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News from our partners: Love Oswestry programme for 2023

02/02/2023
Love Oswestry: lanterns parade

News from our partners Love Oswestry Love Oswestry is back. Oswestry’s newest arts festival makes a welcome return this month. From Valentine’s…

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Market Drayton Library goes wild for activities with pre-schoolers

02/02/2023
Muddy Boots activities

Pre-school children in Market Drayton will be going wild for activities laid on by the town’s library. The Shropshire Council-run library has…

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Ceremonies mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

27/01/2023
Treeplanting at St John's Roman Catholic primary school, Bridgnorth

Schoolpupils from St Leonard’s CE Primary School, Bridgnorth and St John’s Catholic Primary School, Bridgnorth have planted a cherry tree at each…

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Bridgnorth schoolpupils to help mark Holocaust Memorial Day tomorrow

26/01/2023
Holocaust Memorial Day candle

As part of activities planned in Shropshire to mark the Holocaust and other genocides, schoolpupils from St Leonard’s CE Primary School, Bridgnorth…

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Out with the old and in with the new: vacant Oswestry premises converted into nine flats

25/01/2023
Cross Street, Oswestry building

The upper floors of Nightingales and former Dorothy Perkins shops on Cross Street, Oswestry will become nine 1- and 2-bedroom flats complemented…

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Shadow minister learns about county’s support for Armed Forces community

25/01/2023
Shropshire Council veterans hub co-ordinator Sarah Kerr, and some of the veterans who talked to Luke Pollard, Shadow Minister for the Armed Forces, about the support they receive from Shropshire Council.

With Census 2021 results revealing that one in 10 Shropshire households have one or more resident who has served in the Armed…

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Whitchurch driving test centre planning application welcomed

25/01/2023
Whitchurch civic centre

Shropshire Council’s deputy Leader has welcomed the DVSA’s submission of a planning application for a new driving test centre at Whitchurch Civic…

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The true heart of our communities: a look at some of Shropshire’s village halls

23/01/2023
Loppington Village Hall

Monday 23 January – Sunday 29 January 2023 is national Village Halls Week, and there couldn’t be a better opportunity to shine…

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Warm Welcome offered at county fire stations

20/01/2023
Warm Welcomes at fire stations

A handful of Shropshire fire and rescue stations are opening their doors as Warm Welcome venues in the coming weeks, offering local…

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Latest flood clear-up information: UPDATE Thursday 19 January 12.15pm

19/01/2023
The floods clear-up

Although river levels are falling, flooding may still affect some roads and low-lying areas. Please make sure that you plan your journey…

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