Rabbit and Fox Return to Zootropolis
After nine years, Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps are back to solve another case.
Jason Wright takes a look at the new Disney animated film, Zootropolis 2 hitting the screens in Telford this month.
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Three men in custody following police operation
The warrants were carried out at two addresses in Brookside and one in Stirchley by Telford’s proactive CID team with assistance from Task Force.
Three men were arrested and have been held in custody.
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Shropshire hospitals’ chief gives update on winter preparations
A Shropshire hospitals chief has told other county health leaders that everything is “on track” for their winter preparations.
The board of NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin heard that a key date is Monday, December 1, when new beds and arrangements at the acute hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford start to become available.
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Greggs kiosk going but fuel station will be bigger
I’ve demolished many a Greggs but rarely had one come straight back up again…
EG On The Move took over the 24 hour Shawbirch Petrol Station earlier in 2025 and applied to Telford & Wrekin Council to make major changes to the site at the Shawbirch crossroads north of Wellington.
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Four residents in receipt of Adult Social Care - Tom, Simon, Abigail, and Joanne – have moved in together and are benefiting massively from the social support and independence they now have.
New inclusive living development in Ironbridge
A new supported living scheme has welcomed its first residents in Ironbridge. The Heritage Walk development includes 12 purpose-built supported living homes, developed by Telford & Wrekin Council in partnership with the learning disability charity Hft and housebuilder Lioncourt Homes.
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Location of dental practices in Telford & Wrekin delivering NHS services. Picture: NHS Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin
“Golden hellos” offered to NHS Dental specialists
Health officials are ‘hopeful’ that they will find dentists to fill a longstanding gap in NHS provision in southeast Telford.
A meeting was told that ‘golden hello’ payments are being offered to dentists and support staff as well as an increase in the amount that they can get paid for carrying out work for the NHS.
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Decision made on border quarry extension plan near Newport
Woodcote Quarry, at Woodcote, straddles the border of Telford & Wrekin Council’s and Shropshire Council’s areas and operator NRS Aggregates Limited has applied to both planning authorities to extend its life by 10 years to 2045.
A decision from Shropshire Council, the lead authority, is awaited but Telford & Wrekin Council has set down 28 conditions to deal with dust, protection of water from pollution and other matters.
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Head Boy Joe finishes swim challenge
A student at Haberdashers’ Abraham Darby has completed a massive 21-mile swimming challenge this month, raising a remarkable amount of money for Cancer Research UK.
Joe Costello, 17, finished his final lengths on Saturday morning, achieving his goal of swimming the equivalent width of the English Channel.
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Mario and Bowser in Nintendo and Illumination’s THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE, directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. © Nintendo and Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
First Trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Lands
Jason Wright film reviewer takes a first full look at the long-awaited sequel to 2023’s smash hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
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Doves keyboard player in return visit to historic Shropshire church
St Mary’s Church in Sheriffhales, near Shifnal, will host Doves keyboard player Martin Rebelski on Friday, December 5 for an intimate and atmospheric concert including tracks from his new album Monochrome.
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Telford’s biggest* Christmas giveaway is coming!
Get ready to celebrate the festive season with a spectacular FREE giveaway on Facebook!
Starting on December 1st and running right up to December 24th, we’re giving away a fantastic prize every single day. That’s 24 chances to win!
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Increase in number of consultants recruited at hospital Trust
The numbers applying for consultant roles has risen at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) with 33 consultants, including both substantive and NHS locum consultants recruited since the start of this financial year on 1 April 2025.
In addition, several more consultants are currently under offer and progressing through the onboarding process with support from the Trust’s Medical People Services team.
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Inaugral Telford Day
One of the day’s highlights was seeing the new Telford Flag flown. Amelia, aged 9, who recently won a school competition to design a flag for the Borough, raised the flag with the help of her Mum, in Southwater Square.
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Firefighters Attend Southwater Restaurant
Fire crews from Telford Central station responded to a property fire call in Southwater, Telford on Saturday evening.
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Top Dr Who Christmas specials
Feeling Christmassy? Jason Wright looks at the ten best Dr Who Christmas specials…
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Telford Community Basketball CIC Wins National Positive Impact Award
Telford Community Basketball CIC has been recognised as the national winner of the Positive Impact Award at the prestigious Growing Business Awards 2025 in London.
