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Government’s floods minister Rebecca Pow visits Shropshire

27/07/2021

Councillors and officers from Shropshire Council will today show and explain to floods minister Rebecca Pow the devastating impact that recent flooding…

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News from our partners: Mermaid’s dream of a dip in The Mere takes a dive

23/07/2021
Mermaid Seren

News from our partners A mermaid’s dream of taking a cooling dip in the mere at Ellesmere has been dashed – because…

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Remembering Srebrenica: Shropshire children dress memorial cherry tree in ceremony

13/07/2021
(l to r) Lois Dale (Shropshire Council's rurality equality specialist), Wing Commander Turner, Mark Michaels, Reverend Ken Chippindale, Imam Sohayb Peerbhai; and children of Mereside School.

Local children have helped to dress a very special memorial cherry tree with flower and leaf promises, in a ceremony outside Shirehall…

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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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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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News from our partners: Ellesmere all set for arty ‘Meremaids’ to make a splash

02/07/2021
Meremaids in Ellesmere. Sally Poynton (centre), with Anna Gallen (left) from Ellesmere Guides and Heather Rodenhurst (right) from the Ellesmere Library Readers Group.

News from our partners Dozens of people will be making a colourful splash in Ellesmere this weekend (Saturday 3 July 2021) as…

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Shropshire Council issues provisional view on BT Payphones proposed for removal

01/07/2021
iconic red BT phone box

Shropshire Council has issued a provisional view with regard to the 61 payphones that BT has proposed to remove from operational service…

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Shropshire’s Gypsy and Traveller community commended by council

25/06/2021
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month - June 2021

June 2021 is Gypsy Roma and Traveller History month, and has been celebrated nationally since 2008. In Shropshire, it provides the opportunity…

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A new swimming centre for Whitchurch to be discussed by Cabinet 

22/06/2021
A picture of a swimmer to depict an example of leisure facilities

A new swimming centre could be built in Whitchurch under plans going before Shropshire Council’s Cabinet.  Six options will be put before the…

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News from our partners: Spades in the ground to deliver new dedicated veterans centre at RJAH

21/06/2021
Air Vice Marshal Anthony J. Stables, Chairman of the Headley Court Charity, cuts the first piece of ground to mark the start of work on the Headley Court Veterans’ Orthopaedic Centre.

News from our partners The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (RJAH) Healthcare provision for veteran patients has…

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