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Stunning worldwide pictures in Shropshire contest

These stunning pictures could have been taken by professional photographers – but they are just some of the snaps taken by amateurs in Shropshire which caught the eye among thousands of entries to a competition.


Letter: What has happened to helping your fellow motorist?

I have been amused and also a little saddened by your story regarding the motorists stuck on Telford’s Wrekin Retail Park car park.


More Shropshire social housing rents up by £5-a-week

Thousands of social housing tenants across Shropshire are facing a rent hike of up to £286-a-year, it was revealed today.


Wrekin Retail Park apology after snow gridlock

The owners of a retail park in Telford today apologised to thousands of shoppers after heavy snowfall caused chaos and left people trapped in their cars for up to four hours.


Trapped! Shoppers stuck on car park for hours in snow

Thousands of motorists were left trapped in their cars for up to four hours in freezing conditions after heavy snowfall caused chaos at a retail park in Telford.


Telford secondary schools decision is delayed by public response

The final decision on plans to bulldoze and rebuild five Telford secondary schools has been delayed after a massive public response.


Telford & Wrekin libraries shake-up is under public scrutiny

A month-long consultation into controversial plans to slash opening hours at libraries across Telford & Wrekin was launched today.


Telford & Wrekin Council’s first MD starts job

The first ever managing director of Telford & Wrekin Council has officially taken over at the helm of the authority.


Wrekin View, Dawley

Rating **** Cathy Stanworth and three friends enjoy great pub food for less than 50 quid.


Telford & Wrekin Council will consult on £9m list of service cuts

Newport’s community recycling centre could close as part of more than 200 cuts to services Telford & Wrekin Council is considering in a bid to save £9 million.


Telford & Wrekin in top 10 for home repossessions

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


Thousands still not ready for digital TV switchover

About 32,000 homes in the West Midlands are still not ready for the latest stage of the digital TV switch- over – despite it being less than a month away.


Wrekin Housing Trust redevelop Arleston Lane site

Take a look at Wrekin Housing Trust and Lovell’s the redevelopment of the Arleston Lane site in Wellington.


Telford coal protesters due in court

Protesters fighting plans to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal in Shropshire will appear in court tomorrow in a bid to fight a planned eviction.


UK Coal heads to court to evict Wrekin mining protesters

UK Coal today said it would be heading to court to get an order to evict protesters from the company’s mining site in Telford.


Wrekin fundraising walk on target

Organisers of a fundraising walk around one of Shropshire’s most iconic landmarks say preparations are well under way for this weekend’s event.


Wrekin Housing Trust on awards shortlist

The Wrekin Housing Trust in Telford has been shortlisted for an industry award for its Carbon Monoxide Awareness Campaign.


First keys to Telford homes handed over

The first keys for homes on a redeveloped site in Telford have been handed over to the Wrekin Housing Trust.


Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard’s ‘bust-up’ with Speaker

Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard today accused Commons Speaker John Bercow of being rude to him, and therefore his Shropshire constituents, in an astonishing bust-up in a Westminster corridor.


Donnington housing scheme couple’s delight

A Shropshire couple are celebrating their first step on the property ladder after moving into a new home through a local housing scheme which allows them to buy a part share in the home.


Telford & Wrekin plan for schools trimmed

Plans to completely overhaul schools across Telford & Wrekin Council may have survived a Government axe but they have still had to be trimmed, it was revealed today.


Wrekin Housing Trust shortlisted for award

The Wrekin Housing Trust was celebrating today after being shortlisted in a prestigious business awards scheme.


Shropshire MP questions how royals were attacked

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard today led calls for a full investigation into how the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall came to be embroiled in the protest which escalated in the wake of a Commons vote to treble tuition fees.


Warning over Shropshire grit supplies

Gritting salt is to be diluted in a desperate attempt to eke out supplies as the Arctic conditions maintain their stranglehold on Shropshire, it was revealed today.


Shropshire MP warns over pet pigs health risk

Micro-pigs are the latest must-have pet for the rich and famous, including most notably the Beckhams. But Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard said they were not suitable for the home and instead should be kept on a farm – or eaten.


Wrekin Retail Park sold to new owner

A Telford retail park has been sold to a new owner in a £42 million deal.


Advice on offer from Wrekin Housing Trust

The Wrekin Housing Trust is helping its tenants with housing-related issues by offering a series of information days and events this month.


Letter: Wrekin toilets should be replaced, not demolished

Letter: In reply to “Toilet block at beauty spot to be demolished”, (Star, October 19).


Couples flock to tie knot on 10/10/10

Romantic couples across Shropshire are flocking to tie the knot tomorrow on what will be the hottest wedding date of the year – 10/10/10.


Wrekin mine protesters put on campsite fun day

A fun day with a difference was on offer in the shadow of The Wrekin when protesters fighting plans to mine coal at the beauty spot threw open their camp to the public.

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