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Ludlow
ROTARY CLUB OF LUDLOW: Local businessman Phil Stevenson, 57-year-old managing director of Nightingales Ltd is the new president of the Rotary Club of Ludlow. At the recent hand over ceremony the outgoing president Tom Carter welcomed his successor as
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Ditch plans for Eco-business park
HOW absolutely correct James McFarlane, Bob Rose are in their condemnation of the proposed Eco-Business Park. The points made are very clear and absolutely valid. Ditch the plans forthwith, or at the very least, have a full enquiry. Derek Pinchin, Broad
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First three places for local club
Climb On Bikes riders took a deserved top three places in Ludlow Cycling Clubs latest round of the time-trial league on the 10 mile Leominster by-pass course. Stu Griffiths, Phil Mason and Wendy Hall made up the Climb On Bikes trio that forced Ludlow's
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Castle look to build on their double success
BISHOP'S Castle Rugby Club has already started preparations in their quest their for North Midlands One honours. After their double success last season - winning the Shropshire Cup and gaining promotion - the ambitious club have started training for the
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Ludlow miss chance to close on the leaders
LUDLOW missed out on a chance to close on Proactive Shropshire League Division One leaders St George's with probably their poorest batting display of the season. Madeley hit 182 and Ludlow replied with 127. Having dismissed their visitors for a modest
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Montgomery team wins national final
Trefeglwys YFC team members Ioan Evans, Mark Williams, and Daniel Davies from Montgomeryshire have won the National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs' (NFYFC's) Fence Erecting Competition final at the Royal Show. They beat Worcestershire & Isle of
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Leominster MP fact-finding in Brazil
WITH Brazil being one of the largest poultry exporters to the UK, Leominster MP Bill Wiggin will be placing emphasis on that farming sector during his fact-finding visit there. He said: "One of my main concerns is the amount of poultry meat contaminated
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Tenbury bull's Royal triumph
BARRINGTON'S Titan claimed a double victory at the Royal Show at Stoneleigh for his owner, Jarmila Robinson of Rochford Park, Tenbury Wells. After scooping the junior breed championship, the Barringtons went on to secure the best exhibitor-bred Charolais
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Cleobury nursery celebrates £12,000 cash windfall
CHILDCARE provision for working parents in the Cleobury Mortimer area has received a boost thanks to a big cash windfall. Bright Kids Nursery Group, which runs a nursery at Cleobury, has won a £12,000 grant from Shropshire's Early Years Development Childcare
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Elderly ticked off for lack of support
LUDLOW's senior residents have received a ticking off for failing to support the more frail and less well off. Shropshire Senior Citizens Forum officer Olly Rose has called for older folk who are comfortable with their lot to come out of the woodwork,
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£10,000 reward after £1.1million copper theft
POLICE are looking for a cool gang who carried out two carbon copy thefts worth a total of £1.1 million in Ludlow and Leominster at the weekend. The thieves took away a £100,000 blue ERF articulated lorry containing around £500,000 of copper wire from
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Tasmin delights her audience with work by Mozart
ONE of the Ludlow Festival's hottest tickets was for violinist Tasmin Little playing Mozart in St. Laurence's Church. Her performance of the Violin Concerto in D, K218, justified all expectations and reminded the audience why she is such a favourite at
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Bishop's Castle
Methodist News: The Abbeyfield House garden party on Saturday had glorious weather and a crowd of people to enjoy the lovely garden and the strawberries and cream tea served by committee members. Stalls were well laden and games, competitions and a raffle
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Westhope
draw, first price of £48.00: A Wilson of Ludlow (yes, again!). Four prize winners of £8.00; Olive Griffiths, Leintwardine; Dick Edwards, Munslow; Jean Edwards, Diddlebury and Jean Hackney, The Bache. CLOVER CLUB: It was a warm sunny evening for our visit
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Sheep could lose organic status
THE recent article on the Bracken Eradication Plan for Clee Hill costing £500,000 and involving helicopters spraying toxic chemicals, show how foolish people are! Their planning such stupid things must be awash with money (not their own perhaps) otherwise
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Obscene haste on Eco-business park
