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Upping the anti
J C JEFFERY is right to point up the way that decisions about Ludlow are divided among the town, district and county council with baleful effect. As regards the latest example of action dictated from Shrewsbury against the wishes of Ludlow residents,
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A 'dead centre'
SO Ludlow is to get a new Business Park. South Shropshire District Council has voted for the 'Eco' Business Park on a green field site, in spite of the opposition of Ludlow Town Council, Ludford Parish Council, The Chamber of Trade, CPRE, the Highways
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Royal support
IN reply to the article in the Ludlow Advertiser on September 18 under the heading 'Villagers to fight against new house plan in the hamlet of Hordon'. I have lived in the area for the last 66 years and we have always made welcome newcomers to the area
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Still an outrage
TWO years ago my criticism of what I considered an environmental outrage was rejected as premature. It's surprising what can be achieved when suburban minds, a "field botanist" and the might of the County Countryside Service is brought to bear on a project
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Sam's barking good fundraising day at Bleathwood
IT was a 'dog day' afternoon for visitors to a Canine Garden Party in Bleathwood at the end of August. Sam, a rescue dog from the Forest Dog Rescue Centre at Cleobury Mortimer wanted to say thank you to the charity for looking after him and finding him
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Sixth spot is enough for Chris to clinch league title
CHRIS Williams clinched Ludlow Cycling Club's time-trial league title when he finished sixth in the final event of the season. The Whitcliffe Hill Climb saw Williams secure enough points to take the overall first place in the 20-event series, 24 points
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Cleobury meet their match as Castle rack up the points
Bishops Castle 50 pts Cleobury Mortimer 18 CASTLE made it two wins from two starts with an emphatic victory over their North Midlands One local rivals Cleobury Mortimer. Cleobury's pack met their match as their Castle opponents took them on and established
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Kevin is best of the locals
SOUTH Shropshire Sprint Triathlon attracted 213 athletes from all over the country for the seventh annual meeting. The demanding event consisted of a 400 metre swim in the pool at the South Shropshire Leisure Centre, a 26 kilometre cycle ride through
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Still looking for first win
Tenbury United Reserves 1 George and Dragon Colts 2 UNITED Reserves are still looking for their first Kidderminster League Division One win of the season after conceding two second half goals and an interval lead. Tenbury opened up confidently and made
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Artist has a coffin mission
INTERNATIONALLY-known "funerary artist" Carol Aston, of Bishop's Castle, produced a surprising work for a church exhibition - her own coffin. The coffin, delicately painted in green, bedecked in flowers and inscribed with the poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci
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Singing out to support the hospices
VOICES for Hospices is set to be a major musical event in Bishop's Castle on Saturday. Musicians from the area of all ages are uniting to raise money for two local hospices. In the afternoon, young musicians will play to raise money for Hope House Hospice
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Coffee cash bonanza
COFFEE mornings all over South Shropshire have raised hundreds of pounds for Macmillan Cancer Relief. Dozens of groups joined in the 12-year-old World's Biggest Coffee Morning, which last year raised £3.2 million for the charity. Chris Bland's Acorn Whole-food
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Friends face decision
THERE should be a welcome cash boost for Ludlow Assembly Rooms in the New Year if a merger plan is voted through next week. The scheme depends on the 520 Friends of the Assembly Rooms approving a link up with the body that operates the arts venue. The
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Assembly Rooms cast a wide net
LUDLOW Assembly Rooms is casting its net wide in a search for a someone who wants a chance to make a difference to the town's lively arts scene. The Ludlow & District Community Association, which runs the Assem-bly Rooms, is inviting applications
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Now it's your chance to help spend half-a-million
"EXCITING" ideas on how to spend half-a-million pounds on Ludlow are wanted. Brainwaves are in demand from anyone who is switched-on about Ludlow's unfulfilled needs. But the views are also in order from those who would like to see particular town assets
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Hope grows for the end of cemetery problems
GOOD news is afoot over long-standing problems at the only church cemetery in Ludlow still catering for local burials. Talks between representatives of St Giles PCC at Ludford, a neighbouring landowner and other interested parties raised hopes this week
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Nightmare as lorry smashes into home
LUDLOW grandmother Joan Tisbury may have to spend Christmas in rented accommodation while her house is rebuilt after a 26-tonne articulated lorry smashed into it. Mrs Tisbury, aged 76, and her sister-in-law Doris Freeman, 70, had a narrow escape just
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Review
IT is not often one is able to find artists who have appeared at London's Wigmore Hall - the mecca for chamber musicians and soloists - also playing in Lydbury North. For those of us living in South Shropshire, Walcot Hall has become an ideal venue for
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Books feast for children
MICHAEL Morpurgo, the UK Children's Laureate with more than 90 books to his credit, leads a team of writers to Ludlow next week for the second Marches Feast of Words Festival. This year's focus is on bringing well-known authors to children, young people
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Youngsters can show off talents
ALL children have talents, and they have a chance soon to turn entertainers and show what they can do. Any youngster who would like to take part in the annual Ludlow talent contest in November should start thinking about applying for an entry form now
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Spectaculars come to the sticks
JUST like the travelling showmen of old bringing spectacular imagery and wonderful stories, Flicks in the Sticks is promising to dazzle rural audiences this autumn with over 200 screenings in 60 community venues in Shropshire and Herefordshire. Ian Kerry
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A mountain to climb after Town concede early goals
Ludlow Town paid for their lack of concentration when they faced a pacey and skilful Willenhall at the Coors Stadium on Tuesday, losing their Midland Alliance encounter 4-2. Willenhall were two up inside the first five minutes, the first coming from a
