Friday, 18th May 2012

Latest Telford stories

Community site on track for opening

A plush new community centre is on target to open to the public in Telford in the new year.

Ice rink plans will cost council £3m

More than £3million is to be ploughed into bringing Telford ice rink up to scratch after plans to privatise it were abandoned.

Parents blow a fuse over lights

ORGANISERS of a Christmas lights ceremony are to hold a full review after a mother complained that glitches ruined the festive evening, leaving her children in tears.

£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.

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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.

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.