Tale of Two Constituencies
The battle for Telford & The Wrekin in May 2015.
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Telford News
News in Telford, Shropshire
Out for the count
Don’t miss a single thing. Election coverage in Telford like never before.
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Hustings Event for Telford & Wrekin
Find out more about your candidates, their policies and their plans for Telford and The Wrekin. This live broadcast commences at 5:30pm 21/04/15 from Telford.
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The Telford-Live Ten Point Manifesto
I’m not standing for election. I don’t belong to any party. I see things, and I comment on them. Generally,…
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Elections in Telford & The Wrekin
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be running themes like Welfare, Europe, Jobs, NHS, Economy so you can put your questions, comments, hopes & fears, culminating in live coverage of the count on the night.
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The Real Baying Mob
Sadly, on Saturday, a man in his forties fell to his death from the new car park at Southwater. This is clearly a terribly sad event for family, friends and relations. It’s also turned into a Telford hate-fest, thanks to the sensationalist and ghoulish media coverage, fuelled by social media.
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Southwater, a guide.
Southwater. A £250m development at the shopping centre including a mix of restaurants, a hotel, a cinema and a library with a council office.
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World Cup Fun Goes On
Pupils at a Telford school have failed to let England’s World Cup loss dampen their spirits and have instead given…
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Telford Charity Joins Cashcascade
A charity helping voluntary and community groups in Telford and Wrekin has signed up to a lottery-style fundraising initiative giving…
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Telford & Wrekin Budget Presentation
Watch live from 6pm and comment on twitter using #twbudget
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Solar Farm Plans get Public Airing
Telford & Wrekin Council is to hold a public exhibition as a part of the formal consultation for plans to build a publicly funded solar farm in the borough.
Read moreMy Christmas Wish
It’s just a simple one. A plea to those who tweet and post on facebook. Think hard before you use…
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Controversial Planning Decisions in Telford
Telford & Wrekin Council’s decision to give planning permission to a controversial faith academy and to a travellers’ site in…
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Be prepared: Is your vehicle ready for winter?
Breaking down is never a pleasant experience – especially on the motorway. It’s even worse if you have to wait…
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Nursing advice on offer in Telford
A drop-in event for people interested in Learning Disability nursing is being co-hosted by the University of Wolverhampton.
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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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Georgia Williams
As i watched the satellite news trucks ease out of Wellington Police Station car park on Friday night, I took…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A442 in Telford
The EP, Eastern Primary, A442, Dawley-Donnington Distributor Road, Queensway. Good or bad?
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The Clifton Strikes Back
Wellington’s Clifton Cinema hasn’t turned a projector wheel in anger for a good few years now. Long empty, Dunelm expanded their fabric store into the ground floor in the 1990’s but vacated the cinema and the retail shop next door in the Autumn 2012.
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Taking the Politics out of Policing
As he put some paperwork down on the table I noticed immediately that the man was Adrian Blackshaw, the Conservative candidate for West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner.
Read moreSamaritans in Telford
Although most people have heard of the Samaritans many do not really know what we do. We are a listening service open to anyone with no advanced booking or waiting lists, our phone lines are open 24 hours a day 365 days a year, so no one ever need feel that they have no one to talk to.
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Telford PCC Hustings
As the 15th of November and the West Mercia Police & Crime Commissioner elections draw closer, the candidates came to Meeting Point House in Telford.
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Elected Police and Crime Commissioners
Big changes are afoot for how West Mercia Police is going to be run. We’ve outlined what’s happening and quick overview of the candidates in our own inimitable style!
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Generous Donation
Bosses at a Telford company have donated £25,000 of materials to owners of one of the most visited sites on the Great War battlefields where 20,000 people lost their lives.
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Reducing Crime in Telford
Citadel is a forcewide initiative aimed at driving down the number of burglaries & crime committed in Telford
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