The organisation, which began its work in 2019, was honoured for transforming lives across the UK by creating a community where age, ethnicity, background, and religion do not restrict belonging.
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This Christmas, step into a world of festive wonder
From the beautifully decorated Mansion, music on the Bandstand and the family Christmas Trail ‘Where’s my Reindeer?’, there truly is something for everyone. And don’t forget a visit to Sunnycroft, where visitors can step into a spellbinding journey where pantos collide and Father Christmas is waiting for you.
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Fixed: Remembrance bus stop mural restored
Telford & Wrekin Council has acted quickly to repair damage caused to a cherished bus stop mural in Leegomery, Apley, after it was defaced with white paint overnight on 21 November.
The artwork, created by local artist Neil Willis, featured poignant Remembrance scenes with the Union Jack flag, poppies, and soldiers. Its vandalism generated widespread sadness and disappointment among residents.
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Telford Day celebrations tomorrow
A special celebration is taking place tomorrow as the town marks its first Telford Day, with activities revolving around the new Christmas Yurt. The festivities begin on Saturday, November 29, in Southwater and run for over a week.
Tomorrow is the official Telford Day, marking the date in 1968 when the new town was established. Residents are invited to join the celebration, which includes the opening of the Made in Telford Christmas Makers Market, open daily from 10am until 8pm.
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Skip truck almost crashes into house
In these dramatic photos taken by Telford Live contributor Tom Hill, you can see where the truck left the road, collided with a scaffolding truck. It then passed over a footpath and front garden before stopping short of the house wall.
More photos on the website, link in comments.
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Man dies in car park – police seek witnesses
Police have asked for help in finding out exactly what happened yesterday at Farmfoods in Ketley.
Officers are appealing for witnesses to a collision between a car and pedestrian in Telford in which a man sadly lost his life.
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Winter Winners: December school holiday activities on offer
A packed programme of activities is on offer across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin this winter thanks to a local charity – including the chance for young people to learn bushcraft.
4 All Foundation has this week announced the dates and locations for its Christmas holiday programme, with children eligible for free school meals (FSMs) able to attend for free. Activities will vary each day but will include multi-sports, dance, baking, arts and crafts, and outside activities (weather permitting).
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Ketley – you have a cake shed!
The Bake Box by Ami’s Bakehouse is the latest addition to the Telford Live Cake Shed Map.
Situated on Woodside Road in Ketley, the shed caters for Vegans and is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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Improvements to community centre outdoor area thanks to local developer
A Telford community centre has received a welcome boost to its outdoor space, thanks to a generous donation from the construction firm behind a new housing development nearby.
RSJ Builders, which recently completed 19 new homes for Housing Plus Group off Furnace Lane in Trench, has donated outdoor furniture and a raised planter to Silver Threads Hall.
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Budget announcement offers no solution says PCC
Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion said: “I have been a loud and consistent voice on the fact that funding increases have not kept pace with pay or the overall cost of delivering services to the public. “
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M54 Slow between J3 and J2
The M54 is still down to one lane in each direction after an HGV crashed through the central reservation earlier this week.
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An evening with Tim Marshall
Tim Marshall, author and journalist will be attending Wrekin College for an academic lecture about his best selling book Prisoners of Geography.
His talk will explore key geopolitical themes, focusing on how physical features such as mountains, rivers and seas shape international relationships and global politics.
Read morePedestrian involved in supermarket car park collision
A large Police response at a Telford supermarket this afternoon. Multiple police vehicles and personnel were on scene at Farmfoods in Ketley in Telford.
Police have said that “Following a report received around 3pm this afternoon (27 November), officers are currently at the scene of a collision between a pedestrian and car within a car park off Holyhead Road in Telford.”
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Car fire in Wellington
The fire service are reporting that a car was 50% destroyed in the blaze, but it doesn’t look like this will be fixable.
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Student buzzing after beekeeping film wins festival prize
Film Production student Taylor Smith won Best Documentary at the recent Napier Student Film Festival, which celebrates student filmmakers from around the world.
