News in Telford, Shropshire
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.
Read moreA 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.
Read moreIn 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.
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Read morePolice 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.
Read moreA 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).
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreA 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.
Read morePolice 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. “
Read moreThe M54 is still down to one lane in each direction after an HGV crashed through the central reservation earlier this week.
Read moreTim 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 moreA 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.”
Read moreThe fire service are reporting that a car was 50% destroyed in the blaze, but it doesn’t look like this will be fixable.
Read moreFilm 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.”
Read moreShropshire 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.
Read moreRobson Smith, of Victoria Road in Wellington was charged with the offence following an incident on Monday (24 November).
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreCouncillor Holding said the idea would have to be put on the “back burner” but it’s “full steam ahead” for events at Christmas.
Read morePolice 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 morePlanners 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.
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.
Read moreWellington 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.
Read moreKinship 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreEarlier 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.
Read moreProposals 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.
Read moreFour 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 moreThe 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.
Read moreArchitects 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”.
Read moreA 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 from six Borough primary schools took to the hot seats recently to debate the topics of the day in the Council Chamber.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreLast 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.
Read more84% 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.
Read moreTelford 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 moreA 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
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.
Read morePolice 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreFirefighters were called out in the early hours of Monday morning to deal with a vehicle fire in Hayward Avenue, Donnington in Telford.
Read moreShropshire’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.
Read moreLeanne 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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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.”
Read moreLast year the Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority estimated that a national agreement would lead to a pay award of two per cent – but staff were given a 3.2 per cent increase instead.
A meeting was told this week that the authority dug into ‘contingencies’ to be able to find the extra £150,000 for this year.
Read moreThere is less than a week to go before the first Telford Day event kicks off a host of celebrations and Christmas activity in Telford.
The Made In Telford Christmas Makers Market will launch Telford Day activities and will be open from 10am in Southwater featuring local artisan crafts. Alongside the market, the Christmas Yurt will have activities on throughout the day including a film screening of Cinderella with children’s activities from 10.30am.
Read morePolice “would like to hear from anyone in the area, anyone who may have doorbell video footage that could help with our enquiries, or local dog walkers who may be aware of someone with two Alsatians.”
Read moreThe question, submitted by the party’s co-ordinator Pat McCarthy, asked: “Will this council recognise the genocide in Gaza, as concluded by the UN, and end our financial complicity?
“The situation demands that you halt all spending on Israeli goods and divest our pension funds from Israeli assets. To do otherwise is to make our community complicit in these atrocities.”
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Mascots Rocky (Travel Telford) and PD Peeler (West Mercia Police) with Councillor Richard Overton and Amy Newbrook West Mercia Police PCSO
This year’s theme, Safe Vehicles Save Lives, highlights the importance of vehicle safety in preventing collisions and reducing casualties. In 2024 in Telford and Wrekin there were 150 casualties, of which 37 were seriously injured with three fatalities, a reminder of how vulnerable everyday road users can be.
Read moreOf course you fancy some cake, and if you are ever in need of finding your closest Cake Shed, just google Telford Cake Shed Map, and you will be presented with a plethora (five) of choices.
I can’t believe Telford Live is still subscription free.
Read moreComplaints – and compliments – directed to Telford & Wrekin Council have been rising as it continues to see “significant demand, rising expectations and increased pressure on all its services”, councillors were told.
The MyTelford app saw 86,749 jobs logged on it during 2024/25.
Read moreOvernight, the bus shelter at Leegomery/Apley was defaced with white paint
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Stuart Walker, Leisure Operations Manager Telford & Wrekin Council, Councillor Angela McClements, Telford & Wrekin Council’s Cabinet Member for Leisure, Tourism, Culture and the Arts and Nigel Hunter – Co-Director of We Do Tennis
Telford & Wrekin Council have announced a new long term partnership agreement with We Do Tennis Community Interest Company (CIC) which will see further growth in the tennis programme and a significant investment to bring the sport of Padel to Telford Tennis Centre.
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Reform UK winner Alan Adams with his partner Felicity Wingrove (who was not a candidate) at Thursday's count. Picture: LDRS
Labour held on to the third of the seats – in Wellington’s Haygate ward – where the party did not face a Reform UK challenge but saw off the Conservatives, the Green Party and the Lib Dems.
Alan Adams, a former Navy submariner who finished in second place in Telford in last year’s general election, swept to victory in Oakengates Town Council’s Oakengates and Wombridge Ward.
Read moreAn estimated 100 residents flocked to the village hall in Church Aston on freezing Thursday evening to hear that Councillor Eade, the Conservative group leader at Telford & Wrekin Council and representative for Church Aston & Lilleshall, has “called in” the application for a decision by the planning committee.
Read moreRobert Hacking, of Market Place, Great Bridge in Tipton, West Midlands, was yesterday (Thursday 20 November) sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court after previously pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A controlled drugs, concerned in the supply of class B controlled drugs and use criminal property.
Read moreTelford & Wrekin Council has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling domestic abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG) through its support of White Ribbon Day and the international 16 Days of Action campaign, running from 25 November to 10 December 2025.
Read moreA council’s automatic Ask Tom phone answering system is learning the local language in Telford, councillors have been told.
After the artificial intelligence system was launched as a trial in August 2024 it was condemned by one councillor as “universally awful”.
But clever young Tom is getting better, a report to the audit committee noted.
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Councillor Ollie Vickers, Gill McPhie, Deputy Store Manager at ExtraCare in Oakengates, Gita Samra, Retail Regional Manager for ExtraCare and Councillor Steve Reynolds, Mayor of Oakengates.
ExtraCare is now up and running at its original location in Oakengates town centre after a temporary move to 33 Market Street.
Oakengates ExtraCare charity shop, which works to create better lives for older people, is now back to 39 Market Street after the unit and shop frontage was completely refurbished.
Read moreA care company has withdrawn an application to use a terraced house in Telford as a children’s home after council planners raised concerns, the council has confirmed
Agents for Lovemark Care Ltd have responded after Telford & Wrekin Council officials raised issues of parking arrangements at the property in Hadley and over engagement with its care commissioning team.
Read moreFor the first time, Telford & Wrekin Council has exercised powers newly granted by City of Wolverhampton Council that allow officers to inspect and suspend unroadworthy vehicles licensed by Wolverhampton. Shropshire Council were also in attendance.
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