Saturday, 11th October 2008

Latest Bridgnorth stories

Colourful town’s new honour

BEAUTIFUL blooms in Bridgnorth have won the town yet another prestigious award, this time a silver gilt from the Royal Horticultural Society. Mayor Brian Jones, mayoress Rebecca Jones and three volunteers travelled to Chester Racecourse on Wednesday to receive the honour from RHS judges in the annual Britain in Bloom competition.

Scrum-ptious twins for rugby mum

Women rugby players are supposed to be tough, but Bridgnorth prop forward Nerys Arch amazed everyone when she bounced back to be voted player of the match – just 12 weeks after giving birth to twins.

A taste of honey . . .

A Bridgnorth brewery has used local honey to recreate an ale first brewed in the 1940s. The award-winning Bridgnorth Brewery, which is based behind the King’s Head pub in Whitburn Street, adapted the recipe from one written down by the head brewer’s grandfather more than 60 years ago.
The ale, which is called Rowley’s Honey Ale, […]

Woman flees crash terror

An Eardington woman had to flee in terror when a Ford Transit van went out of control on a bend, spinning over, just missing a car coming in the other direction and landing upside down with diesel pouring out of its tank.

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High Street works postponed

TRADERS in Bridgnorth who were aghast at plans to dig up the High Street next month have been told by National Grid that the work will be postponed.

Bridgnorth parking pledge

WIDESPREAD fears that many car parking spaces will be lost through Bridgnorth’s £1m development scheme were allayed this week. Sainsbury’s chiefs countered the concerns as they met councillors at the Whitburn Street relief road site yesterday.

Water supply pollution scare

STORMS could be responsible for polluting a private water supply which serves holiday homes and workshops at Tasley.
Bridgnorth District Council has written to tenants of High Trees Farm Caravan Club site and Woodlands Lodge Park,
advising them to boil the water and then cool it before drinking, cooking or brushing teeth.

Health fears over waste site plan

EMISSIONS from a multi-million pound waste incinerator proposed for the eastern outskirts of Telford could pose a health threat to people in the Bridgnorth district, it is claimed.

‘Stop squabbling’ says mayor

BRIDGNORTH’S mayor has ruled that a town council row over alleged “anonymous and upsetting” letters sent to five members and a local man must end. Councillor Brian Jones said that he wanted to draw a line under the squabble which resurfaced at Tuesday’s town council meeting.

Vandals attack church

VANDALS have struck at SS Peter & Paul Church in Tasley for a third time, smashing a window. Parishioners have already forked out hundreds of pounds buying new windows less than four months ago.