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Craven Arms deserves better
AS a south Shropshire lover, who has spent at least one week and sometimes two on holiday in your beautiful area every year since 1988, I was interested to read of the prospect of a £7.5million development on the former auction yard at Craven Arms. But
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Cleobury club is still growing
CLEOBURY Mortimer Bridge Club's new year commenced on September 1 and, due to the continued success of the club, it has now become necessary to close the full time membership. However, the club will be in a position to accommodate visitors on certain
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Tenbury bag first victory of the season
Tenbury 23 pts Dudley Wasps 3 TENBURY showed a lot of promise as they bagged their first North Midlands Two victory of the season. Both teams took a while to settle down but Tenbury started to exert pressure and forced the visitors to concede a penalty
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Forwards dominate as Firsts enjoy away win
Newtown 7pts Ludlow 45 WITH their Midlands Four West (North) league being reduced to 10 teams just before the start of the season, Ludlow had a blank date in their calendar, which they were able to fill with a friendly match at Newtown. After last Saturday's
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Reserves go down
Stoke Prior 1 Orleton 2 ORLETON took their unbeaten run to four games by beating Stoke Prior in the League Cup. Stoke started well and went into the lead just inside 20 minutes, Orleton then equalised five minutes later. When a low cross from John Perrott
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Orleton win away
Stoke Prior 1 Orleton 2 ORLETON took their unbeaten run to four games by beating Stoke Prior in the League Cup. Stoke started well and went into the lead just inside 20 minutes, Orleton then equalised five minutes later. When a low cross from John Perrott
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Wooffers gain their first win
Woofferton 4 Weston 1 WOOFFERTON celebrated their first Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division home match of the season with a good team performance to make it a win and two draws in three starts. The hosts took the lead when a long throw
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United book their place in cup's second round
TENBURY booked their place in the second round of the Worcestershire Junior Cup with a confident performance against their Kidderminster Premier League hosts from Stourport. Manager Colin Powell used the opportunity to rotate the squad and give regular
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Lyndsey's powerful display is all in vain
Cleobury 2 City of Salford 3 (25:27, 25:23, 30:32, 26:24, 10:15) Having being subjected to the multiple versions of "ay up" and "up up" for the second week on the trot, Cleobury were desperate to silence those vom-inducing calls and secure their first
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Kim enjoyed the day when she played renowned Wentworth
CLEOBURY Mortimer golfer Kim Simm (pictured left) could only finish in a tie for eighth place in final of the prestigious Health Percep-tion Ladies' Championship, at the renowned Wentworth course, but thoroughly enjoyed her day. She said, "It was an incredibly
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Alert over theft gang
POLICE have warned about a gang of distraction thieves who stole money from elderly people in two south Shropshire homes on Tuesday afternoon. In both cases, the thieves pretended to be water company workers. At Kenney Bank, Ludlow, a man barged past
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Quest for answers to the problems of the Bullring
THE views of Ludlow people on changes proposed to the layout of the Bullring area of the town are being gathered ready for a full report in November. Ludlow Town Council hopes by the middle of the month to find out what people want and what solutions
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Safe steps taken at school
THE head teacher of a small rural school near Ludlow has welcomed new measures to make the journey to and from school safer for young children. Drivers approaching Bitterley School are warned they must take care and slow down by a series of signs and
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Double success
THE brave gamble that Richard and Jane Arnold took when they started a country restaurant in south Shropshire has paid off for the second year in a row. They have just learned that their Crown Country Inn at Munslow has held on to the title it won in
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Visit from Terry is a dream come true
A WI organiser saw her dreams come true when national hero Terry Waite accepted her invitation to visit south Shropshire. Mr Waite, the former Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy to the Middle East who endured four years of imprisonment in Beirut, was the
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£1.5m appeal to help revamp Mascall Centre
AN appeal is to be launched soon for public support to improve one of Ludlow's most well-used community and conference centres. It will ask for a 95 per cent contribution from the community to the capital cost of work expected to amount to near £1.5million
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Writer solves pilgrim mystery
A MEDIAEVAL mystery has been solved in a book by Welsh Marches historian and writer Katherine Lack. Her findings were revealed to an enthralled audience in Ludlow's St Laurence's Church a week ago. Now Dr Lack, who is also a familiar face in Tenbury as
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Hip Hop date
MORE than 50 young breakdancers from around south Shropshire will strut their stuff in the auditorium of Ludlow Assembly Rooms on Saturday. The event is billed as a Finale Hip Hop party and is the culmination of a series of workshops led by professional
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Rhythm explodes on stage
RHYTHM and colour is set to explode on to the entertainment scene in south Shropshire with the arrival of a top live music and dance group. Known as J2RnB, the group, at Ludlow Assembly Rooms tonight, is expert at charting the evolution of black dance
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Harvest home is the theme
THE theme for October at the ever-enterprising Acton Scott Historic Working Farm is Harvest Home. This weekend's events include donkey rides for children, conservation brickmaking and, to illustrate farm cottage life, there will be demonstrations of Roly
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Assembly Rooms film treat
FILMS showing at Ludlow Assembly Rooms in October are: Monday, October 6 till Wednesday, October 8 - 7.30pm: THE LEOPARD (PG) 2hrs 55mins A SUMPTUOUS Sicilian romance and family saga starring Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale in this tremendous
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Missed chances cost Town dear away at Coalville
TOWN'S lack of consistency and a failure to convert some of the many chances they created saw them slip to their seventh Midland Alliance defeat of the season at title chasing Coalville. The visitors played some quality football in the opening quarter
