Local People
Nominate someone special for a photoshoot
May 2nd 2012
This is your chance to nominate someone special for a wonderful photoshoot with award winning Shropshire photographer Phil Barrett
Remembering the Falklands War
April 20th 2012
Thirty years ago this month, British troops landed on the Falkland Islands to liberate villagers following the Argentinian invasion. Among them was 25-year-old paratrooper Peter Kennedy, from Shrewsbury...
A new High Sheriff rides into town: meet John Abram
March 26th 2012
Shropshire’s High Sheriff is officially responsible for maintaining law and order across Shropshire on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen. This month the incumbent High Sheriff, Richard Burbidge, makes way for John Abram
A rising star - young apprentice Joe Price
February 24th 2012
A young carpenter is making his mark on the world stage, showing there is ambition aplenty among Shropshire’s young craftsmen
Shropshire Care Awards
December 22nd 2011
Actor James Sutton, Shropshire’s homegrown star of Emmerdale and Hollyoaks, was the special guest at the annual Shropshire Care Awards, supported for the first time this year by Shropshire Life
Tom Hunt’s Food for Thought – celebrities
November 20th 2011
For readers of a certain vintage and taste in music, Noddy Holder is a genuine, bonafide star that has toured the country and wrote THAT Christmas song. The rest, as they say, is history - and now he is rightly dubbed “a national treasure.”
Tom Hunt’s Food for Thought – celebrities
November 20th 2011
For readers of a certain vintage and taste in music, Noddy is a genuine, bonafide star that has toured the country and wrote THAT Christmas song. The rest, as they say, is history - and now he is rightly dubbed “a national treasure.”
Christmas memories from Carolyn Roly-Jones, Howard Franklin and Will Holland
November 18th 2011
Three well-known Shropshire people share their Christmas memories
On the War Memorial Trail
November 3rd 2011
Howard Franklin goes on a journey of remembrance around Shropshire
At home with Lord & Lady Hamilton
October 20th 2011
Given the choice, would you opt for a bustling, cosmopolitan city life or a quiet rural retreat? The fifth Lord Hamilton of Dalzell, Gavin, and his wife Lady Harriet came up with a scheme which gives them and their children the best of both worlds
The Ironbridge Teddy Legacy
August 18th 2011
For your average child, the idea of running a teddy bear factory would be high on the list of dream jobs. Two inspirational women have seen that ambition realised, but much sooner than they could ever have wished. Sophie Everett reports
My Shropshire Life - Alyson Lanning
July 20th 2011
Alyson Lanning is director of Shrewsbury’s youth, music and media centre The Hive, and mum to two teenagers, Alex, 17, and Elizabeth, 15. She was raised in Essex but has lived in Shrewsbury for 11 years
Archaeologists become TV reality stars
May 17th 2011
Sarah Hart meets the Shropshire conservation officers who have become television stars
Val Johnson’s tribute to brave son Josef
March 22nd 2011
Shropshire writer, artist and mother Val Johnson has drawn on her young son’s real life experience to write a book about child amputees
Val Johnson’s tribute to brave son Josef
March 22nd 2011
Shropshire writer, artist and mother Val Johnson has drawn on her young son’s real life experience to write a book about child amputees
Profile of Lord Lieutenant Algernon Heber-Percy
March 22nd 2011
Algernon Heber-Percy’s family has a county connection stretching back nine centuries. This month, The Lord Lieutenant will represent Shropshire at the Royal Wedding. Rachel Crow was with him when the invitation arrived
A tribute to Caroline Colthurst of Pitchford hall
February 18th 2011
Howard Franklin pays a personal tribute
James Tanner of Tanners Wines
January 21st 2011
There can be few businesses that are as entrenched in county life as Tanners Wine Merchants. Rachel Crow meets managing director James Tanner to discover how the old family firm stays in such good health
The writers of Market Drayton
December 15th 2010
Mary Williams tells the story of the writers’ group whose first book gives a voice to the people of Market Drayton
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