A Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Governmenthas been drawn into a row over claims that a Telford councillor living in Spain is unable to properly serve his constituents.

Creative youngsters at a Telford school have been cutting and sticking to make bright cards for Mother’s Day.
An old Oakengates pub that closed around two years ago is to be reopened especially to serve beer made in Ironbridge.
A Telford parish council has launched its first ever website to keep people updated on events in the community.
A popular and successful stage school claims it is being forced out of its Dawley home by the local council.

It’s not just girls who want to have fun – so Severn Hospice fundraisers invite men across the borough to slip on their high heels and best frocks for the charity’s first ever drag race.
The MP for Telford has spoken of his shock at the ‘scale of destruction’ after bulldozers moved in on Dawley’s Paddock Mount to prepare the way for a new school.
Madeley Academy has been granted permission to run sixth form courses from September by the Minister for Schools and Learners, Vernon Coaker, making the academy one of the first in south Telford to have a sixth form.

Students are pulling out all the stops to help raise awareness and cash during Fairtrade fortnight.
Two former members of iconic 70s rock band Slade are to headline at Shifnal’s first ever Arts and Music Festival this autumn.