More than 30 people went up the Wrekin last year and came back with 32 bin bags full of rubbish in just two hours. Organiser Ruth Finney started the litter pick programme two years ago ...

with the average price in Telford and Wrekin rising by £7,600 over the past year. The highest annual growth in West Midlands was in Lichfield, where property prices increased on average by 10.3%.