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Wolves Podcast Live raises over £1000 for Cure Leukaemia

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21st March 2019

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More than £1,000 was raised for charity as the E&S Wolves Podcast hosted its second live event in front of almost 300 Wolves fans.

Podcast boys Tim Spiers and Nathan Judah were joined by Wolves legends Steve Bull and Andy Thompson at the Pavilion Club on Stafford Road on Wednesday night.

A boisterous audience was treated to almost three hours of on-stage antics and chat, with Wolves’ stunning FA Cup win over Manchester United high on the agenda.

There was also quizzes, games and the usual podcast segments, while a live charity auction was a big hit.

Prizes including accompanying the boys to a live Wolves press conference and starring on a future podcast. More than £1,000 was raised for Cure Leukaemia, who also collected cash in a collection bucket during the evening.

Bully and Thommo shared stories from their combined 1,012 appearances in gold and black and the night was finished off with the popular ‘abuse of the week’ live segment.

Many thanks to sponsors Wolverhampton Building Supplies for their continued support.

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Wolves book hits back of net with award nomination

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18th March 2019

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Fresh from the memorable Wolves FA Cup win over Manchester United, the MNA’s book on last season has been named as a finalist for a prestigious press industry award.
 
The Express & Star book ‘On Our Way Back: Story of the Season 17/18’ is on the list of the finalists in the International Printed Innovation of the Year category of the Newsawards 2019. Click here to read more.
 
The 152-page book celebrated Wolves’ title-winning 2017/18 season with a game-by-game look at an unforgettable year.
 
A print run of 5000 copies for the publication, which went on sale in October, resulted in a sell-out.
 
The book featured at least two pages dedicated to every game of Wolves’ 2017/18 season with match reports, analysis, ratings, fan verdicts and quotes from manager Nuno and the players.
 
There were also features, picture galleries and stats, while Wolves executive chairman Jeff Shi has penned a foreword.
 
The book was written and compiled by Wolves correspondent Tim Spiers, with support from colleagues in editorial and other departments.
 
MNA editor-in-chief Martin Wright said: “The Wolves book was a fantastic publication.
 
“It has rightly been recognised to be among the outstanding printed products of the year.”
 
The Newsawards 2019 winners will be announced on Wednesday 8 May at the Royal Lancaster hotel in London.
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Students receive an insight into vital STEM skills in action at Busch

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15th March 2019

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Aspiring engineers from a school in Telford have been given a first-hand look into the design industry as part of the Shropshire Star’s 2019 STEM Challenge.
 
A team of pupils from Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby school have taken part in experiments, learnt how to build 50-tonne pumps and even had a physics lesson while touring Busch manufacturing sites in Crewe and Telford.
 
The event was organised for pupils to take a trip around Busch, the school’s partnered business, and learn what a future career in engineering might look like. 
 
The challenge, which has been launched by the MNA, publisher of the Shropshire Star, was established to promote the importance of the key Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths subjects among young people, while creating key links between schools and the design industry.
 
They have been issued the challenge to design and manufacture a product that has a positive benefit to an individual/group and the environment, or just the environment.
 
Teams of six pupils from a range of Shropshire schools will then need to demonstrate their product as a working model at a presentation on July 4, 2019 at the Marches Centre of Manufacturing & Technology, the associate sponsor hosting the event.
 
Christine Hewitt, Busch design engineer and STEM ambassador, said: “As a company we’re obviously incredibly passionate about STEM and showing students the different elements of it. 
 
“We took the team to our site in Crewe to start the day off, where they saw more of what we call heavy engineering – where all the machines are made. 
 
“They then came to our system design site in Telford where we were able to show them how the machines are implemented and what they are used for.”
 
Charlotte Statham, science teacher at the school, said: “These kind of opportunities are priceless for the children and it really does give them an insight into the real industry that is hard to find within school.”
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Star search is on for Shrewsbury Town’s fan of the season

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15th March 2019

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Heads up, Shrewsbury fans – it’s time to nominate your Town Fan of the Season!
 
