ORGANISERS of Shrewsbury Carnival are searching for bright young faces to lead this year’s parade through the town – and there’s only a couple of weeks left to enter.
Entry forms have been coming in for the annual Carnival Princess and Junior Town Crier competitions, and the deadline for entries is fast approaching.
The annual Carnival Princess […]
DYING cancer patients at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital will be denied access to their long-term counsellors in their final moments under controversial new proposals.
Counsellors operating from the Hamar Centre in the grounds of the hospital have been told they will not be allowed to make ward visits in the hospital in future, even if their […]
SHREWSBURY is on track to become one of the first towns in the country to benefit from one of the world’s most advanced rail signalling technologies.
The Cambrian lines from Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury to Pwllheli will become the first railway in the UK to use the new European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).
This new […]
TOWN construction firm Frank Galliers Ltd has gone into liquidation with debts of more than £9.9 million owed to more than 400 creditors.
Company directors attended a meeting in Telford yesterday, Wednesday, to explain why the company ceased trading with the loss of more than 130 jobs. Director George Butler laid the blame for the liquidation […]
Picture by Chronicle reader Anthony Finnegan
Civic leaders say Shrewsbury will rise from the ashes of the massive explosion which left 12 people in hospital and caused panic and devastation in the town centre.
They praised the emergency services, business people and residents for uniting in the face of disaster.
And they called for early action to restore […]
Shrewsbury’s 18th century civic church – which dominates the town’s skyline – has been handed more than £300,000 in grant funding to carry out vital repairs to its tower.
St Chad’s Church has received the cash from English Heritage. The money will go towards an estimated £900,000 project to repair lead sheets high up the church’s […]
Stepping out onto Shrewsbury soil for the first time, Kiev University lecturer Dmytro Drozdovskyi could not believe his eyes – he had entered into the magical world of fantasy writer JRR Tolkien. CHARLOTTE HESTER found out more about his visit.
Mr Drozdovskyi, who spent three days soaking up the sights and sounds of the town, was […]