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#LibrariesFromHomeLIVE tour with Lesley Pearse

10/09/2020
Lesley Pearse

Lesley Pearse is to give a series of talks for libraries in September to complement the Libraries from Home initiative from Libraries…

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Residents reminded “don’t lose your right to vote”

10/09/2020
A picture of a polling station to demonstrate voting.

Residents living in the Shropshire Council are being reminded to look out for a letter or email asking them to check and…

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Developer money helps to fund new Childs Ercall playground, and Broseley Birchmeadow Park improvements

10/09/2020

Children and families are now able to use a new playground in Childs Ercall, and visit Broseleys’s Birchmeadow Park all-year-round, following the…

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Severndale Specialist Academy reassures parents following Ofsted inspection

10/09/2020

Severndale Specialist Academy in Shrewsbury has reassured parents and carers that their children are safe at the school, despite an Ofsted inspection…

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Shropshire Council supporting new county Climate Action Partnership

09/09/2020

Shropshire Council is working with and supporting a working group of founding sponsors that has come together to create a Climate Action…

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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Day 5

09/09/2020
A much bigger trench! (Picture credit: M Capper)

Dig day number 5 bought with it some lovely weather, just a little wind and plenty of sunshine. Our objective today was…

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Shrewsbury Castle Dig Day 4 – weekend roundup: excavating the Victorian glasshouse interior

09/09/2020
An image of the dig team working on the archaeological dig at Shrewsbury Castle.

As we arrived on site for Day 4 our curious lime filled feature of yesterday, with its loose rubble edge had proved…

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Year 6 open evenings – information for parents and carers

09/09/2020

Shropshire Council’s education team has today (Wednesday 9 September) sent the below letter to parents and carers of year 6 pupils. Dear…

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Coronavirus: Welshpool coronavirus testing update

08/09/2020

News from our partners: Powys Teaching Health Board and Powys County Council Nearly 500 people have been tested at a mobile coronavirus…

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Coronavirus: Consensus Support Services Ltd update

08/09/2020

Shropshire Council continues to work with Public Health England (PHE) Midlands in response to recent cases of COVID-19 linked to a residential…

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