John Painter has been showing off his fruit and veg outside his store in Telford for more than 20 years.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony has taken place to mark the opening of a new school in Telford on the £35 million Abraham Darby site.

Axed plans for a link road between the M54 and M6 – which could bring a massive boost to the Shropshire economy – could yet become a reality.

Telford & Wrekin is one of the worst places in the West Midlands for home repossessions, new figures revealed today.

Telford & Wrekin Hockey Club brought the curtain down on a “mixed” first half of the season – and immediately set their sights on a top six finish.

A new online petition has been launched in protest at plans to end kerbside cardboard collections in Shropshire.

Salt mountains are sitting in Shropshire’s council depots as chiefs at both councils revealed today they had ordered thousands of tonnes in the event of a big freeze striking for the third successive year.

Telford & Wrekin Council was today named as one of the worst local authorities for increasing off-street car parking charges.

The number of top officer jobs at Telford & Wrekin Council is to be slashed by almost half under plans to save £2.1 million a year, it was revealed today.

Fewer teenage girls fell pregnant in Telford & Wrekin last year – but the number that did is still ‘significantly higher’ than the national and regional average.

Schools across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin will benefit from more than £4.4 million in funding next year thanks to a Government scheme aimed at helping disadvantaged pupils, it has been claimed.

Shropshire youngsters are scoring good GCSE and A-level exam results, official figures showed today.

Schoolchildren across Shropshire are bucking the trend with top-class success in primary school tests, it was revealed today.

Almost one out of every five households in Telford & Wrekin had no-one in work during 2010, according to new figures released today.

Telford & Wrekin Council has requested more than 25,000 criminal record checks in the last six years.

A multi-million pound scheme to transform Telford’s central road network and create a greener transport system has been shortlisted for a major Government grant.

The appointment of a new interim chief executive at Telford & Wrekin Council is expected to be rubber-stamped today.

Shropshire shoppers, business leaders and councillors today defended the county’s high streets after a national report claimed a triple whammy of high rates, spiralling rents and competition from big retailers are killing Britain’s high streets.

Figures show there are hundreds of thousands fewer bus journeys in Shropshire compared to five years ago, it was revealed today.

esults from the Telford & Wrekin Council and Welsh Assembly election counts as they are announced.

Council leaders  across England maintained today that they were trying to protect frontline services despite making huge spending cuts, by targeting areas such as senior management and administration for savings.

More than 1,000 angry demonstrators from Shropshire travelled to London today for the national march against Government cuts.

A rise in the level of beer tax could put the jobs of up to 8,500 industry workers in Shropshire under threat, the British Beer and Pub Association said today.

Just nine street parties have been applied for in Shropshire for the royal wedding, resulting in one council extending its deadline for applications.

Telford & Wrekin Council today said it had filled more than 3,000 potholes in two weeks after the big freeze caused damage to roads across the county.

Emergency recycling collections were due to continue in parts of Shropshire today as council bosses continue to battle a build up of rubbish following the Arctic weather conditions which hit the county.

Thousands of boys leaving primary school – including many in Telford & Wrekin – have the reading age of a seven year old or younger, it emerged today.

Scrap metal thefts in Shropshire have cost the county’s councils tens of thousands of pounds in three years, figures reveal today.

Telford & Wrekin Council is to officially thank Shropshire George Cross hero Kim Hughes for his bravery, borough mayor Councillor Ian Fletcher told a full meeting of the authority last night.

Truancy at schools across Telford & Wrekin has fallen following a concerted drive to boost attendances.