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Shropshire Council’s new Cabinet confirmed

20/05/2021

Shropshire Council has today *Thursday 20 May 2021) confirmed the names and responsibilities of the councillors who will sit on the council’s…

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Remembering and recording Shropshire’s rural pubs heritage

20/05/2021

As pubs all over Shropshire reopen their doors, a new heritage project has been launched to record information about the county’s historic…

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Independent shop owner aiming to make the world a better place, one customer at a time  

19/05/2021

The owner of an established DVD store and a new bookshop in Shrewsbury’s Darwin Centre is urging people to support the county’s…

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New Cultural Consortium secures funding for Oswestry programme

19/05/2021

A newly formed Cultural Consortium in Oswestry has been awarded £90,000 to carry out a series of cultural events throughout the town…

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Mini meadows in the making on Shropshire’s roadsides

19/05/2021
RSVP work party in Bishops Castle

A group of conservation volunteers in Shropshire is calling for roadside verges to be left uncut to benefit plants and wildlife. Restoring…

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Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury reopens later this week

18/05/2021
Peter Rabbit 2

After a long interval Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury has announced plans for reopening this week. The popular arts venue, owned and operated by…

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Chance for people to shape council’s transport and travel policies

18/05/2021
One of the electric buses trialled on Shrewsbury's park and ride service

Shropshire people and organisations will soon have the chance to help shape Shropshire Council’s new Local Transport Plan (LTP4)– the document that…

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Shropshire Council supports Queen’s Green Canopy to mark Platinum Jubilee

18/05/2021
An image of the woodland at Corbet Wood where a tree planting event is to take place on 30 November.

Shropshire Council is delighted to be supporting an exciting new tree planting campaign across the UK known as the Queen’s Green Canopy…

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Steve Backshall to headline free digital climate change conference

17/05/2021
Steve Backshall, wildlife expert and TV presenter

TV presenter and wildlife expert Steve Backshall is to appear as one of the headline speakers at a free digital conference focusing…

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Dementia Action Week launch for Oswestry Library memory loss collection

14/05/2021

Oswestry Library, run by Shropshire Council, is to launch a new and wide-ranging collection of loanable objects for local people living with memory loss. The initiative…

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