The future of a threatened Shropshire allotment site could be guaranteed for the next 125 years following a vote by town councillors. It had been feared the allotments would have to be relocated.

South Shropshire town councillors say it is vital that public toilets remain open, following an announcement by Shropshire Council that it will close most of the facilities it runs by April 2011 in a cost-cutting drive to save £230,000.

A bid for nearly £600,000 has gone in to the Heritage Lottery Fund to help fund a major project to renovate a Shropshire town hall.

Campaigners contesting plans for a £5 million biomass plant in a south Shropshire town have insisted they will continue their fight in the new year. Plans have been approved despite objections and a public inquiry.

Campaigners failed in a last-ditch bid today to stop a controversial £5 million biomass plant being built in south Shropshire.

Campaigners in a Shropshire town were today set to make their final plea to councillors in a last-ditch bid to stop a controversial £5 million biomass plant from being built.

Campaigners staging a last-ditch bid to stop a £5 million biomass plant being built in Bishop’s Castle have sent SOS letters to all Shropshire councillors ahead of a key meeting.

A plea by Shropshire campaigners fighting plans for a £5m biomass burner to have a key debate on the project delayed has been turned down.

A fresh debate is to be held next month over plans to build a £5 million biomass plant in Shropshire.

Letter: Closing small primary schools and building big “area schools” seems to have been the agenda of the Shirehall for 25 years.

Ambitious £500,000 plans to double the size of a supermarket in a south Shropshire town have met with objections.

More than 950 signatures have been gathered in the space of a week as part of a last-ditch attempt to stop a £5 million biomass plant being built in Bishop’s Castle.

COUNCILLORS IN a south Shropshire town have refused to sign a charter to work alongside Shropshire Council in protest at a decision to allow a £5 million biomass plant to be built in the town.

Councillors in a Shropshire town have threatened to boycott a county-wide charter in protest at a decision to build a £5 million biomass plant.

Organisers behind a £140,000 plan to build communally owned affordable houses in south Shropshire have revealed the start date for their first project.

Campaigners opposing a £5 million biomass plant planned for a Shropshire town have vowed to carry on their fight in the wake of massive public opposition to the scheme.

Letter: October 13 proved a dark day for Bishop’s Castle when Shropshire Cabinet refused to respond to overwhelming opposition to the proposed biomass plant.

A Shropshire pub landlord has taken on the role of one of Santa’s little helpers to save a county town’s Christmas lights festival from the axe at the eleventh hour.

A south Shropshire mayor has condemned a move by a national building society to close an outreach branch used by “half of the town”.

Officials behind plans for a £5 million biomass plant in a south Shropshire town have claimed their facility could be up and running within two years after land was set aside for the scheme.

A controversial £5m biomass incinerator will be built in Bishop’s Castle after Shropshire councillors today approved the sale of land needed for the project.

Campaigners waging a war on plans to build a controversial £5 million incinerator in a south Shropshire town today turned out in force at Shirehall for a crunch meeting to determine the project’s fate.

Dozens of protesters will be able to hear crunch discussions on plans to build a £5 million biomass incinerator in a south Shropshire town through a live feed.

Residents in a south Shropshire town today said they had been given just 20 minutes to state their case against a planned £5 million biomass incinerator at a crunch cabinet meeting next week.

A campaigner has dug deep into her own pockets to put on a free coach so protesters in a south Shropshire town can get to a crunch meeting on plans for a £5 million incinerator.

BOSSES OF a Shropshire supermarket today unveiled £500,000 plans to double the size of the store.

Shropshire residents are being urged to question councillors about plans for a £5 million biomass burner.

A CONTROVERSIAL decision to set aside land for a multi-million pound biomass plant in a south Shropshire town will have to be reconsidered – to the joy of hundreds of residents.

A Shropshire councillor fighting plans for a £5 million biomass burner in his ward today said he was disgusted residents would not be told why the scheme was being re-examined.

A public meeting to discuss plans for a £5 million biomass plant in Bishop’s Castle will be held later this month.