I AM rather bemused at the degree of surprise shown by many of your correspondents with regard to the obscene haste displayed by the newly elected South Shropshire District Council in its quest for a trendy Eco Park, and a needless park-and-ride facility
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Dumping IS due to the irresponsible
COUNCILLOR Reg Farmer is correct when he says illegal dumping of waste at the Tenbury Wells Waste Reclamation Centre is due to irresponsible people. However, he does not say who these irresponsible people are. Surely he cannot mean the people who dump
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Leave the theatre to those who enjoy it
OH dear! Cllr Griffith's letter tells us much more about him than about the productions at the castle. Apart from his atrocious literary style, he casts himself as the fool. He should stay at home and watch the television and leave the theatre to those
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Keeping the craft of the thatcher alive
THE ancient craft of thatching is a phyisical job and skilled thatchers are hard to come by. The skill lies in laying-on the 'nich', a bundle of reeds or straw with stems approximately 5ft long and spreading them from the eaves upwards like a pack of
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Top teams lock horns in league
The match of the season so far in the Ludlow and District Bowls League saw the top two lock horns at the Castle. Castle taking a 3-1 lead, Carl 'Leaky' Bowen inflicting Simon Parsonage's first defeat of the season 21-15. 'Super Mario' Bishop 21-6, keeping
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Local duo help England to victory
WORCESTER Rugby Club's Jo Yapp and Nicky Crawford helped England win the inaugural Women's Churchill Cup rugby trophy in Canada. Yapp, formerly of Clee Hill, and her club colleague Crawford were both in the team which beat Canada 21-18 in a tense final
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All-round game sees Castle home
CASTLE produced a superb bowling and fielding performance to claim a welcome second victory of the current Banks's League Division Two campaign over second placed Lilleshall. The visitors won the toss and invited Castle to bat. Bishop's Castle scored
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£10,000 reward after £1.1million copper theft
POLICE are looking for a cool gang who carried out two carbon copy thefts worth a total of £1.1 million in Ludlow and Leominster at the weekend. The thieves took away a £100,000 blue ERF articulated lorry containing around £500,000 of copper wire from
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Back to the Swinging Sixties
A shop is helping Craven Arms get back to the Sixties in time for its carnival. Beetlemania and Rolling Stones fever will be celebrated on Sunday with a procession starting at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre at 1pm and ending at Craven Arms Playing
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Town targets site for new skateboard park
PLANS for a skateboarding park in Craven Arms are speeding ahead following a decision to target a site next to the town's Community Centre. The idea of establishing the site on the Craven Arms Playing Fields has met with opposition from some residents
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'Shoot-out' for Reader's House ends on a bid of £230,000
IT was billed as one of the unofficial attractions of the Ludlow Festival. It ended with applause but many of the audience thought it could have been more exciting. Clearly they had not read the programme properly. Around 50 people gathered at the Feathers
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Tory hopeful calls for rail safety after crash
LUDLOW's Conservative spokesman Philip Dunne has called for unmanned level crossings to be made safer after his experience as a passenger on a train involved in a fatal crash. He was, like the Bishop of Hereford, on the 7.03am train from Hereford that
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Ambulance delay result is expected
AN investigation into the time ambulances took to reach the scene of a car accident in which 22-year-old Ludlow Ian Huffer died was due to be completed today. The accident could lead to calls for Ludlow's new emergency ambulance to be available around
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Works by living composers at Moor Park this winter
THREE works by living composers feature in the series of five subscription concerts to be held at Moor Park School this winter. The series begins on September 27 with a performance by the London Mozart Trio of Melancholia by the promising young composer
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Unsung heroes keep Ludlow's prestigious festival on course
ON stage and behind the scenes, the Shakespeare plays at the Ludlow Festival rely on unsung helpers. Anyone watching "The Merchant of Venice" will have spotted Katie Pearce, Claire Northwood and Dan Smith bringing in tall chairs and other props as well
