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….
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Hat-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…
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Monkey 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…
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Plan 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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