Category Archives: My area
B5069 retaining wall repairs to start near Morda Bridge
Work to repair a wall which retains the B5069 road alongside the entrance to Brookside near Morda Bridge, Morda, is scheduled to start on Monday 1 July 2013, and is expected to last for a period of up to five …
Children’s centres to run activity days based on ‘The Gruffalo’
Children’s centres in Gobowen and Weston Rhyn are hosting family activity days themed around the popular children’s book ‘The Gruffalo’. The events will take place on Thursday 27 June and Monday 1 July. Families with children under-five can take part …
Police experts to give talk on home security measures
The StrettonDale Local Joint Committee (LJC) will be welcoming Charles Naylor, West Merica Police’s Crime Reduction Manager for Shropshire, to their next meeting on Thursday 27 June 2013 at Ticklerton Village Hall at 7pm. Charles Naylor will be giving an …
Emergency services on the agenda at Worthen meeting
The next meeting of the Bishop’s Castle, Chirbury and Worthen, and Clun Local Joint Committee (LJC) takes place on Thursday 20 June 2013 starting at 7pm at Worthen Village Hall. The focus of the meeting will be on emergency services …
Big rise in amount of plastic collected for recycling
The amount of plastic collected from the kerbside in the Shropshire Council area has risen by almost 25%, since the kerbside collection of plastic pots, tubs and trays alongside plastic bottles was introduced in October 2012. Now Shropshire Council and …
People advised on the importance of keeping Shrewsbury tidy
Shropshire Council’s Love Where you Live campaign launch in Shrewsbury earlier this week (Wednesday 12 June) was a huge success, with lots of people of all ages advised on the importance of keeping the place in which they live tidy …
Local icons honoured in Connect2 project
Shrewsbury’s town crier Martin Wood, war poet Wilfred Owen and Sabrina, goddess of the River Severn, have taken up residence on Smithfield Road in Shrewsbury. The life-size two-dimensional steel figures were chosen by the public in an online vote on …
Starks Bridge, Whixall, to close for repainting work
Starks Bridge, which carries the pedestrianised part of Maltkiln Lane over the Shropshire Union Canal in Whixall, will close on 5 August 2013 for up to five weeks to enable it to be repainted. The proposed work is a planned …
Residents and visitors encouraged to support Shrewsbury’s first Marathon
Shropshire Council welcomes Shrewsbury’s first ever full and half marathon event to the town on Sunday 23rd June 2013 and encourages everyone to come along and give their support
Essential repairs to the B4368 road at Hurst Bend near Clun – 5 August 2013
Essential work to strengthen the edge of the B4368 road at Hurst Bend near Clun is scheduled to start on Monday 5 August 2013. The proposed work is necessary because at this location the nearby River Clun has eroded its …