It’s been an up and down campaign for Town but they have been followed far and wide in League One again this season by their loyal supporters.
 
And there is no forgetting the storming FA Cup run to a fourth-round replay at Premier League Wolves – where 3,000-plus Salopians packed into Molineux.
 
Sam Ricketts’ men are aiming to pull up and away from relegation trouble between now and the end of the season and hope to continue their recent run of improved form.
 
Here at the Shropshire Star, we’re looking to find a supporter who has gone to extreme levels to support Town as we give out our second Shrewsbury Town Fan of the Season award.
 
We’re looking to honour a Shrews fanatic at this season’s End of Season Awards, which will take place at Montgomery Waters Meadow around the end of the season
 
Last year’s winner Rosemarie Cliffe who, at the age of 80, had been watching Town since 1953, was recognised on stage with the management and first-team staff in attendance.
 
Our winner will receive a special prize and have their story told in front of fellow supporters and Town’s first-team squad at the glittering annual ceremony.
 
Entries are now open and all you need to do is contact us in writing via the Sports Editor, Shropshire Star, Ketley, Telford, TF1 5HU with your nomination and reasons.
 
You can also nominate online at www.shropshirestar.com, via email at sportsdesk@shropshirestar.co.uk or contact us via Twitter and our Facebook page.
 
Supporters can nominate themselves or someone else, whether it be a friend, colleague or family member.
 
Please include your name, address and telephone number with your suggestion and their contact details, explaining why you think they deserve the award.
 
Young or old, there is no age limit for entries.
 
Nominations must reach us by Monday, April 1 and nominees must be free to attend Shrewsbury Town’s End of Season Awards.
 
The prize is two VIP places on the Shropshire Star table that night, as well as a memento to be presented on stage.
 
So get those entries in to reward that one fan whose passion and dedication for the club deserves to be recognised.
 
The Sports Editor’s decision is final.
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Picture archive has been labour of love for MNA and partners

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7th March 2019

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From late relatives to lost landmarks, Black Country residents have been enjoying a trip back in time using the Express & Star Photo Archive.
 
The project, a partnership between the Express & Star, the University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Archives and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, has seen thousands of people view images online dating from 1970s to 1990.
 
The 3,000 images published on the website as part of the £60,000 National Lottery project include photos taken during steel industry operations and during the final years of the mining industry.
 
An archivist, representative from the University of Wolverhampton, project volunteer and a former Express & Star photographer were invited to Queen Street to look at the physical archive and be interviewed by the BBC.
 
Scott Knight, from the University of Wolverhampton, said talks began about the project 10 years ago, and after hundreds of hours of work from volunteers the website went live this week.
 
He said: “Now we’re set up to do more, it’s just trying to get funding.
 
“There’s 800 Second World War pictures which we could do for as little as £1 per photo.
 
“It’s absolutely vitally important for local people to be able to see these pictures.
 
“There are changes in architecture, the industry, the landscape, it has all changed so much.
 
“The page views on the website and the response on social media has been fantastic. We put up a photo of six Payton brothers from Wolverhampton who had been to war and some distant family members responded.”
 
Heidi McIntosh, senior archivist at Wolverhampton City Archives, was also present, as were former Express & Star photographer Dave Bagnall, from Ironbridge and Sue Beardsmore from the National Lottery’s Heritage Fund.
 
Brian Lester, from Kingswinford, volunteered after retiring from his job as a teacher.
 
He said: “You’d look through and occasionally you’d see someone you know who was obviously a lot younger in the photographs.
 
“The interesting thing for me was the social history, how things have changed and how life has evolved.”
 
Chris Leggett, marketing and communications director at MNA Media, said the Express & Star was contacted by a relative of a man in a photo posted on social media.
 
He said: “Someone contacted us and said the man in the picture was their late father and they said they hadn’t got many pictures of him and asked for a copy – it really meant something to them.”
 
 
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Express & Star photo archive makes the headlines on TV news

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7th March 2019

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The historic digital photos from the Express & Star photo archive made the news when they appeared on the BBC evening regional news on Wednesday.

