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BBC News
3 hours ago
- Business
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Minister to discuss options for Shrewsbury North West Relief Road
The government has agreed to discuss the future of an out-of-favour bypass plan in Liberal Democrats, who took control of Shropshire Council in the May elections, have said they want to scrap the proposals for a North West Relief Road around council leader Heather Kidd said she did not want to have to pay back the £39m government money it has spent to transport minister Lillian Greenwood has said she will meet the council to discuss its options. The bypass was put forward as a plan by the Conservatives when they ran the council, as a means of reducing the amount of traffic passing through the it was opposed by other parties for a number of reasons, including its cost and its impact on the of the May local elections, the parties pledged to put a stop to the plans if they gained council has estimated the cost of the relief road, if it did go ahead, now stands at £ her letter to the government, Kidd said: "We feel we have inherited a near-impossible situation to progress the scheme, which is only likely to be solved by intervention from Ministers."She also said she could not guarantee the council had the funds to pay back the money spent so date has yet been fixed for the meeting. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
a day ago
- Entertainment
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Professionals to perform young Shrewsbury writer's first play
A young writer is set to see her name in lights as the first play she has ever written will be performed on stage by professional actors. Meg Vaughan, 25, from Shrewsbury, said she had very little theatre experience before she set pen to paper as part of a six-month script-writing course run by the South Shropshire theatre company, rural performance group offers training to a selection of young writers aged 16 to 30 years old, who are based in the West Midlands or Shropshire, every year, with the end of the course culminating in a live production of their work. Ms Vaughan said it was going to be "amazing" to see her words brought to life. She had previously written long-form fiction in the hope of "writing a book one day", she said, but had decided to "branch out" when she heard about the company's course. "It's a really rare thing to get someone to put on your play," she added. With her limited theatre experience, Ms Vaughan decided to do some research by attending live performances, which included National Theatre part of the Pentabus course, Ms Vaughan took part in workshops to learn how to build tension and create characters. She said she was still working on her script but described the play as "an old man walks into a bar type of scenario". "He has a mysterious side to him, and the bartender is quite bored, so it all unravels from there." 'It's hard to only rely on dialogue' "It was difficult to condense all my thoughts down into dialogue," Ms Vaughan said "In my previous work I have been able to rely on descriptions."She added that the play must only be 10 minutes, and the time restraint had offered an additional challenge. However, she described the first read-through with professional actors as a "game-changer". "You hear it aloud for the first time, and you can then see what people bring to it and see how what you have written is brought to life."Her play will be performed alongside the work of eight other young playwrights on 9 and 10 July at the Assembly Rooms in Ludlow. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Shropshire festival celebrates the world of van life culture
Fans of camper vans, caravans and "van life culture" in general have gathered to celebrate this weekend in tents to motor homes and trucks to caravans, 5,000 people are attending the Vanlife Festival at the West Mid Showground in is the third time the festival has been held in the town to bring together everyone who loves the outdoors and Ruth Jones said people from all walks of life visited the festival and shared stories about their travels around the world. "Some people have travelled all around Australia and others have lived in their vans for more than 30 years," she said. A range of performances are featured at the festival including acts like Metz Jnr, Frankie Roe and The is also a large display of more than 100 classic camper vans and caravans beginning from the 1960s in the festival's Field of Inspiring Dreams."You can see what set-up people have and have a cup of tea with the owners, some even have parrots and cats," Ruth Jones added that the displays brought some people to tears as the caravans reminded them of childhood camping with their families. Damo Jones and Terry Smith founded the festival after meeting at camper van shows and wanted to create an inclusive event where every make and model of vehicle was Mr Jones and his wife Ruth started travelling with a tent at the age of 18, they would look "in envy" at people with camper vans."We would meet friends by inviting people around the campfire and we wanted people to feel involved from all walks of life," Ms Jones couple later managed to save up and purchase a van of their own and have been camper van owners for the past 20 years. They have brought the campfire vibes to the festival by introducing faux campfires that everyone can sit around to share stories and get to know one another. Campervan and caravan lovers can explore the festival and be inspired by others until the event finishes on Sunday. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
3 days ago
- General
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Passengers warned of Birmingham and Shrewsbury rail disruption
Rail passengers are being warned of disruption to services between Birmingham New Street and Shrewsbury on Sunday due to engineering is taking place between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury, closing all lines and no services will run between New Street and Shrewsbury until 16:30 BST that day, West Midlands Railway for Wales routes between Birmingham International and Aberystwyth as well as West Midlands Railway routes between New Street and Shrewsbury will be will operate between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury with connections at Shrewsbury - and train tickets can be used on other operators' services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, the firm said. Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Business
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Shrewsbury sign Lincoln midfielder Clucas
Shrewsbury Town have signed midfielder Sam Clucas from Lincoln City as their second signing of the 34-year-old has agreed a two-year deal and will complete the move when his Imp contract expires on 1 former Swansea, Hull and Stoke midfielder made 66 Premier League appearances during his time with the Swans and Tigers and has played more than 300 games across the English Football League. Clucas said his move to Salop was "a perfect fit" and was "really excited" about his future at the club."I spoke to the head coach very early on in the window and he made it clear he wanted me," Clucas said, external."If someone wants you to come and play, that's the most important thing."Director of football, Micky Moore, said Clucas' "wealth of experience and strong leadership qualities" will be "vital to strengthening the spine of our team".Clucas follows Doncaster Rovers defender Tom Anderson in joining Shrewsbury, who finished five points adrift at the bottom of League One this season.
