Dawley news, page 2


Youngster’s football matches at risk after goal post theft

Young footballers from Telford face being out of action for weeks after thieves stole their goal posts.


Two in court over Telford murder

Two men appeared in court today charged with murdering a 24-year-old man who died 18 months after he was attacked in Telford.


Telford karaoke queen Rose, 87, records first CD

Great-grandmother Rose Strickland is known as Shropshire’s Karaoke Queen but has only just recorded her first CD – at the age of 87.


Shropshire fans queue for Breaking Dawn film

The clock struck 12 and hundreds of Shropshire fans streamed into county cinemas for midnight screenings of the latest vampire movie as Twilight fever gripped the county.


Telford fire as underground heap of coal catches light

Firefighters were called to an unusual fire after an old coal slag heap caught fire underground.


Building schemes at Shropshire schools are approved

Major construction work at three Shropshire schools will begin in the new year after multi-million pound plans were given the go-ahead.


Multi-million pound school approved for Dawley

An £18.5 million school will be built in Dawley after proposals were rubber-stamped at a meeting.


Dawley in £1.5m sporting hub plan

Dawley could become a sporting hub for the West Midlands if a £1.5 million bid is approved by Sport England.


Labour expels former Telford councillor

A former Telford councillor who was at the centre of an escort website scandal has been thrown out of the Labour Party for nominating two Tory candidates in last May’s local elections.


Pictures from the past – October 7, 2011

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures


Man jailed for Telford sex assault

A 37-year-old man was given an indeterminate prison sentence today after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Telford alley.


Pictures from the Past – week ending September 16, 2011

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.


Dawley Bank Flower and Vegetable Show – in pictures

Gardeners were handed awards for their prize-winning vegetables and flowers at a show in Telford. Exhibitors battled it out in dozens of categories at the Dawley Bank Flower and Vegetable Show.


Telford councillor reported over escort website pictures

A parish councillor who hit the headlines after racy pictures of her appeared on an escort website has been reported to Telford & Wrekin Council’s standards committee.


Video fly-through of new Phoenix School for Dawley

Take a look at a fly-through video of the planned new Phoenix School in Dawley, Telford.


Broseley Juniors face battle to survive

Broseley Juniors – one of Shropshire’s most successful football clubs – is in danger of folding.


Devoted pair married for 60 years

A Telford couple described as being “devoted to one another” have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.


Telford councillor Nicola Holmes faces party expulsion

A Shropshire parish councillor who hit the headlines after racy pictures of her appeared on an escort website is set to be thrown out of the Labour party – for backing two Tory candidates in the last election.


Hundreds turn out in Dawley for annual Legion march

Hundreds of people lined the streets of a Shropshire town to watch the annual Royal British Legion march.


How Dawley’s redevelopment looks from above

This aerial shot taken over Dawley shows the full extent of a planned multi-million-pound regeneration of the area.


Thieves steal bikes from Telford school

Thieves smashed their way into a Telford school and stole mountain bikes worth more than £4,000 from special needs students


Shropshire crews called to spate of fires

Firefighters have been called to a spate of grass fires in Shropshire and Mid Wales over the weekend.


Have we solved the hole in grass puzzle?

Tiny holes which puzzled a Shropshire woman after she spotted them in her garden are the work of Tawny Mining bees, it was claimed today.


Criticism over David Miliband’s comments on Telford council HQ

“Silly talk” by former Labour leadership candidate David Miliband could put the creation of up to 2,000 jobs in Telford from the £250 million Southwater development at risk, it was warned today.


Pictures from the past – March 11, 2011

This week’s pictures of bygone Shropshire.


County gripped by pancake madness

Schools and communities across Shropshire and Mid Wales were going flipping crazy today for Pancake Day.


Newport football match halted as assault alleged

A football match in Shropshire had to be abandoned after a player allegedly lashed out at the referee, punching and kicking him.


Pictures from the Past – February 11

A round-up of this weeks’ Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.


Calls to reverse Dawley traffic alterations

More than 70 residents have demanded that traffic changes in Dawley high street be reversed – after only three months in operation.


Dawley death probe is called off

A woman who died in hospital after she was found with head injuries at her home in Telford had suffered a fall, detectives, who had launched an investigation, revealed today.

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