The project, a partnership between the Express & Star, the University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton City Archives and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, was the subject of a four-minute feature on Midlands Today.
 
Watch the video on Facebook: click here
 
The project has seen thousands of people view images online dating from the 1970s to the mid 1990s after the website went live on Monday March 4. 
 
The 3,000 images published on the website as part of the £60,000 National Lottery project include photos taken during steel industry operations and during the final years of the mining industry.
 
An archivist, representative from the University of Wolverhampton, project volunteer and a former Express & Star photographer were invited to Queen Street to look at the physical archive and be interviewed by the BBC.
 
Reporter Joanne Writtle, herself a former Express & Star journalist from the 1990s, visited to look around the archive.

She interviewed former snapper Dave Bagnall, who gave his memories of some of the images featured in the collection, along with MNA director of marketing and communications Chris Leggett, who led the project committee.
 
The BBC also interviewed city archivist Heidi McIntosh, who picked out her favourite images of people at work across the region.
 
Volunteer Brian Lester, who was among a group of helpers who gave the equivalent of 260 working days to sift the shelves, was also featured.
 
And there was a twist in the tail as Midlands Today host Nick Owen surprised co-presenter Shefali Oza with Express & Star archive images of her arrival as a TV weather girl in 1994.
 
Shefali got her own back by presenting Express & Star archive photos of Nick, dating back to his early days as a television sports presenter.
 
As a result of the appearance, viewers rushed to the website after seeing it on the TV news.
 
The number of page impressions generated by users leapt from 450 per hour during the day to 3,000 per hour between 6pm and 8pm.
 
Chris Leggett said: “The photo archive has captured people’s imagination since the website went live on Monday so it was fantastic for the BBC to report on the historic images in such detail.
 
“We can already see in the web analytics that people responded by immediately going online to see the photos for themselves.
 
“Given that the project was funded by a Lottery contribution, it was pleasing to see the public want to know more about their history by viewing images of the region’s past for free online.”
 
The TV appearance was the second time the photo archive has appeared on regional BBC this week. BBC WM 95.8 hosts Sam and Daz discussed the photo heritage on the breakfast show on Monday.
 
The project partnership was set up back in 2008 by the Express & Star with the University of Wolverhampton and Wolverhampton City Archives to ensure the printed photos taken throughout the 20th Century were made available to the public via an online platform.
 
Development funding of £59,800 was initially awarded to the partnership in 2014, which includes Black Country community group representatives, to progress their plans. 
 
The Express & Star photo archive has been described as one of the most important regional photograph collections in the country, as it includes photographs of royal visits and speeches by Prime Ministers, through to images of local ways of everyday life which have been replaced in the modern world.
 
The industrial images were selected after a survey of 750 local respondents by heritage development consultants Tricolor Associates showed the subjects the public wanted to see prioritised were industrial history, the War years and the changing local landscape.
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E&S Wolves Podcast live: Steve Bull and Andy Thompson to appear

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13th February 2019

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Wolves legends Steve Bull and Andy Thompson will be joining the boys for the next LIVE version of the E&S Wolves Podcast. 

Tim Spiers and Nathan Judah are taking the poddy back on the road for their latest live and uncut special, which takes place at The Pavilion club (formerly Goodyear Pavilion) on Stafford Road next month.

Bully and Thommo – as you’ve never seen them before – will join the lads on stage and get in the poddy spirit and its usual cutting edge banter, before taking questions from the crowd and sharing stories from their combined 1,012 appearances in gold and black.

The podcast will be bigger and better than before, starting at 7pm and finishing at 9.45pm.

Tickets are on sale for £10 – book now to avoid missing out.
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Wolves Podcast LIVE Itinerary
6.15pm – Doors open (full bar available)

7pm – Wolves podcast live – Part 1

8.15pm – Interval

8.45pm – Wolves podcast live – Part 2

9.45pm-11pm – Have a post-poddy drink and a chat with the lads

Don’t delay, book your tickets now (which include free parking) to avoid disappointment.

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