present with sponsorship from local business

21 Dec 2015

by Dani Wozencroft

A football team in Shrewsbury has received an early Christmas gift from a town businessman – their first ever brand new kit. The Shrewsbury Up and Comers FC Eagles Under 12s team has been going for five years but has always relied on second hand kits from wherever they could find – never having their own identify or colours of […]

Igloo of fun at ABC Day Nursery

21 Dec 2015

by Kirsty Smallman

Staff at a Telford nursery worked long into the night to complete a giant milk bottle igloo in time for a visit from Santa. And their efforts didn’t go unnoticed by children attending ABC Day Nursery who got to sit inside the grotto and receive a present from Father Christmas. Staff at the Hoo Farm nursery, located in Preston On […]

Beanstalk inspiring the next generation to love reading

21 Dec 2015

by Simon Alton

A charity in Shropshire which helps get children reading is looking to double the number of youngsters it supports during 2016. Beanstalk recruits and trains people to help children who are struggling with their reading in schools across Shropshire – and the charity is undertaking a major recruitment drive. As well as reading, volunteers play educational games and help children […]

Snow White arrives in Telford for the panto season

17 Dec 2015

by Kirsty Smallman

This year’s panto Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs at The Place in Oakengates, Telford, was extra special as our boys knew some of their friends from school were performing. With Jeremy Edwards from Hollyoaks and Holby City taking the starring role as the handsome Prince Edward and Nicole Faraday of ITV’s Bad Girls and Emmerdale as evil Queen Grizelda […]

Adam Long’s Dickens Abridged at Theatre Severn

15 Dec 2015

by Rebecca Dutton

It had been a while since I had visited the theatre so I was particularly looking forward to an amusing Sunday evening at Theatre Severn. And while I wasn’t disappointed, I didn’t laugh quite as much as I expected to – more a smile every so often. The show is certainly fast-paced and action-packed but the one thing that grated […]

They did it again a fantastic panto mime at Theatre Severn

15 Dec 2015

by Kirsty Smallman

Surely it could not beat the previous Theatre Severn panto performances – or could it? Once again we got in the festive spirit by visiting Theatre Severn to watch the panto – Dick Whittington this year and with two excited boys aged four and six in tow it was sure to be a great evening. With Brad Fitt as Dame […]

Seniors enjoy Christmas party put on by college students in Wem

14 Dec 2015

by Dani Wozencroft

Tis the season to be jolly – and plenty of senior citizens have had a jolly good time at Adams College. Around 90 seniors enjoyed a free Christmas lunch and mince pies made by Food and Nutrition students at the event at Stanier Hall in High Street, Wem on Friday (Dec 11). The annual event, organised by students at the […]