Access to GP Services improving following damning report
Health leaders say there have been ‘significant improvements’ in access to GP services in Telford & Wrekin since the publication…
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Aftermarket tinted-window ban for taxis
Taxi drivers licensed by Telford & Wrekin Council won’t have to remove factory-fitted tinted windows that stop passengers being seen…
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Swangate: No cover up – case closed
A councillor has spoken out to ‘growing speculation and concern’ around the deaths of two swans in Newport. The swans…
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Newport Self-build plan approved after Planning Inspectorate steps in
A planning inspector has overturned a council decision to reject a man’s plan for a self-build dwelling after being guided…
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This is what hospitals in Shropshire are doing to tackle cancer ‘underperformance’
Hospital trust leaders have set out how they are working to speed up cancer diagnostics and treatment in Shropshire as…
Read moreSecond round of consultation on parish council boundaries approved
A second round of consultation into plans that could see parish councils being created, abolished, merged or altered has been…
Read morePlanning refused: blamed it on the sunshine
A proposed house would not have enough sun in the summer to be healthy, a council has ruled in rejecting…
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Cemetery Lodge is back on the market
A building that a parish council controversially decided to sell – and later said had been sold – is back…
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Battery firm seeks to charge council
A developer behind controversial plans for a battery storage facility near a World Heritage Site has launched a bid to…
Read moreIs your council facing the chop or the blender?
One parish council will cease to exist, while others will be created, shaken up or merged if councillors agree to…
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Rejected: HMO Plans would overdevelop the site
Council planners have thrown out a proposal to convert a dilapidated family house in Wellington into a HMO for 12 people….
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Flats plan on hold
Drainage experts have put a holding objection on plans to build a block of 15 affordable flats behind a pub…
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“never seen footfall so bad…” claims Oakengates publican
Businesses have appealed for help as multi-million pound redevelopment projects have turned Oakengates town centre into a building site. Town…
Read moreBoundary review could lead to councillor cut
Parish councils in Telford are being put in the cross hairs for possible changes under a review of boundaries in…
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Ketley Parish Council seat win for Independent candidate
Independent candidate Helen Barker won the Ketley Parish Council by-election in Telford by just nine votes. Mrs Barker beat off…
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GP pleads ‘Sort it out’
Shropshire GPs told a county NHS meeting that family doctors feel like changes are “being done to us rather than…
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Council lose planning appeal on Lawley hut
A property company has won permission to demolish a ‘dilapidated’ military-style Nissen hut in Telford after an inspector disagreed with…
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Newport Premier, in High Street sits close to Haberdashers’ Adams School and members of the Licensing Sub-committee decided to revoke its premises licence
Newport store faces premises licence review
A Newport shop where the director was handed a court bill of nearly £5,000 after a sales assistant sold a…
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Monkey Puzzle tree felling approved
A resident has been authorised to chop down a fast-growing tree that she says risks pushing over an historic wall on…
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Meet Margaret, 87, and Gwen, 78, community champions in Madeley
Two Telford friends who get their sewing machines whirring to produce sensory blankets for people with dementia were among the…
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Nursery has ‘open and positive culture’ say inspectors
A Telford day nursery caring for more than 140 babies and young children has shown ‘significant improvement’ and is now…
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Remembrance volunteers recognised
Secrets of the success of the Remembrance services in Madeley were revealed at the town mayor’s awards. Four volunteers who…
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Election in Telford this week
Electors in just one small part of Telford will be able to take part in the local elections this Thursday.
