Tuesday, 7th February 2012

Latest Bridgnorth stories

Taxi drivers ‘face violence and abuse’

A Bridgnorth taxi firm boss claims drunken weekend revellers have become so abusive that he is considering stopping his drivers from working on Saturday nights.

Talks on wind turbines plan

Bridgnorth residents are being urged to back wind turbines to provide future power for homes across the district.

Fears over hot meals cutback

A Bridgnorth pensioners’ leader has spoken of her “great sorrow” at controversial changes to Shropshire Council’s meals on wheels service, which come into force next month.

Concerns over town council accounts

A Bridgnorth pensioner has raised concerns over possible “misappropriations” in the town council accounts. Questions from Ron Richards, of St Leonard’s Close, were answered by locum town clerk Anne Wilson at Tuesday’s meeting.

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Civic group opposes OAP flats plan

BRIDGNORTH Civic Society has called for a controversial planning application to bulldoze a local garage and build 58 old people’s homes in its place to be blocked. While the society is recommending refusal it says it has no objection to a modified design.

Clean-up call rouses residents

A Bridgnorth man says he has been “overwhelmed” by the response to his call for townsfolk to start cleaning up their own streets. Eighty-year-old Brian Thompson decided to take matters into his own hands a month ago by becoming “part of the solution”, simply by picking up rubbish as part of his daily walk around […]

Village ‘child poverty’ shock

HIGHLEY has more child poverty than any other area in the Bridgnorth district, new research has shown.

Sad farewell to club stalwart

IT with great sadness that Bridgnorth has to say goodbye to one of its most respected and admired gentleman, Mr. Frank Dicken, of Beech Road, who died last Friday in the town’s local hospital, aged 90, writes Chris Jepson.

Public meeting over tip plans

LOCAL MP Philip Dunne has agreed to attend a further public meeting organised by the Bridgnorth action group opposed to a waste transfer station on Faraday Drive.

New stores ‘will bring jobs’

PLANS to build two supermarkets on the outskirts of Bridgnorth are set to bring an employment boost for the town.