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A vineyard owner in Shropshire has said 2025 has been his "best year" for harvesting due to the sustained hot weather. Rob Greenow purchased Veenow in Telford in 2020 with his wife Katie and said the year's weather had helped fight off mildew, which could harm the health and yield of grapevines. But the heat has also made the fruit "pack more punch and flavour", which Mr Greenow said would […]
"Our otters absolutely love just a hosepipe, so we'll typically tie a hosepipe up in their tree." Kirsten Massey, a keeper at Telford's Exotic Zoo, in Shropshire, has been explaining how they help the animals to cope in the heat. As well as hosepipes for the otters, the keepers put sun cream on the pigs, fill paddling pools for meerkats and make ice lollies with the animals' favourite snacks inside. […]
A Shropshire cancer charity worker is "overjoyed" after hundreds of sunflowers were donated as part of a new £5m fundraising initiative. Lingen Davies Cancer Support hopes to provide a new cancer centre at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital by 2029. They launched the appeal – which bosses say is their largest to date – in June. Supporters were recently invited to collect as many sunflowers as they required from Shropshire Petal Fields near […]
A team of Shropshire knitters and crafters has created 40 postbox toppers to raise funds for a charity to mark a landmark anniversary. Age UK Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin delivers services and activities for older people, and is aiming to raise £75,000 for its 75th year in service. Women from the charity's knitting and craft groups took on the challenge, with the toppers placed in Newport, Broseley, Shawbirch, Telford and […]
Two endangered ring-tailed lemurs have been born at a zoo in Shropshire. Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World in Telford said the births were part of its work to support conservation and breeding programmes for threatened species and the pair were born to mums Rakoto and Ali. Ring-tailed lemurs are native to Madagascar but have been classified as critically endangered through hunting and habitat loss, the zoo said. The babies share the same […]
A couple who accidentally baked more sourdough than they could eat, then reached out on social media for savoury snackers to help scoff the excess, have since set up a micro-bakery, such was the response. The From Our Oven venture began after Mark Evans made too much bread for wife Jenna at home in Telford. Six months later and artisan cakes and breads are made in their kitchen for customers, […]
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 charity has launched a £5m appeal to create a new cancer treatment centre. Lingen Davies Cancer Support said the facility in Telford would "double the capacity of chemotherapy provision" in the area. It said it would offer up to 30 chemotherapy bays, outpatient clinics, a specialist urology investigations unit, and a lung diagnostic centre. The charity said the Sunflower Appeal was its biggest appeal to date. The cancer services […]
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