Taylor, 21, from Telford, said: “It feels amazing to have won this award because I am incredibly proud of this documentary. It was really fun to make and it felt very rewarding when it was complete. I was happy with how it turned out, so it’s really nice to know that other people also felt this way when they watched it.”
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“Slightly bumpy mobilisation” as new Shropshire GP out of hours service awaits drugs licence
Shropshire NHS chiefs were told that there has been a “slightly bumpy” handover from long term provider Shropdoc but a hospital chief praised HealthHero for being “incredible” and a meeting was told there have been no patient incidents.
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Man charged with Telford robbery
Robson Smith, of Victoria Road in Wellington was charged with the offence following an incident on Monday (24 November).
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£400,000 to support Telford residents to become more active
The initial funding award of over £400,000 will run until March 2027, with work focussing on understanding why people aren’t currently active; supporting them to find ways to change; support that continued active lifestyle and build healthy habits across children, young people, health, social care and green spaces so that all people can enjoy a healthy lifestyle.
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Tighter controls on Telford HMOs up for discussion
The article 4 direction would remove the option for landlords of smaller HMOs to use permitted development rights and would therefore require them to seek planning permission for a new HMO, regardless of size. Existing HMOs would be unaffected by these changes.
The planning changes would allow the Council to know where all HMOs are located and to consider what the impact of new HMOs would be on the wider community and local services.
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Town carnival idea put on the “back burner”
Councillor Holding said the idea would have to be put on the “back burner” but it’s “full steam ahead” for events at Christmas.
Read moreArrest made and dogs seized following Woodside attack
Police said “We would like to thank the public for their help in coming forward to provide information which helped us to identify and arrest a suspect.”
Read moreHousing unit for care leavers approved on second attempt
Planners at Telford & Wrekin Council have told Elpis Children Services Limited that they accept that four young adults and carers can form a household meaning that there is no technical change of use of a property in Great Dawley.
The decision means that the company does not have to go through the full planning application process for the move.
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Councillor Reg Snell, Tracy Hitchcock, Herlander Alcobia, Dee Cook, Carol Bland, Rob Hall, Connor Tromans, Claire Tippett and Sarah Clowes.
New home for Cats Protection shop
The volunteers at Cats Protection were concerned they may have to close for good due to the regeneration of the historic Wellington Market but they have now moved into a new location which was previously held by Spirit of Bulgaria in the Market Piazza.
The new unit will enable the volunteer-run branch to continue its cat welfare work and support local cat-lovers.
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Flora 250: William Withering set to be celebrated
Wellington groups are setting out to celebrate the life of one of its most significant sons.
William Withering, who was born in Wellington in 1741, is now immortalised in a plethora of academic books on botany – and in the name of the town’s Wetherspoons.
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New resource for kinship carers
Kinship care is when children are cared for by members of their extended families, friends or other people who are connected with them, for a variety of reasons, and in different arrangements. This could be for a short period of time while family members have support to make changes or over a longer-term arrangement.
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Quiz Clothing store opens in Telford Centre
The fashion retailer has re-entered the Telford Centre, the main shopping destination in the town with more than 160 shops. The new store features around 2,000 square feet of trading space and is in a prime position within the centre.
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£50k plan for supervised toothbrushing in Telford
Earlier this year Telford & Wrekin Council was given £50,984 to after the Government announced plans to implement a national targeted supervised toothbrushing programme for children aged three, four and 5 years in the most deprived communities.
This week the council’s health and wellbeing board will be updated on how the Brilliant Brushers scheme is doing.
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PCC criticises proposal to scrap jury trials for most crimes
Proposals by the Ministry of Justice to massively restrict the right to a jury trial have been criticised by Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion.
First put into law 810 years ago through the Magna Carta, jury trials have long been a cornerstone of democracy and the rule of law in the United Kingdom.
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Crash on icy road in Newport
Four fire appliances, including the Rescue Tender, were mobilised from Telford Central and Wellington stations. An Operations Officer and the Police were also in attendance.
Read moreChange to change the way prescriptions are ordered
The Prescription Ordering Direct (POD) service is being decommissioned and phased out by the end of November. The phone- and email-based system was introduced in 2016/17 to help reduce medicine waste.
But a review found that it duplicated what some GP practices and the NHS app was already doing. Its cost on the local health and care system was put at more than £1 million each year.
