PAY and display meters may be introduced in Bridgnorth to free up short-term town centre parking for visitors. The scheme would be based on ‘red’ charging zones and free ‘blue’ zones for residents in surrounding areas which already operate in Ludlow.

A future Winter Olympic hopeful from Bridgnorth has flown off to Italy to represent England at the ISF World Skiing Championships this week. Charlotte Shrimpton (pictured), who attends Bridgnorth Endowed School, has formed part of a five person skiing team against 18 other countries including Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland.
BRIDGNORTH Fairtrade steering group chairman Ray Gill was welcomed into the High Street by a crowd of supporters including his wife – the town’s mayor – on Saturday after a 120-mile walk which included a near accident as he approached Much Wenlock. Ray, 67, had started his walk in the UK’s first Fairtrade town, Garstang […]
MOVES to encourage further conservation and prevent more pollution of the River Severn through Bridgnorth are revealed this week. The Severn Rivers Trust has received a £6,990 grant to run a project to measure and improve the river’s biological health and water quality.

NOCK DEIGHTON are celebrating two momentous milestones this week with senior partner Robin Nettleton celebrating his 50th year with the firm and the agricultural department’s 20th anniversary at the new livestock premises at Tasley.
A public consultation must take place if plans to move a household waste and recycling centre closer to Bridgnorth go ahead, a councillor has said.

Fundraisers will be getting on their bikes for a sponsored cycle from Bridgnorth Golf Club to Jackfield. Members of the Bicycle Hub, based at Jackfield, are working with the Severn Hospice to hold a brand new family bicycle ride to raise money for the hospice.
SEASON tickets for car parking at Bridgnorth are expected to rise from April 1. Shropshire Council – which has already voted in favour of increased daily charges – was expected to give the go-ahead to the increased fees when it met yesterday (February 25).
A group of pensioners were left shivering by a Bridgnorth High Street bus stop for up to two hours as they waited in vain for a service to arrive. Operators Arriva West Midlands admitted this week that the Kidderminster bus had broken down.

A Billingsley woman is in training to run her first London Marathon in memory of her grandparents, who both died from cancer.