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Programme of free summer holiday activities for children published

07/07/2021

A programme of summer holiday activities taking place across Shropshire – which will be free for eligible children– has been published on…

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Shropshire’s silver entrepreneurs offered exclusive business support programme

07/07/2021

Shropshire’s older generation of entrepreneurs is to get a helping hand thanks to a new initiative to help the over-50s set up…

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We’re improving your roads: an open letter from Councillor Steve Charmley

06/07/2021

Note: This letter can also be viewed as a pdf version here: Open letter to residents from Councillor Steve Charmley Dear resident, Many…

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Rural Housing Week 2021 – Work set to start on rural housing development

06/07/2021

News from our partners – The Wrekin Housing Group Work on a new community-led rural housing development in Prees is set to…

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Children are invited to join the Wild World Heroes on a reading adventure in Shropshire libraries

06/07/2021
Wild World Heroes Reading Challenge 2021

Shropshire Libraries are calling for children to sign up to the Wild World Heroes Reading Adventure for the 2021 Summer Reading Challenge.…

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Exhibition unlocks new perspectives on the River Severn – past and present

05/07/2021

A collaboration between a conservation project and Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery is unlocking the secrets of the River Severn past and…

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News from our partners: New landscape investment to deliver local benefits for climate, nature, people and place

05/07/2021
An image of people from Shropshire creating a heart formation in Carding Mill Valley in the heart of the Shropshire Hill Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

News from our partners A 3-year Defra funded programme for farmers and land managers in Protected Landscapes (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty…

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Surface dressing programme underway in drive to improve county’s roads

05/07/2021
surface dressing

More than 50 stretches of road across Shropshire are being treated as part of Shropshire Council’s annual surface dressing programme – work…

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Coronavirus: Update on Minsterley COVID-19 outbreak 

02/07/2021

A mobile testing unit (MTU) is in Minsterley following an outbreak of COVID-19 linked to the village primary school.  Shropshire Council has been working with local…

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Memorial cherry tree ceremony to mark the humanitarian role of the Armed Forces in Srebrenica 

02/07/2021
Remembering Srebrenica flower

Shropshire Council is holding a special cherry tree dressing ceremony outside Shirehall in Shrewsbury at 11am on Tuesday 6 July 2021. This is…

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