BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
A council leader from Shropshire warns plans for 10,000 new homes could swamp the area in addition to 26,500 properties already agreed.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Councils across the West Midlands region have paid out more than £62m in compensation, the BBC learns.
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Scores of workers have been made redundant from a car parts company in the West Midlands and hundreds of employees at other firms are facing an uncertain future as the credit crunch continues to bite. All 600 workers at car parts supplier LSUK, … [visit site to read more]
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
The Shropshire Star has the latest from Britain's most dysfunctional local authority: A seat on Ludlow Town Council is up for grabs and there is uncertainty about another seat after two councillors resigned - but now one wants his place back. Last month councillors Mickey Bradley and Graeme Perks resigned but council monitoring officer, Veronica Calderbank, found the letters were not legally sound....
Express & Star » News Video: (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
German Singh, a National Express West Midlands employee has returned to a hero’s welcome after winning gold at the Grand Masters … [visit site to read more]
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
-- MNA Digital to add more mobile content : MNA Digital, the online arm of Midland News Association, publishers of regional newspapers the Express & Star and Shropshire Star newspapers, are expanding their mobile offerings, according to its tech provider Wapple. After launching mobile sites for the two papers in August, MNA Digital is working on bringing out music and video, job and property listings...
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
A Shrewsbury graveyard at the centre of a row about tributes being left by graves has been branded with a clear message to council bosses. Visitors to the Chaffinch area of Emstrey Crematorium were left upset today after spotting the 3ft high, 12ft long message “Mean Buggers” branded on a verge bank with what appears to be weed killer. The Shropshire Star has a photograph.
Granny Buttons (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Proposal for canal revealed - Shropshire Star An ambitious £1 million project to transform and restore Whitchurch’s canal with a waterpark could soon be under way.The Whitchurch Waterway Trust has revealed plans to create a recreation area on the town’s...
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Though some may welcome traffic congestion as an indication of economic prosperity, the truth is nobody likes getting stuck in a bumper-to-bumper jam. And it looks like if you live in Wolverhampon or Cannock Chase, you are more likely to get caught in traffic than anywhere else in the West Midlands. The two local authority areas [...]
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
TELFORD, England, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- A young English gamekeeper was given a six-month suspended sentence Friday for killing badgers and buzzards on the estate where he worked in Shropshire. A judge said that he decided to spare Kyle Burden, 19, a prison term because of his age and his remorse for his acts. Burden. who kept a coded record of his kills, was turned in by two other gamekeepers on the Kempton...
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
According to the South Shropshire Journal : Ludlow Town Council is the most complained-about authority in the county, according to figures released by standards committees across Shropshire. In south Shropshire, there have been 20 complaints about breaches of the councillors’ code of conduct since May this year, when a new system for reporting breaches came into force. Fifteen of the complaints were...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Organisers of a carnival in Shropshire say they need more volunteers to ensure the event can keep running.
Coming Up For Air (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Yesterday, I attempted to compile a list of "missing (or stolen) data stories", and within hours, West Midlands Police added to that list. Today, it's the turn of Whittington Hospital NHS Trust who've lost 18,000 staff records that was kept on disc.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
Shrewsbury and Atcham councillors sign a motion calling for the borough to stop using Shropshire's parking scheme.
Express & Star (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
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