Two reports illustrate the strenuous efforts of the county council to reduce the deficit, this we are told its priority target.

A performance-related pay bonus is to be given to all Shropshire Council workers who go ‘above and beyond’ in their work, it has been revealed.

More than 100 taxi drivers in Telford could be prevented from working under new rules governing taxi licences in Shropshire, it has been claimed.

The cost of disposing of Shropshire’s rubbish rose by more than £2 million in the last financial year, it has been revealed.

Shropshire was on rush-hour snow alert today as forecasters warned that the journey home could be hit by a fresh artic blast.

Businesses and councillors today spoke of their anger after Shirehall bosses vowed controversial parking charges are ‘here to stay’ despite growing fears they are harming trade in market towns in north Shropshire.

More than £1 million is being set aside to pay for a new cemetery in Shrewsbury, council chiefs have revealed.

A decision on major plans to create a £2.5 million town centre ring road and build almost 50 homes in Market Drayton has been delayed by councillors after about 30 years of talks.

Residents concerned about the impact of controversial parking charges in Shropshire towns last year have been told: ‘They are here to stay’.

Bosses of a top county tourist attraction have cut opening hours to make savings of £45,000 – but say finding a further £40,000 next year will be a ‘challenge’.

A £1.75 million revamp of the crematorium in Shrewsbury has been approved.

Calls have been made to secure the future of Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre amid fears its budget could be slashed as part of multi-million pound savings.

A block of 36 flats plagued by anti-social behaviour is to be levelled and replaced with new homes – despite objections.

Government ministers have awarded Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin more than £4 million as its share of a £432 million scheme to boost economic growth and increase house building.

The controversial switching off of thousands of streetlights across Shropshire between midnight and dawn could be completed sooner than planned, it was revealed today.

Shropshire Council is facing a six-figure bill after losing an employment tribunal over a redundancy payout.

The full scale of the latest cuts affecting Shropshire Council services were today laid bare as bosses try to save almost £25 million by 2014.

At least 100 jobs will be axed and dozens of services across Shropshire hit by widespread cuts under plans to save almost £25 million over the next two years.

Thousands of council house tenants – including more than 2,000 in the Bridgnorth area – are facing a £277-a-year rent hike, it emerged today.

Campaigners who won a battle to stop a controversial biomass plant in Bishop’s Castle today vowed to work with Shropshire Council to find the best use for the vacant land.

Thousands of people are expected to attend an open weekend at Shrewsbury’s historic Flax Mill put on by a group campaigning for a multi-million regeneration of the site.

Rob McBride is off on a year-long crusade with a difference – travelling the length and breadth of Shropshire, hunting for trees.

When setting up my e-petition last November as an attempt to persuade Shropshire Council to reinstate kerbside collections of cardboard, my only motivation was to prevent the cardboard from being sent to landfill.

Councillors in Church Stretton have challenged a decision to scrap a £70,000 project to widen pavements on one of the town’s busiest roads.

Council chiefs want the amount visitors spend in Shrewsbury town centre to increase by £73 million by 2015, it was revealed today.

Each person in the Shropshire Council area is paying more than £74 every year towards the cost of council staff and member pensions, it was today claimed.

More than 120 pay and display machines across the county will not be able to take new 5p and 10p coins because Shropshire Council cannot afford to upgrade them in one go.

Controversial plans to build a £5 million biomass plant in Bishop’s Castle have been scrapped, it was revealed today.

Cabbies in Oswestry today called for the return of the town’s taxi marshals amid concerns that there could be an increase in late-night trouble.

Taxi drivers will have to pay more to stay on the roads next year, a meeting heard.