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BBC News
21-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
'No need for wellies' as sun forecast for Telford music festival
A music festival organiser has said the sunny forecast meant fewer worries for his team this will be the third year The Parklands Festival has been held in Telford Town Park, with more than 80 acts booked to perform on Saturday and organiser Barry Holland said: "When you get a forecast like that there's a lot of other things you don't have to worry about like drainage and flooding."But he also promised free drinking water and plenty of shade, with temperatures expected to reach 28C (82F). There is a chance of a thunderstorm on Saturday afternoon, but Mr Holland joked festival-goers "don't need to worry about those wellies this year".Preparation at the site started last weekend, with one large marquee erected for the main acts, plus three smaller dance to describe his event, he said: "If you've ever been to any festival it's just a smaller version of that."But he also said there was "no skimping" with the staging of the performers had become easier this year, he said, because he could demonstrate his festival had a said he believed it c ould grow further said he was building "something solid for the future of Telford". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
03-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Lottery funding to help reopen bridge in Telford Town Park
Parts of a town park, which were off-limits to visitors after a wooden bridge fell into disrepair, will be opened up again after a successful bid for lottery Friends of Telford Town Park said the £10,400 would help pay for a replacement for the Crannog bridge, which was built in the said there would be new concrete plinths to support the 7m (23ft) steel and plastic replacement, which will be delivered Smith, chair of the Friends group, said: "It is something the Friends have wanted to do but did not have the funds, and needed to employ professional services to complete." The project to replace the bridge will cost £14,800, with the remaining funding coming from Telford and Wrekin Council and the Friends group word Crannog is a Celtic word meaning "man-made island" and it refers to an area of the town park where visitors can study Friends helped to fund the original bridge. Mr Smith said the replacement work was "part of a wider major project by the Friends to renovate the whole of the Crannog and Grange Pool area".The project has been ongoing for a number of months and also includes the clearing of pathways around Grange Pool, the installation of new benches and tables, and the creation of a bird feeding area and have also been improvements to a nearby car parking area, the creation of butterfly feeding stations and bird boxes around the area and the planting of new bushes and trees. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
