A controversial traffic refuge is to be ripped up and removed from the centre of Shrewsbury less than two years after it was installed in a £1.8 million traffic improvement project.

BBC director-general Mark Thompson was today forced to say sorry to council chiefs – after a documentary wrongly claimed all public toilets in Shrewsbury had shut down.

All 10,000 tickets for Jessie J’s massive outdoor concert in Shrewsbury have sold – but organisers have released another 1,000 to satisfy demand.

The newly-elected Lib Dem councillor for the Abbey ward in Shrewsbury today vowed to clean up the streets and fight for kerbside cardboard collections to be reinstated.

A new ferry service in Shrewsbury to transport commuters across the River Severn while a footbridge is undergoing essential repairs will start on March 12, it was revealed today.

About £100,000 has been set aside by council chiefs in Shrewsbury for major plans to generate power from the town’s Castlefields weir, it was revealed this afternoon.

Sites around Shrewsbury, including parks and a recreation ground, could be bought by the town council for about £200,000 it was revealed today.

Plans for a ferry service to shuttle pedestrians across the River Severn when a historic footbridge closes for repairs in March have been welcomed by the leader of Shrewsbury Town Council.

Work on a £17,000 project to slow down speeding traffic at a busy junction in Shrewsbury town centre will start in February, it has been revealed.

An area of Shrewsbury has become one of the first in the country to trial a new community planning scheme.

More than 20 traders are on a waiting list for a stall at Shrewsbury Market Hall, it has been revealed today.

Plans which could see huge overhead power pylons running near Shrewsbury should be thrown out because they will be a blight on the countryside and affect trade and tourism, it has been claimed.

Shrewsbury’s MP today called for a permanent memorial to be commissioned following the death of a former Mayor of Shrewsbury who dedicated her life to serving people in the town.

Projects in Shrewsbury that have been placed on a £30 million hit-list for the axe, including plans to improve the Shrewsbury West End road, could be saved thanks to a rescue bid.

SHREWSBURY TOWN Council wants to build offices for 15 members of staff in the Quarry, it was revealed today. The news comes after it was revealed Shropshire Council is considering selling off the £10 million Guildhall – where the town council is based – to balance its books.

Shrewsbury Town Council is looking to become a “voice for the public” over plans to shake up the county’s two main hospitals and is urging people to direct its stance on the town’s possible loss of paediatric services.

Thousands of people hit Shrewsbury town centre last night to get the festive celebrations off on the right note with Carols in the Square.

Crunch meetings have been arranged to discuss the future of one of Shropshire’s biggest crematoriums.

Shrewsbury Town Council is logging on to Facebook in a bid to reach out to a younger generation and embrace the 21st century.

Shrewsbury Town Council has called for a “constant review” of new parking charges which could see traders and visitors in Shrewsbury paying more to park all day in parts of the town.

A Shropshire tradition lasting 1,000 years – and one of the last bastions of the old all-male establishment – has moved into the 21st century with women sworn in as Freemen of Shrewsbury for the very first time.

A Shropshire woman has demanded something is done to improve the state of a block of public toilets.

A mobile spy camera which has been hailed a major success in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour in a troubled area of Shrewsbury is to be upgraded.

Motorists in Shrewsbury are to face a number of roadworks next year as key town centre roads are shut and areas closed off for a variety of urgent works.

More than 300 homes a year could be built in Shrewsbury over the next 17 years under ambitious proposals unveiled today.

Councillors in Shrewsbury could call for a fresh review of a controversial boundary which sparked a major campaign amid concerns it is too big.

The speed limit looks set to be slashed on a Shropshire road after a mother-of-one died following a car crash. Hairdresser Jodie Kirkham, of Brookfield, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, died after the car she was in left the road.

A new town clerk has been chosen to head up Shrewsbury Town Council on a salary in the region of £50,000.

The Conservatives have won control of the new Shrewsbury Town Council. See the full results here.