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New forums opened on Wellington News website
March 10th, 2010New forums are now available on the Wellington News website. These replace the previous forum.
Sadly it did not prove possible to retain registration details of our members so we will all have to register again!
Balfour plays Wellington
March 10th, 2010"Balfour will be playing at the Haygate in Wellington 13th march 2010 the fun starts about 8pm come along you will have lots of fun!" explained a spokesman for the group.
Sing Gloria
March 10th, 2010One of the most famous of pieces, Vivaldi's "Gloria" is to be performed at Shrewsbury Abbey 20th March by one of the largest groups of young voices in the county. The concert will also feature two brilliant violinists, both of whom are music scholars at Wrekin College; Matthew Duffield and Freyja Clarke. They will, together with the College Orchestra, perform Bach's famous double violin concerto.
Renewed Appeal for Witnesses over Missing Shrewsbury Teenager
March 10th, 2010Detectives leading the search for a Shrewsbury teenager who has not been seen or heard from in over a month today renewed an appeal for information.
Officers continue to actively investigate the disappearance of Hayden Reynolds-Evans, 18, who was last seen when he left The Albion Vaults pub in the town centre just after 10pm on Monday, 1st February.
A specialist team was brought in yesterday(MAR 9) to carry out a search of the River Severn using sonar equipment, the results of which are currently being analysed.
Tags: appeal, area, Evans, missing, News, police, railway, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, station, Street, town centre, train
Borough libraries to hold more ancestry family history taster sessions
March 10th, 2010Following the recent success of introductory sessions on how to do basic searches on Ancestry Online, Telford & Wrekin libraries are running further sessions at different libraries across the borough.
The session’s last one hour and cover useful searching techniques for census records, births, marriages and deaths, as well as immigration and emigration records.
The next sessions are at Stirchley library on Tuesday, 16 March from 2 to 3pm and 3.15pm to 4.15pm. Booking is essential. Please telephone 01952 382980 to reserve your place.
Wellington Traders: Please attend the Wellington Regeneration Traders Meeting
March 10th, 2010Telford & Wrekin Council is urging all traders in Wellington to attend a meeting to discuss the regeneration works that will be taking place this year.
Market stalls and local shops have received flyers advertising the meeting that will take place on Tuesday 16 March, 6pm at All Saints Parish Church hall.
At the meeting, local traders will be able to ask council officers questions about the regeneration works and raise any issues or concerns that they may have.
Tags: area, borough, council, hall, News, Square, Street, Telford, Telford & Wrekin Council, town centre, Wellington, Wrekin
Burglary in Wellington
March 10th, 2010Police officers in Wellington are appealing for information following a burglary in the town. The incident occurred at an address on St Margaret’s Drive sometime between 4.20pm on Friday 5th March and 5pm on Saturday 6th March.
Sometime during the time period in question it appears that thieves entered a garage that adjoins the property by opening an insecure door. Once inside the garage it appears the thieves carried out a thorough search before stealing a number of items and making their escape.
Assault at Telford Bus Station
March 10th, 2010Police officers are investigating an assault in Telford Shopping Centre. The incident occurred at the bus station on Tuesday 9th March.
At just after 6pm it appears that the victim, a 19-year-old woman, was waiting for her bus when four girls started to behave in quite an intimidating manner. One of the girls pushed a lady who was waiting for another bus and the victim stepped in and told the girl to leave the lady alone.
The girl responded by punching the victim in the face before getting on to a nearby bus with the other three girls and leaving the scene.
Warrants executed in Telford underage sex allegation case
March 10th, 2010Chief Superintendent James Tozer has confirmed that West Mercia Police Officers have executed a number of warrants at addresses in Telford under Section 8 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act.
The warrants were executed as the latest part of an ongoing long term, multi-agency investigation in Telford & Wrekin and as a result of the warrants six men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking and are currently in custody at three police stations across West Mercia.
PC amazed by story
March 9th, 2010PC Angela Leech, who is based at Malinsgate Police Station, has spoken of her amazement after two generous members of the public came forward to offer money and belongings to a 44-year-old man who was the victim of a burglary in Brookside back in February.
