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From virtual rollercoasters to online raves: How to keep the family entertained during coronavirus lockdown

GALLERY: Little ones bring colour to Shropshire and Mid Wales with rainbow creations

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Competition launched to find modern-day Dickens characters

WIN: A Trolls World Tour merchandise package

Ironbridge Gorge Museums urge children to write short stories

Elton John enlists help of A-list friends for live coronavirus relief concert

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From virtual rollercoasters to online raves: How to keep the family entertained during coronavirus lockdown

From virtual rollercoasters to online raves: How to keep the family entertained during coronavirus lockdown

From live concerts to fitness workouts and virtual tours of the Grand Canyon, all sorts of entertainment is keeping people amused during the coronavirus lockdown.

GALLERY: Little ones bring colour to Shropshire and Mid Wales with rainbow creations

GALLERY: Little ones bring colour to Shropshire and Mid Wales with rainbow creations

Children are painting Shropshire and mid Wales with a rainbow, or rather rainbows – hundreds of them.

Download Festival cancelled due to coronavirus

Download Festival cancelled due to coronavirus

Organisers of Download Festival 2020 have announced this year's event has been cancelled due to coronavirus.

Full list of Shropshire events cancelled due to coronavirus

Full list of Shropshire events cancelled due to coronavirus

See our full round-up of events affected by coronavirus in Shrewsbury, Telford, Oswestry and beyond.

Coronavirus: More Midlands venues close amid new coronavirus advice

Coronavirus: More Midlands venues close amid new coronavirus advice

Venues are increasingly being closed as events are cancelled across the Midlands as the coronavirus outbreak continues.

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Music

Elton John enlists help of A-list friends for live coronavirus relief concert

Elton John enlists help of A-list friends for live coronavirus relief concert

Some of the biggest names in music – including Mariah Carey and Billie Eilish – performed from their homes.

Shropshire DJ Leanne streaming disco from her garden for self-isolators

Shropshire DJ Leanne streaming disco from her garden for self-isolators

Shropshire DJ Leanne Jefferis is not letting the coronavirus lockdown stop her in her tracks.

Shrewsbury singer Andy plays to more than 1,000 across the globe from his shed

Shrewsbury singer Andy plays to more than 1,000 across the globe from his shed

A popular Shrewsbury musician has played to more than a thousand people from across the globe from the comfort of his own shed as he keeps audiences entertained through the lockdown.

Llangollen Eisteddfod postponed

Llangollen Eisteddfod postponed

Llangollen's International Eisteddfod has been postponed with organisers hoping they can reschedule the artists and competitors for next year,

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Dining Out

Opening of new Shropshire restaurant owned by an award-winning chef postponed

Opening of new Shropshire restaurant owned by an award-winning chef postponed

The opening of a new Shropshire restaurant owned by an award-winning chef has been postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.

Food review: Big appetites will be sated at House of the Rising Sun

Food review: Big appetites will be sated at House of the Rising Sun

I’m beginning to wonder what we did in the bad old days before Covid-19.

Top eateries join the delivery era amid coronavirus outbreak

Top eateries join the delivery era amid coronavirus outbreak

At the best of times, being in the restaurant trade is a mug’s game. That much we know.

Telford's Southwater among huge leisure complexes facing challenges

Telford's Southwater among huge leisure complexes facing challenges

Southwater has gone south.

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Attractions

Ironbridge Gorge Museums urge children to write short stories

Ironbridge Gorge Museums urge children to write short stories

Youngsters stuck in the house during the coronavirus lock-down are being encouraged to get creative from the comfort of their own homes by the Ironbridge Gorge Museums.

Coronavirus: Severn Valley Railway needs £250,000 to survive next three months

Coronavirus: Severn Valley Railway needs £250,000 to survive next three months

Severn Valley Railway needs to find £250,000 to ensure it continues for the next three months, bosses have said.

Coronavirus: Bridgnorth's historic cliff railway closes

Coronavirus: Bridgnorth's historic cliff railway closes

Bridgnorth's historic cliff railway has shut to the public until further notice due to coronavirus.

Top college reveals some secrets to its success during writer’s tour

Top college reveals some secrets to its success during writer’s tour

A college has been visited as part of a project to establish the ‘secrets’ of some of the country’s top performing schools.

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In Photos

GALLERY: Little ones bring colour to Shropshire and Mid Wales with rainbow creations

GALLERY: Pets across the Midlands hard at work from home amid coronavirus outbreak

GALLERY: Thousands line streets for annual Shrewsbury 10K

WATCH: Cosford Military Wives Choir perform for cinema-goers in Wolverhampton - with pictures

Boscobel House project to help bring famous story to life for visitors - with pictures

Chugging tractors take to Shropshire's country roads in aid of two charities

Theatre & Comedy

'It’s an unusual show for me': Simon Evans prepares for new tour coming to Birmingham

'It’s an unusual show for me': Simon Evans prepares for new tour coming to Birmingham

After 20 years of watching one of the country’s most erudite, well-loved and downright funny comedians, Simon Evans’s fans could be excused for thinking they know who is and what he’s about.

South Shropshire stage lovers help theatre live through Covid-19 crisis

South Shropshire stage lovers help theatre live through Covid-19 crisis

Lovers of the stage have done their bit to help keep a theatre complex alive by donating ticket refunds toward its running costs during the Covid-19 crisis.

Actors to perform from isolation with online plays

Actors to perform from isolation with online plays

Organisers said the works would explore how our ‘communal experiences’ are changing at an ‘unprecedented’ pace.

Birmingham Hippodrome closure extended

Birmingham Hippodrome closure extended

Birmingham Hippodrome has extended its closure period due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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