Air balloons, magicians and exotic menageries were just some of the entertainment on offer to the Shropshire public during the 19th century, a new collection has revealed.

Former Premier League footballer and Strictly Come Dancing star Robbie Savage will be waltzing his way into Shrewsbury.

A Christmas concert due to be held on Ludlow’s Dinham Millennium Green has been cancelled due to an administrative blunder, it has been revealed.

Costumes worn by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in the Oscar-laden movie Titanic will feature in a Shropshire exhibition opening today.

Thousands of people were expected to watch a 40ft high birthday cake made out of wood being burned to the ground today at an annual bonfire extravaganza in Shropshire.

Dudleston Heath Horse Show has been axed because of a lack of support – bringing the curtain down on fifty years of history.

Hundreds of Shropshire people gave it some welly to raise £17,000 for charity. Market Drayton-based Robert Wiseman Dairies teamed up with Severn Hospice to organise the first ever Wiseman Welly Walk.

“We find it difficult to play in Shrewsbury because a lot of pub venues tend to want cover bands, but we don’t do covers, we play our own material.” So says Mark Johnson, singer and guitarist with Judas Johnson.

Film screenings to make cinema more accessible to people with learning disabilities will take place every month in Telford.

Work to revamp Tenbury Wells’ Georgian Grade II listed cinema will begin next week.

A band of merry will be at Oakengates Theatre this Christmas when Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood roll into town. The panto will run from December 8 to January 2.

Horsehay Amateur Dramatic Society will perform Steel Magnolias from October 13 to 15.