Saturday, 31st July 2010

Latest Bridgnorth stories

Pressure cookers!

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HAL and Guy Debes hogged the limelight at the hugely successful Rally in the Valley, held in Bridgnorth over the weekend, when they slow-cooked a joint of pork inside the front cylinder of their Fowler steam engine.

Shirley earns place of honour

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A popular Bridgnorth fundraiser travelled to London on Saturday for the unveiling of Breakthrough Breast Cancer’s £1,000 ‘Challenge Wall.’

Big show aims to beat weather

A programme of improvements for this year’s Burwarton Show is ahead of schedule.

SVR puts brakes on extension idea

THE Severn Valley Railway has scotched talk of plans to resurrect an old line that linked Bridgnorth and Ironbridge.

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Woman pulled from Severn

A woman was pulled from the edge of the River Severn by friends after falling down a steep bank.

Town centre road closures

THREE main Bridgnorth roads will be partially closed over a three month period beginning early next month while major works are completed.

Star performers on stage

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St John’s Primary School’s Year 5 and 6 children have been working hard on their end of year production The Three Little Pigs. Pictured ready for the show are (back, from left) Ester-Grace Pritchard, Megan Howe, Ellie Jameson, Sophie Hailey, Connie Sanders, (front, from left ) Ann-Marie Peerless, Oliver Smith and Conor Johnson.
Picture: Martyn Farnell

Brave Ben cycles on

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DETERMINED cyclist Ben Upton pedalled more than 200 miles of a charity ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End with a fractured collar bone following a horrific accident.

Busy agenda for public meeting

RESIDENTS from the Bridgnorth, Worfield, Alveley and Claverley area will have an opportunity to hear the latest on the business plans for the proposed refurbishment and then reopening of Bridgnorth Hospital operating theatre at their meeting of the Local Joint Committee next week.
The next meeting of the committee, which covers Alveley and Romsley, Astley Abbotts, […]

Traffic problems in focus

BRIDGNORTH residents and visitors are invited to a public meeting tonight to share their views on proposals to reduce traffic problems and improve safety on roads near the Endowed School and leisure centre.