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Time to replace historic Telford museum’s leaky roof, planners told
Architects have told Telford & Wrekin Council that the ground floor of the Long Warehouse at Coalport China Museum has been subjected to regular flooding.
This, says Stephen Oliver of Oliver Architecture in Birmingham, means “the high humidity left within the building contributes to the failing of internal decorations”.
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New gym set for Telford retail park
A furniture shop in Telford is set to be turned into a gym if planners approve the move.
Agents for the owners of Telford Bridge Retail Park at Colliers Way say there is an agreement with a gym operator to take the unit.
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Simon Wellman, Director of Education and Skills at Telford & Wrekin Council, Councillor Shirley Reynolds and Sally Sixsmith, Headteacher at St George's Primary School
Children take to the hot seats in school debates
Children from six Borough primary schools took to the hot seats recently to debate the topics of the day in the Council Chamber.
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New nail technician course launches in January
The programme is fully accredited by the Vocational Training Charitable Trust, a specialist organisation that designs and certifies qualifications across the hairdressing and beauty therapy sectors.
It will offer hands-on training in liquid and acrylic nail systems, using leading industry brand NSI.
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“Telford Deserves a Fairer Deal” says Shaun Davies MP
Last week, Shaun took and the Leader of Telford & Wrekin Council to the heart of government, attending to 10 Downing Street and meeting again with Local Government Secretary Steve Reed MP, to reinforce the urgency of securing a fairer funding settlement for Telford.
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Survey reveals call to reverse NIC and working rights changes ahead of the budget
84% of the companies questioned by Telford-based personalised workwear specialist MyWorkwear would like to see a U-turn by the Chancellor, with two thirds stating that NICs and minimum wage increases have already had a negative impact on their performance.
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Fifteen Million, thanks to you
Telford Live hit 15m views on Facebook over the last 28 days, a huge thank you to everyone who clicked, liked, followed and commented.
A special thanks to those who messaged with videos, photos, tip-offs who make all this possible, including our fabulous regular contributors David, Jason, Catherine, Phil and Abi.
Read moreSmash and grab at Cash Converters
A raid on a Telford pawn shop saw a window smashed and and a thief run off with a handful of goods from the display.
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Mandy Thorn SCF trustee, Paul Craven of JCE and Sons, Selina Graham chair of SCF and Paul O’Brien of DENSO
New fund launched for young people
A new £20,000 grant has been launched to empower young people facing barriers to education, employment, and training across Telford & Wrekin and the wider Shropshire region. The fund will provide grants of up to £5,000 to grassroots organisations delivering youth-led, creative, skills, and mentoring projects.
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Man hospitalised after car park assault
Police investigating an assault in Telford on Saturday (22 November) are appealing for witnesses to help with their enquiries.
The incident involving two men happened at around 6pm in the car park of Lidl in Madeley.
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Food trucks plan for Wellington
The car park behind The Carpathian Bear in Tan Bank, Wellington is the location of the site, and this application is part-retrospective, meaning that at least one van Chaii Kin, is already operational having been moved from the Swan Hotel car park.
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Firefighters tackle early morning vehicle blaze
Firefighters were called out in the early hours of Monday morning to deal with a vehicle fire in Hayward Avenue, Donnington in Telford.
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£400k Rates rise at new fire HQ ” was not anticipated”
Shropshire’s fire service has been hit by an un-anticipated £400,000 increase in its rates bill after work at Telford’s fire station increased the value of the property, a meeting was told.
“That figure is currently with a consultant who is working on an appeal on that number to verify that that number is in fact correct.” said Joanne Coadey, the head of finance at the fire authority.
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Telford HR company expands with new appointment
Leanne Taylor has joined HR Solutions Shropshire as office manager to help support more than 100 clients.
Company founder Ishbel Lapper said a number of new client wins and the growing profile of the Telford-based business were behind the move.
Ariana Grande is Glinda and Cynthia Erivo is Elphaba in WICKED FOR GOOD, directed by Jon M. Chu.
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Review: Wicked for Good
Jason Wright reviews Wicked for Good.
“…the chemistry with Ariana Grande and Cythia Evro just lands really well; the pair share a special bond and you can tell in their performance.”
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