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The creators of a city bicycle share scheme have said more than 50,000 journeys have been made since it began a year ago. Beryl now has 175 e-bikes and 75 pedal bikes in Worcester after launching on 17 June 2024. The firm, which runs similar schemes in other parts of the country including Hereford and Birmingham, said riders had covered nearly 80,000 miles (128,748km) in that time. Beryl's co-founder and chief […]
Grants of up to £10,000 are being made available to help revitalise high streets in Shropshire's market towns. Shropshire Council has launched a new scheme to bring underused spaces in the county back into productive use and help boost local economic growth. The grants are on offer to landlords of properties within designated market town conservation areas that have been vacant for more than 12 months. To be eligible, applicants […]
A music festival organiser has said the sunny forecast meant fewer worries for his team this year. It will be the third year The Parklands Festival has been held in Telford Town Park, with more than 80 acts booked to perform on Saturday and Sunday. Festival organiser Barry Holland said: "When you get a forecast like that there's a lot of other things you don't have to worry about like […]
Telford's only judo club has relocated to larger premises after receiving a business start-up grant. Wrekin Star Judo, which was founded 60 years ago, has been operating from the upper floors in Wellington Market, but has now moved to a bigger base in Church Street. The new site will enable the club, run as a volunteer-led social enterprise, to host regional and national events through the British Judo Association. Coach […]
A heritage railway line will fully reopen, after an embankment collapse, in late July, with the Flying Scotsman heading up the first service. Land between Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway gave way at the Mor Brook bridge on 30 January and trains have only been running between Kidderminster in Worcestershire and Hampton Loade, Shropshire. The 16-mile route between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth in Shropshire will fully reopen […]
Plans for a second pump cycling track in Worcester are due to be discussed by councillors this month. The popularity of the first one, in Battenhall Park, prompted the city council to draw up plans for a second, larger site. Pump tracks are made up of hills and banked turns and are designed to be ridden by cyclists who generate momentum by using up and down movements, instead of pedaling […]
It has been 30 years since Caroline Magnus inherited Stokesay Court in Shropshire. One Hollywood movie and thousands of visitors later, she is preparing to close to its doors, but said she had had a "fantastic time". She was working in London in 1994 when she learned she had been left the country estate by her aunt, and she spent the next 10 years making it fit to live in. […]
An 87-year-old who has led a team of volunteers in a country park for 34 years has said he is "absolutely baffled" to receive a British Empire Medal in the King's Birthday Honours list. Don Bannister said he started working in Severn Valley Country Park in Shropshire in 1991 because he was looking for something to do after taking voluntary redundancy. He is one of six people from the county […]
Thousands of visitors are expected to attend the Three Counties Show in Malvern over the weekend. The event, from 13 to 15 June, will showcase some of the best in British farming, food and the countryside. Organiser Alice Arnold said the site was looking "amazing" and she was excited by what was on offer over the weekend. "There's over 1,500 competitions taking place across the show from flowers to forestry," […]
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