How many taxis?

Wellington's new bus station was officially opened this week in a blaze of publicity - but it appears in all the excitement someone forgot to examine the new bus station sign.

A Shropshirestar.com reader got in touch to ask why the word "taxis" on the sign had an apostrophe as none was needed.

Wellington Mayor Councillor Barry Tillotson said: "This is a classic example of of the way these signs are done in the borough.

"The people responsible for them should go on Countdown."

Marie Claire, spokeswoman for the Plain English Campaign, said of the unnecessary apostrophe: "I have never known a little tadpole cause such big waves in the pond of the English language."

This afternoon Telford & Wrekin Council spokeswoman Sylvia Herbert said the offending apostrophe had been removed.