T-Live Features Local Bands
Two Telford bands excelled against some stiff competition on Friday night to win Band Slam and become the final acts that will perform with an incredible line up at T-Live on 7 September.
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Author: Andy Smith
Telford Hits Bullseye
Telford and Shropshire is celebrating in style after the recent announcement that it has won the bid to be host…
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Local election results double for UKIP
Having been dubbed ‘irrelevant’ by leading Labour activist and ex-Telford and Wrekin Borough Council cabinet member Cllr Clive Elliot just…
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Sanktuary. A safe space.
Eleven o’clock on a Saturday night. Normally I’d probably have had a glass of wine or two and be coming…
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Volunteering with Telford Foodbank
Jake runs Telford Foodbank. People are referred by Citizens Advice Bureau, Job Centre and other contact points when they are…
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Cocktails?
Your invite to enjoy cocktails with Telfords finest is here. Join us at Carriages in Wellington, Telfords unique boutique cocktail…
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Georgia Williams
As i watched the satellite news trucks ease out of Wellington Police Station car park on Friday night, I took…
Read moreOpinion: Making our District Centres Work.
Occasionally we get submissions through our Tell Your Story form, most often businesses trying to promote themselves (which is OK) but take a look at this from twitters, @twistingmy (Telfords Grumpy Old Man)
Read moreMayor Making & Hollywood
These council meetings come round pretty sharpish. We’ll be there, live tweeting but as this is a special Mayor Making…
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History: Telford in Button Badges
Not an entire history of Telford in button badges, nor is it on par with the Staffordshire Hoard, but this…
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Private landlords face “double whammy” say Telford property experts
Property experts are holding a special seminar for private residential landlords in Shropshire to inform them that they face a “double whammy” from new Government legislation. The free Landlord Success seminar on Wednesday May 22 is being organised by members of Telford business networking group Severn Enterprise BNI.
Read moreThe Sweden Project
I read a little while back that Sweden had a twitter account, @sweden , and they started to allow citizens to take over the account for a week and tweet what the hell they liked. Those that had a go were doing great until one week, it all went toes up. Could Telford triumph where Sweden didn’t.
Read moreBaby First Aid Training in Telford
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford and Wrekin, in partership with Positive Safety Training is…
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Review: So Food, So Good!
Maple House on Hortonwood used to be the headquarters of mobile phone business Geko, but now the giant lizard has…
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Telford & Wrekin Council Meeting 2nd May
Wow, these come round quick! Another Council Meeting at 6pm on 2nd May and one that promises to be a…
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Why I’m rejecting the Telford Loyalty Card
If you’ve been living under a rock, or are a visitor from a different town, let me fill you in on the Telford Loyalty Card.
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Council Spending: Does it add up to good value?
Here are 5 FACTS about how your money was spent in Feb 2013
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Army Reserves Appeal – Can you help?
The volunteers of the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry (RMLY) based in Dawley Bank spend hours of their time volunteering in times of emergencies such as flooding, support old comrades, give ceremonial support to local dignitaries and provide instructors for military youth organisations and colleges and universities.
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UKs Best Kitchen Company is from Telford
A Telford business has received special congratulations from the Mayor after scooping a national accolade naming them the ‘most-loved’ kitchen company in the UK.
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Business Tips for Better Sales
A Telford-based business consultant has issued some top-line tips for firms across the region to help them successfully beat off…
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End of Season AFC Telford United Events
AFC Telford United will be hosting 3 unique end of season events in the marquee on The New Bucks Head Pitch.
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Fish meets Chips
Fish and Chips is nothing unusual but this was a more unlikely combination when the owner of Chips Away in…
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The Best Chip Shop in Telford
I asked twitter if anyone remembered Angelos Chippy at Little Dawley. The chip shop was legendary.
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Les Mills Workout Hits Telford
A Telford gym will become the first in the town to offer all six of the popular Les Mills workout classes taking the fitness world by storm
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Telford Homeless Action Week
A series of events to raise awareness and money gets underway in Telford during May. Organised by Stay, events include a Firewalk, a Skydive and a sleepover at the summit of the Wrekin.
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25 Jobs Created by Security Business
A new security firm has opened in Telford creating 25 jobs. Clearview Security Ltd has been launched on Halesfield 8 by Jonathan Hill.
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Zombie Movie to be Filmed in Telford
Earlier this year, we decided to try and create a stir with a April Fools prank that would reach across the whole of Telford.
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History: New York Times Perspective
The feature on Telford from an April 1975 edition of The New York Times. I really doubt many people in Telford will have seen this until now.
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History: Telford New Town 1971
A prospectus for Telford New Town from c1971.
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History: Telford – Your Opportunity
Another gem from the collection of John Steele and contributed by Michelle Jones. A promotional booklet for Telford from 1972.
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History: Telford Town Park
In what would become Telford, green rolling hills were in short supply. This article from 1971 has a cute line drawing portraying an artists impression of what the Town Park could eventually become.
