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Council's development land deal created almost 2,500 jobs in Telford and Wrekin in 10 years - report

A 'pioneering' deal between Telford & Wrekin Council and Homes England has seen almost £60 million worth of development sites sold off in the borough since 2015.

Telford|1 hour ago

Telford & Wrekin Council's HQ at Southwater

Andy Weston, CEO at Shropshire FA with Natalie Pietrzyk Director of SEAH (Shropshire FA)

New sponsorship deal is 'historic moment' for women's football in Shropshire, says county FA

Football|1 hour ago

The Quad in Telford. Picture: Telford & Wrekin Council

Shrewsbury IT firm Shoothill expands into Telford with new site at The Quad

Business|16 hours ago

Telford & Wrekin Council headquarters at Southwater One

Telford & Wrekin Council bags extra £1.9 million in government funding for business support schemes

Business|16 hours ago

Owners of House of Yum Amar and Pabel Saha. Photo: Jamie Ricketts

Yum! Top-rated Shrewsbury Thai eatery wins town award for the fourth year in a row

News|17 hours ago

Funding has been secured to progress a project aimed at enhancing Brecon town centre’s streetscape

Funding secured for Brecon town centre improvements

News|20 hours ago

A family run business just near Kington has announced that it will close its business operations, citing a struggling hospitality industry (Penrhos Court)

Kington business with links to rock band Queen to closes doors, blaming 'catastrophic government decisions'

News|23 hours ago

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Wales tourism tax could hit contractors, people visiting family or those in hospital, council fears

Tourism tax ‘would put Powys at a gross disadvantage’, Rhayader councillor says

News|23 hours ago

Oakengates Town Council meeting at The Wakes, April 6, 2025. Picture: LDRS

Plea to help Oakengates businesses survive ‘or there will be nothing left’ when regeneration project ends

Stuart Anderson MP visits MSN & Lunts Pharmacy in Church Stretton. Photo: Stuart Anderson

'It is vital that access remains strong': Shropshire MP calls for support for pharmacies in rural areas

The Bennetts End Inn is set in splendid isolation at the bottom of Clee Hill

'Quintessential English' countryside pub with 'wealth of period charm and character' on the market for £295k

Cllr Elwyn Vaughan - Powys County Council

Powys may need to dip into reserves to cover National Insurance cost increase

McCartneys are pleased to be favoured with instructions to offer for sale by auction the holding known as Yr Onnen, Nantmel, on June 5 2025 at 6pm at The Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells

Rhayader farmhouse and land for sale at auction

Members of staff at the Heineken brewery in Hulme, Manchester

How to apply for pub jobs and careers as Heineken invests £40m into hundreds of bars across the UK

Heritage guardians issue fresh advice over Mytton & Mermaid car park plan

$Telford And Wrekin Council\'s Southwater HQ - which includes a library and a coffee shop$

New business partnership is 'game-changing' moment for Telford says councillor

JD Wetherspoon’s Royal Victoria Pavillion

JD Wetherspoon reports increased sales amid sunny weather

A British Airways Boeing plane at Heathrow airport

British Airways owner IAG buys 32 new Boeing planes from US amid trade deal

UK News|Just now

Addenbrooke’s University Hospital

Mothers of patients of suspended surgeon seek meeting with Health Secretary

UK News|1 hour ago

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds

Jobs ‘days’ away from being lost without US deal, suggests Reynolds

UK News|1 hour ago

US President Donald Trump meeting Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in the Oval Office at the White House

Key points of the UK-US trade deal explained

UK News|3 hours ago

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth speaking in London

Welsh indyref ‘absolutely could happen in our lifetime’, Plaid Cymru leader says

UK News|5 hours ago

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV’s name choice ‘signals he will continue work of Francis’

UK News|7 hours ago

The Royal Mint VE Day commemorative 50p coin

Coins to mark 80 years since VE Day launched by Royal Mint

Viral news|Apr 30

Stephen Lappin smiling while holding a defibrillator

Runner who had cardiac arrest at race to compete in same event a year later

Viral news|Apr 24

Blues and Villa fans spotted at WWE

Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans spotted at WWE 'every week' - leaving fans flabbergasted

Aston Villa|Mar 26

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

Viral news|Mar 24

Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

Viral news|Mar 23

Man stands in the window of a scorched building

Indian and Pakistan troops swap intense artillery fire overnight

World News|Just now

A family waits for transportation as they leave following overnight shelling from Pakistan at Gingal village in Uri district, Indian controlled Kashmir

Pakistan denies Indian accusations of attacks on military bases

World News|1 hour ago

Photo provided by the North Korean government showing what it says a drill of long-range artillery and missile systems at North Korea’s eastern coast

North Korea says Kim Jong Un supervised missile tests

World News|4 hours ago

A man waving a Peruvian flag

Peruvians elated after cardinal who spent years in country is elected Pope

World News|9 hours ago

Smokey Robinson speaks to the media

Smokey Robinson’s lawyer says rape allegations against him are ‘vile and false’

World News|9 hours ago

A big hole is seen on the roof of a house suspected to have been damaged in an Indian drone attack in Karachi, Pakistan

India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations amid fears of wider confrontation

World News|10 hours ago