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Exercise Tangra tests ability to cope with next pandemic
Health and council leaders across the Midlands have more to do before they can “respond appropriately” to the next pandemic,…
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Shropdoc decision sent for national level review
A decision to take the out-of-hours GP contract away from Shropdoc has been passed up to a national independent panel…
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27 Parking charge notices issued outside schools in Newport
Complaints that traffic enforcement officers are “standing around doing nothing” while on duty near schools provoked a council officer to…
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Residents In two minds over one-way road plans
Views of the public will have to be taken into account before Newport Town Council can throw its influence behind…
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Tree-snappers in sights of Police
Police are ‘on track’ to catch the perpetrators of a spate of vandal attacks on trees in Newport, a meeting…
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Councillor believes A518 safety review after fatal crash will ‘confirm fears’
A councillor has called for immediate action on any recommendations from a urgent review of safety following a fatal crash…
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Telford Gurdwara seeks to hold bigger weddings
A Sikh temple in Telford has applied for planning permission to hold 30 weddings each year with up to 500…
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Traffic concerns over dog park plans
A landowner who wants to turn a field into an exercise area where “reactive or timid dogs” can be let…
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Phone giant to turn off 3G data in Telford
People will still be able to use voice calls and send text messages as they currently do for now, but they would not be able to use mobile data.
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VE Day provokes wartime memories
Memories of a momentous day 80 years ago came flooding back for Telford residents who were children on VE Day….
Read moreHat-trick of parish councillor resignations could trigger by-elections
Three parish councillors in Telford & Wrekin borough have resigned from their positions recently with two going from one village…
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Energy firm banks on Buildwas Bank battery bank
A 99.9MW battery energy storage system with 52 containers is being planned for an agricultural site near Buildwas. Greenfield Energy…
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Planners reject new GP surgery
A developer says it is in ‘active discussions’ with Telford & Wrekin Council after planners rejected its plans for a…
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Leave of absence granted to Cllr
A parish council in Telford has agreed to a councillor’s request for a six months leave of absence. Hadley and…
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Grade II Listed pub plans rejected
A plan to turn an historic former pub into housing has been rejected by council planners. Mr and Mrs Ahmed…
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Brookside Brexit call from Councillor
A councillor has called for Brookside to be split from Stirchley because residents feel ‘let down’ by the parish council…
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The A518 had a higher Killed or Seriously Injured severity ratio than the national average for both collisions and casualties
A518 review needs to go further says local councillor
A councillor says Telford & Wrekin Council ‘hasn’t gone far enough’ in calling for an urgent review of road safety…
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‘Terrible’ ice cream van sounds are too loud for parish councillor
Ice cream van sounds are far too loud according to one Telford councillor who objected to giving three would-be operators…
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Fear after dog poo bags binned
Councillors fear that problems with dog poo will ‘get worse’ following the ending of a Telford & Wrekin Council free…
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Micro-pub owner “quietly confident” of planning consent
The operator of a new micro-pub in Newport is “quietly confident” that the council will give retrospective planning permission for…
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Late night events at market to continue, but…
Telford & Wrekin Council has responded to a Wellington resident’s petition calling for the return of night events at the…
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Council wins appeal over noise control at flats
A developer who converted a five-storey former Ministry of Defence office building into flats without council-approved noise control measures has…
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“Improving access to GP services remains a top priority” says Chief Medical Officer
More than 8,000 people waited for more than four weeks to get to see a GP in Shropshire, according to…
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189 new Station Quarter homes as partner deal is signed
Details of new ‘affordable’ homes coming to Telford’s Station Square have been shared as a company is appointed to deliver…
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Pub demolished after plans approved
Retrospective plans have been approved that allowed a developer to demolished the façade of a former pub in Wellington after…
Read moreMonkey Puzzle tree causing damage
A resident has applied to chop down a fast-growing tree before it pushes over an historic wall on top of…
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Council chairman threatens to halt meeting
There was uproar as a Conservative councillor’s motion on the national response to child sexual abuse was amended to remove…
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Sewage spills ‘have reduced by around 55 per cent’ say Severn Trent
New data has revealed the huge scale of sewage discharges into the River Severn at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage…
Read morePlan for 12-bed HMO stokes councillor ‘overdevelopment’ fear
Plans to convert a dilapidated family house into a HMO for 12 people have raised fears of ‘overdevelopment’ among town…
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Council cabinet in agreement over school readiness plan
Council leaders have approved a plan to encourage parents to get their tots ready to go to school by using…
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Shop sleeping area results in prohibition notice
A Telford shopkeeper was stunned to receive a fire safety prohibition notice that means he has to pay the equivalent…
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10,000 children living in poverty in Telford
More than 10,000 children in Telford were living in families classed as having a relative low income, according to figures…
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