A garage owner in Tenbury Wells has claimed he is losing £20,000 a week following the closure of Teme Bridge for major repairs.

A call has gone out to people in Tenbury Wells to support the town’s shops and businesses while the Teme Bridge is closed for £1 million repairs.

A gang sold CDs and DVDs, which should have been scrapped, for profit in a multi-million pound fraud run from Shropshire farms, a court heard this afternoon.

The Teme Bridge, the main route into Tenbury Wells, was today closed for 10 weeks to allow major repairs to the structure to be carried out.

The daughter of a haulier pursued two men along roads in Shropshire after she received a report about two stolen lorries, a crown court heard.

A talented photographer from near the Shropshire border is to have his work showcased in an exhibition in New York.

Tenbury Wells will be screened to millions of TV viewers tonight when it appears on the BBC’s One Show.

A picturesque lakeside hotel and golf club set in the valleys on the south Shropshire border is up for sale – with a cool £2.5 million asking price.

A vicar who claims he was driven out of a village church by parishioners told a tribunal his pet dog had been poisoned and his tyres had been slashed.

A final decision on whether to build a Tesco supermarket in Tenbury Wells will not be made until the new year, council chiefs said today.

A £50,000 fighting fund has been secured to support businesses in Tenbury Wells while the town’s Teme Bridge is closed. The £1 million repairs will take six months to complete.

An action group will be formed in Tenbury Wells next week to try and wrestle financial support from council chiefs ahead of the four month closure of Teme Bridge.

A decision on controversial plans for a Tesco superstore in Tenbury Wells will be made four weeks later than expected, it has emerged.

Work to revamp Tenbury Wells’ Georgian Grade II listed cinema will begin next week.

Civic leaders in Tenbury Wells have performed a U-turn by backing controversial plans for a Tesco superstore to be built on the town’s former cattle market – just weeks after opposing the scheme.

More than 70 per cent of businesses in Tenbury Wells which responded to a survey have backed controversial plans for a Tesco superstore to be built on the town’s former cattle market, it has been revealed.

Tenbury Wells could become an “island” cut off from surrounding towns if the area suffers a harsh winter while the historic Teme Bridge is closed for £1.5 million repairs, it has been claimed.

The deadline for comments on Tesco’s controversial third attempt to enter Tenbury Wells has been extended by 18 days.

Campaigners’ calls for a referendum on plans for a new multi-million pound Tesco superstore in Tenbury Wells have been snubbed after it was claimed a poll would cost taxpayers £1,300.

A major planning obstacle delaying the long-awaited £800,000 revamp of a 1930s cinema in Tenbury Wells has been removed, developers revealed today.

This is the first image of a planned 15,000sq ft Tesco superstore which could bring up to 150 jobs to Tenbury Wells.

An historic family-run shoe retail business which dates back 120 years is closing three of its shops with the loss of 12 jobs in Mid Wales and Shropshire.

Campaigners aiming to stop Tesco’s multi-million pound bid for a new store in Tenbury Wells will tonight plead with councillors to support their alternative plan for the former Cattle Market site.

Fresh plans for a multi-million pound Tesco superstore in Tenbury Wells, which could create 150 jobs, have sparked calls for a referendum among angry campaigners.

No taxpayers’ money will be spent on gowns and medals for councillors in Tenbury Wells after councillors decided it was the “wrong time” to buy the ceremonial items.

Councillors in Tenbury Wells are considering spending hundreds of pounds on ceremonial gowns to wear at official functions, it was revealed today.

Traders today claimed that millions of pounds will be lost from Tenbury’s economy if councils refuse calls to build a temporary road bridge when Teme Bridge shuts for major repairs.

A couple had a lucky escape after a freak accident which saw a fuel can fall from a lorry and set their car on fire on a Shropshire road.

Tenbury Wells is to undergo a major facelift which will see town centre streets spruced up and major repairs to a historic bridge in a scheme which could run into millions of pounds.

Councillors in Tenbury Wells have unanimously opposed plans to build 94 homes in the town.