Shrewsbury Food Festival under way and proving to be 'epic' success despite travel interruptions

The start of the two-day event, which opened at 10am on Saturday, saw the town's Quarry park fill with a range of stallholders, demonstrations, live music, and children's activities.

Over 10,000 people attended on the day, not deterred by a day of travel disruption as trains were cancelled between Wellington and Shrewsbury due to signalling staff being taken ill.

Beth Heath, from organisers Shropshire Festivals, said day one had been "absolutely epic".

She added: "We've got a few empty stalls so that means lots of people will be home making and baking and that's what it's all about.

"It's been an absolute smasher of a day, the weather has been perfect. We've tried some new things this year and everything's worked really well.