Monday, 6th February 2012

Latest Telford stories

£1.5m boost for school sports facilities

Telford & Wrekin Council this week welcomed Sport England’s announcement of £1.5m investment into the new Dawley Learning Community.

Ex-Sunday school is facing demolition

A METHODIST Sunday School room in Telford could be knocked down because the cost of repairing it cannot be justified.

Opening of Civic Centre delayed

The opening of Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre has been postponed after electrical work at the £8.5million building was found not ‘fit for purpose’.

Boundary change ideas ‘would damage town’

Proposals to split the constituency of Telford in half would damage the town, it is being claimed.

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Off-street parking fees hike revealed

Telford & Wrekin Council has been named as one of the worst local authorities for increasing off-street car parking charges.

Joy at pledge to revamp street

Residents in a road in Telford that has been ‘left to go derelict’ for 15 years have been promised that maintenance work will be done on the street soon.

Thieves take bags filled for charity

Hundreds of bags full of clothes donated to the Salvation Army by people in Telford have been stolen by thieves, police said today.

Second cinema plan unveiled

Telford could get two new cinemas after plans were today unveiled for a new 10-screen Odeon as the centrepiece of a huge multi-million pound shopping development in the town centre.

Figures spark burglary alert

Householders in Telford are being warned to secure their homes after figures released today show an increased chance of burglary when the clocks go back.

Council pledge on cardboard

Cardboard will still be collected from homes in the Telford area despite the service being scrapped in other parts of Shropshire, council chiefs pledged today.