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Telford & Wrekin Council Budget Meeting
UPDATE: Mark who runs the excellent blog LightmoorLife.co.uk filmed this event and has painstakingly annotated the video so you can…
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History: Cascades and Telford Nightlife in the 80s & 90s
While many would think of Telford history as stuff of dusty books and etchings of men in stovepipe hats, part of the Telford Live History Project is to capture your memories from the 60s onwards, and the 80s is firmly part of that.
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History: Telford, A Marvellous Way of Life
The year is 1976, and Telford Development Corporation (TDC) need to get businesses on the ground employing people that are filling up estates such as Brookside, Stirchley, Woodside and Sutton Hill over the past few years.
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New Fitness Kick Started in Telford
A new fitness kick-start programme which could attract people for weekend visits to Shropshire will be launched by three fitness experts this month.
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History: The Return to Nature c1976
This newspaper cutting from 1976, explains the early work to reclaim the industrial wasteland around Telford including the start of the development of Dale End Park at Coalbrookdale.
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History: Telford Promotional Leaflet c1971
An early Telford Development Corporation booklet showing the conception and forecasts for growth in Telford. The document dates from around 1971.
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Telford IT Guys Leaving Chairs for Charity
A team of Shropshire IT experts will be swapping their hard drives for a hard walk over the Shropshire hills as they take on a 50-mile hiking challenge.
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Review: The William Withering
Close your eyes and think of the word ‘Wetherspoons’. Do you think of poor food, cheap beer and low rent punters? Time to throw out your preconceptions.
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Ironbridge Antiques Arts and Craft Centre
Ironbridge renaissance had actually occurred in relatively recent times. It’s only since the 1970s that tourists have been encouraged to visit the now world famous heritage site, with the focal point firmly focused on the fabulous museums.
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TADLOPs Secret Garden
Telford’s senior musical Theatre society TADLOP (Telford And District Light Operatic Players) are currently embarking on a magical journey to a show full of wonder and mystery.
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The Gathering 2013 comes to Telford
The year 2013 has been chosen by Ireland as the year to bring all those who claim to have a little bit of Irish in them to come home for a visit. As part of the promotions, a dance show, Celtic Dream is coming to Telford.
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Telford Utd Seeks Old Relics
A group of Telford supporters are appealing for fans of the Club to come forward with old programmes, photos and memorabilia of times gone by as part of a project to raise awareness about dementia in the borough.
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Hannah Charmans Wood Sorrell Clinic
I’d always loved the look of Ironbridge from the photos I’d seen and things on the TV, but for some reason I’d thought it was somewhere in Herefordshire, near the Forest of Dean!
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Valentines Day Supper Club
Couples celebrating Valentines in Telford this year are being offered an alternative to the usual dinning out experience.
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So what do businesses in Telford want?
A Telford Business Summit was held on 29th Jan 2013 by Telford and Wrekin Council to discuss with the businesses in attendance, and some who put questions by email, what their plans were.
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Review: The Beacon, Wellington
This weeks under a fiver is The Beacon in Wellington. The Beacon is well known for cheap beer on Thursdays, but before ‘spoons opened, it was the only thing close to a pub lunch in the centre of Wellington.
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Review: Severn Gorge Carvery, Telford
Review: Severn Gorge Carvery, Telford. On the edge of Telford Shopping Centre, this Marstons-owned pub is a no-nonsense, comfort food favourite of mine.
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Telford Social Media Workshops
Shropshire Chamber HQ is to be the venue for the next series of social media workshops run by Jan Minihane of The Net Advantage Ltd.
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Giving Children a Head Start
With ever increasing-class sizes coupled with the amount of children losing the basic concepts in Maths and English, Adele Conlon started Shropshire Tutor.
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New faces at Telford Estate Agents
A local family run estate agency based in Wellington announced the appointment of two new apprentices to expand the sales and lettings team.
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Telford is Snow Joke
The real snow story this weekend is the one at the New Bucks Head, home of our local fan-owned football team, AFC Telford Utd.
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New Comedy Night is Hit
Local comedy promoter, Roger Swift helps to make Dawley a barrel of laughs. The good people of Dawley are…
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The Changing Face of Madeley
Of course, there are still people living in the area who remember Madeley before developers decided it needed to be buried in blocks of concrete in the 60’s.
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Telford Day Nursery Secures Planning for Move
Bosses at a Telford nursery chain were celebrating today after winning their battle to move one of their nurseries to Hoo Farm after a u-turn by planning chiefs.
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Musical Fun For Parents and Babies in Telford
Well over 20 parents and babies attended the first National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes session for 2013 to enjoy a singing and dancing session with Musical Steps.
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Ironbridge Antiques Arts & Crafts Centre Campaign
Getting visitors to Ironbridge Antiques, Arts and Crafts Centre has proved a real challenge over the past few weeks, but a brown tourist sign would help.
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Opinion: Shropshire Star – Delivering Local News?
The Shropshire Star is paper that locals love to hate, but will printing tweets improve the quality of local news?
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Telford Tesco Staff in Charity Boost
Staff at a Telford supermarket where seven members of staff are battling cancer have raised thousands for a charity which supports the disease.
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Telford Baby Group Appeals for Volunteers
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Bumps and Babes group for Telford and Wrekin is appealing for new volunteers to help run the group as well as new members for 2013.
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