Shropshire Council has now paid £56.32m to 4,825 businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic, since grant applications opened on 1 April 2020.…
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Coronavirus: £56m in grants paid to over 4,800 Shropshire businesses
Coronavirus: Buses, taxis and community cars deliver food and medicines to people’s homes

Buses, taxis, and community cars are being used to deliver food parcels, hot meals and medicines to vulnerable people across Shropshire, thanks…
Coronavirus: news from our partners – Head’s Up Live session re mental health this Saturday

News from our partners Shrewsbury Town in the Community Shrewsbury Town in the Community is delighted to reveal that this Saturday afternoon…
Planning application submitted for new housing at Frith Close, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury

Shropshire Council’s housing company Cornovii Developments Limited has submitted its first planning application to build new homes, on the former care home…
Treasure declared in Shropshire at virtual inquest

Treasure has been declared by Mr Ellery, HM Senior Coroner for Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin at an inquest held last week.…
1,000 new homes planned by council
Shropshire Council is pleased to announce ambitious plans to build 1,000 new houses, including 400 council homes, over the next five years.…
Coronavirus: Shropshire’s buses help transport people to county’s assessment centres

Shropshire Council’s passenger transport team is working with the county’s main health bodies to help people get to the coronavirus assessment centres…
Coronavirus: News from our partners – ‘Take 2’ steps away from others, say local CCGs

News from our partners the Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) of Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin ‘Take 2’ steps away from others when…
Coronavirus: Think of others and avoid lighting bonfires

People are being asked to be considerate to their neighbours and not to light bonfires in their garden during the coronavirus pandemic.…
Coronavirus Blog 4: Dawn Chorus

Our native birds are reaching a peak in their breeding behaviour. Male birds attract a female and advertise territory through song. The…