Supermarket Tesco, which wants to extend its controversial Extra store in Shrewsbury by a third, today said it had offered to save four banks under threat because of the scheme.

Tesco today performed a U-turn over its plans to redevelop its existing supermarket in Whitchurch and revealed it could go back to the drawing board for the site.

Residents in Whitchurch have been inundating planning officers with comments about controversial plans by Tesco to create a store and redevelop its existing one in the town.

Ellesmere is a town that wants its Tesco supermarket, it was claimed today.

A decision on how floor space is divided between food and non-food items will be crucial in determining Tesco’s latest bid to expand its Shrewsbury store, it was claimed today.

Letter: Tesco officials are expected to face a grilling over the company’s controversial plans to expand the size of its Shrewsbury store at a public meeting tonight.

Bosses at bank branches in Shrewsbury under threat due to plans by Tesco to extend its Extra store in the town today said they had not been told about the scheme.

SUPERMARKET GIANT Tesco wants to expand its Shrewsbury store – just months after winning approval to increase its non-grocery space after flouting planning rules for three years.

Shrewsbury’s former Tesco site, which has been lying empty for four years, has been snapped up in a multi-million pound deal, it was announced today.

Supermarket giant Tesco will hand over £500,000 to Whitchurch if controversial plans to build a store on the outskirts of the town get the go-ahead, it was today revealed.

Jobs at a Mid Wales supermarket are being advertised in Slovakia.

Leaflets are to be given to shoppers at Welshpool’s new Tesco store to encourage them to visit the town centre.

Work on Welshpool’s new multi-million pound Tesco supermarket was completed today. The store is due to open to the public on March 14.

Fears have arisen that shoppers in Ludlow could be caught out after a town supermarket re-introduced charges after almost a year of free parking.

About 1,400 people have signed a petition against controversial plans by Tesco to build a new store in Whitchurch, as the first glimpses of the scheme went on public view.

Up to 600 people applied for the 189 jobs at Welshpool’s new 24-hour Tesco store, bosses revealed today.

Campaigners fighting Tesco’s plans for a new out-of-town store in Whitchurch have collected about 1,200 names on a petition.

Council chiefs today said they have received four separate offers for a multi-million pound site in Shrewsbury earmarked for more than 100 homes.

Shrewsbury’s Tesco Extra store could soon be allowed to trade for an additional two hours – until midnight on a Saturday night – if a new licensing bid is approved by council planners.

Supermarket giant Tesco today dismissed calls to expand its existing town centre store in Whitchurch saying there are “too many constraints”.

Businesspeople in Whitchurch have called on supermarket giant Tesco to rethink controversial plans for a new out-of-town store amid fears it would render the centre a “ghost town”.

Hundreds of Welshpool residents hoping to secure one of 200 jobs at the town’s new Tesco store before Christmas will need to go online to apply.

Letter: The decision to allow Tesco to continue selling non-grocery items in its store was recently described as “shambolic” by protesters, as reported in the Star and other press.

A multi-million pound site in Shrewsbury earmarked for more than 100 homes has been put for sale on the open market after lying vacant for nearly four years.

Letter: I refer to the excellent letters by Andy Boddington of the CPRE, Shropshire, and others on the gross incompetence of Shropshire Council planning committee in dealing with the Tesco breach of planning permission at the Harlescott store.

Letter: In allowing Tesco to get away with its breach of planning permission at its Harlescott store, Shropshire Council has shown it is without courage, conviction and commitment in planning.

Campaigners claimed today a points system used to recommend which Oswestry supermarket bid should go ahead was “seriously flawed”.

Tesco could be given the green light to build a new supermarket in Oswestry after the store giant emerged as the leading contender, ahead of three rival development bids in the town.

A decision to allow supermarket giant Tesco to increase the amount of space it uses for non-grocery goods at one of its Shropshire stores was today labelled as “shambolic”.

Supermarket giant Tesco was today given permission to increase the amount of space it can use for clothes and household goods at its Shrewsbury Extra store – despite breaching planning regulations for the past three years.