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  • They’re back! No, wait…
    Finally, trains are runnning in Telford once again.  Birmingham and Shrewsbury are no longer cut off from Oakengates and Wellington, but its not all good news. ASLEF the train drivers union are taking action next week, and West Midland Train [more...]
  • Railway station floods again
    It’s been a turbulent time for rail transport in Telford. This photo shows the state of Wellington railway station this evening following the incessant rain we have had this month. It comes the day before the line is reopened following the landslip [more...]
  • Market Street businesses switched back on
    A power failure that affected multiple business and domestic properties in Market Street, Wellington yesterday has now been fixed. An aged underground cable needed a repair so two large generators were brought in to keep businesses going and residents [more...]
  • Funding available to help local groups get greener
    The latest round of a community benefit fund has opened for applications, to help local groups reduce their carbon emissions, become more energy efficient or improve local biodiversity. Local charity, voluntary and community groups in Telford and Wrekin [more...]
  • Telford Businesses urged to embrace Shropshire’s multi-billion pound construction programme
    Construction businesses from across Shropshire and beyond have been urged to play their part in helping to deliver a multi-billion pound programme of projects planned for the region. Plans to regenerate Shrewsbury’s Riverside area and the flagship [more...]

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  • Family Park for TelfordHistory: Telford Town Park
    In what would become Telford, green rolling hills were in short supply. This article from 1971 has a cute line drawing portraying an artists impression of what the Town Park could eventually become. […]
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  • the telford squidOn the Trail of the Telford Squid
    Every once in a while, you hear about some tunnels that lead from some old manor house to a nearby church or somesuch. More often than not, it’s complete hogwash but near Telford Shopping Centre there is such a tunnel. […]
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  • History: New York Times Perspective
    The feature on Telford from an April 1975 edition of The New York Times. I really doubt many people in Telford will have seen this until now. […]
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