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The fame game

Coming to Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre, Selladoor Productions present the 30th anniversary tour of ‘Fame the Musical’, starring Keith Jack from ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

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Festive frolics

Bridgnorth will embrace their ‘inner elf’ when Bridgnorth Stage Academy presents their production of Elf the Musical JR this Christmas. The production will feature 40

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Floating heritage

Ironbridge Coracle Trust has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant for an exciting heritage project, the Ironbridge Coracle Project. This will help secure the

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Green belt action

Save Bridgnorth Green Belt action group celebrated as controversial plans to build on the site at Stanmore were axed. The group of volunteers are dedicated

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Christmas at St Chad’s

Start celebrating the festive season at the beautiful St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury with a performance of Bach’s masterpiece, his ‘Christmas Oratorio’ on Saturday 7 December

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Economics insights

The third annual Old Tettenhallian Lecture was held at Tettenhall College in September. The speaker this year was Dr Andy Mottershead, a leading economics writer

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Competition time

Telford & Wrekin Council are looking for photographs that show the spectacular beauty of the borough’s trees during its most magical season – autumn. With

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Cantering to 50!

Perry Riding for the Disabled (RDA) near Much Wenlock, celebrated its golden anniversary, as it was officially formed in October 1969. In October, the group

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Ruby’s new show

Based on her bestselling book, Ruby Wax’s new show ‘How to Be Human’ answers every question you’ve ever had about evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body,

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Winning design

Last year, the team from AGA Rangemaster Group set Shrewsbury College Art & Design students a challenge to create a design to be used on

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On a roll

Shoppers will no longer have to head home if they are ‘caught short’ in the Bridgnorth’s High Street. The town’s Civic Society has suggested traders

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World record attempt

Ironbridge Gorge Museums, together with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), are waiting with bated breath to have their attempt at building a bridge with

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Meet your Waterloo

After the success of last year’s Abba tribute night, Broseley Festival are welcoming back the Waterloo Live girls for what promises to be a night

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Closing prayers

One of Bridgnorth’s best-loved places of worship hosted its final service on Wednesday 29 September. St Leonard’s Church will no longer operate as a place

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Natural world

Wildlife presenter and cameraman Gordon Buchanan, best known for his popular BBC series where he meets a variety of animal families, talks about some of

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Graduate celebrations

Telford College’s higher education (HE) students had their achievements recognised at the annual graduation ceremony. The class of 2019 donned traditional caps and gowns for

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Golden role models

Every year the Alan Golden youth awards, named after a past Bridgnorth Lions member who also served as a Bridgnorth headteacher, are given to those

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Inspired to write

Author Jo Jackson, from near Much Wenlock, has been celebrating the publication of her second novel Beyond the Margin in October. The book, set in

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Key Stage visit

Preschoolers will be invited to be musicians, scientists, investigators, gymnasts and artists as teachers host a discovery morning at a Shropshire school on Saturday 25

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Oh Canada!

A local travel agent has been awarded a special status for her knowledge about Canada. Maggie Rogers of the Travel Wallet in Bridgnorth has been

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Advice surgery

David Turner is holding his next advice surgery on Saturday 2 November from 10.30am at Willey Village Hall. All for residents within the Much Wenlock

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Shrewsbury down under

Prof Simon Maddocks of Charles Darwin University (CDU) in Darwin, Australia, visited University Centre Shrewsbury (UCS) to learn more about the origins of his university’s

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Keep on truckin’

RAF Cosford is now displaying the Bedford MWC 15cwt Truck that was specially prepared to act as the bier at the funeral of Lord Trenchard,

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