Ornamental 17th century silver used during services at a town church is to be sold off to help pay for £150,000 restoration work to the building’s ‘treasured’ east window.
It was supposed to be a routine job to fix a beer pipe, but instead hotel owner Howard Astbury found out just how good a year 1943 had been for vintage champagne.
Organisers of the Quarry’s summer concerts have threatened to pull the plug on future events after a dispute over noise levels – with residents living as far afield as Atcham filing complaints.
More than 200 letters have been distributed to town residents as part of a campaign to stop five executive homes being built on a picturesque site next to the River Severn.
Councillors have vowed to keep working with youths – despite not one attending a special meeting set up to hear their views.
The corner of a town park, which has been branded a ‘crack den’, is being cleared up today to reduce anti-social behaviour ahead of the launch of a new youth club. The tidy up of Upton Lane recreation area, which is the site of the relocated Monkmoor Youth Club and has a toddlers’ play area and BMX track, is being undertaken by a team from the Probation Service.
Shrewsbury residents will benefit from faster journey times to London when new timetables are launched in December.
Chronicle reporter Emma Kasprzak has been shortlisted for a national journalism award.
Inside this week’s Chronicle.
Bosses at the West Mid Showground plan to spend more than £130,000 on a major revamp of the historic venue – if they can attract the funding.
