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Racy life of a war hero
THE recent death of the legendary Sir Hugh Ripley, 4th Baronet of Bedstone & Rawden, closes a remarkable life of a raffish and racy country gentleman and war hero who pursued a career in the whisky trade - he was a director of Johnnie Walker - with
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Lucs ease through in cup
Luctonians 49 pts Old Laurentians 7 LUCTONIANS moved comfortably into the fourth round of the Powergen Intermediate Cup with a comprehensive win over a team they had already beaten by 50 points in an earlier encounter. The visitors exerted early pressure
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Ludlow book their place in Junior Vase
Rugby: Ludlow 33 pts Old Halesonians 27 LUDLOW booked their place in the fourth round of the Powergen Junior Vase with an exiting win over visiting Old Halesonians, the result being in doubt until the final whistle of a pulsating battle watched by a large
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Ben's goals in vain as Orleton go down
Orleton 3 Allpay 5 STRIKER Ben Apperley bagged a brace as Orleton battled back from a two-goal deficit to level at the break against the leaders of the Hereford Times Here-fordshire League Division 2, but were unable to halt the visitor's progress in
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Ludlow link to medal campaign
A CONCERT on Saturday will help a campaign to revive a rare life-saving award closely associated with Shropshire. The Captain Webb Medal, named after a famous son of Shropshire who was the first man to swim the English Channel, has not been awarded since
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'Eyesore' will be no more
A SCHEME to convert a Craven Arms "eyesore" to bring six flats to the town has been given the thumbs up by district planners. The Bearingline Tool Store on Shrewsbury road, formerly the Station Motors garage, is to be enlarged and a first and second floor
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Salmon are leaping along Teme
AT last the salmon are leaping along the Teme. Three weeks later than usual because of the lack of rain, the river is now just about high enough for the annual salmon run towards the breeding grounds. "We expect to see many hundreds over the next few
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Pepper Lane plan rejected
PLANS to build five town houses in Ludlow's Pepper Lane have been thrown out by district planners. Shopkeepers near the proposed site had complained that building work would severely affect their businesses. Ludlow Town Council also objected saying the
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Students are preparing for bright future
SOCIAL and extra curriculum activities are just as important as league tables at Ludlow College, principal Ann Brown told parents and students at last week's presentation evening. "We aim to offer our students a richness of experience beyond the classroom
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Residents get 'tooled up' to fight speedsters
Residents living near a road notorious for speeding traffic could be issued with "speed guns" to help police catch offenders. The B4368 Craven Arms-Bridgnorth road has seen a spate of serious accidents, including three fatalities, in recent months. A
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Compromise is 'stitch-up' claims council chairman
A COMPROMISE scheme that allows travellers to remain at a Richards Castle site until Christmas 2005 has been described as a "stitch-up" by the chairman of the local parish council. On Tuesday, a public inquiry into the caravan site, which should have
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Bill for bull hits carnival funds
A WRANGLE over a Welsh bull that failed to perform reached its conclusion in a Ludlow court this week and left a charity organisation with a bill for hundreds of pounds. The "digitally timed competition rodeo bull", an inflatable life-size model, was
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Families aim to beat the wealthy incomers
A PIONEERING scheme to help families buy affordable homes in their own villages is to begin in south Shropshire. The district council has granted planning permission to three young families to build new homes in rural areas where they have strong local
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Shaw thing at the Conquest
WITHOUT coming to any serious conclusions, George Bernard Shaw gently mocks the folly of romantic ideals in his play Arms and the Man. Conquest Theatre Bromyard presents a new telling of this piece from November 20-22 and 27-29 starring Hugh Farey, Ann
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Life flashing before her eyes
A FORTY-five minute piece of fascinating theatre takes place next Thursday night, when Bocadalupa presents The Dodo Diaries at The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne. A highly visual and atmospheric piece of physical theatre, The Dodo Diaries takes audiences
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Peggy view
THOUSANDS of Peg Dollies will line up on tables in the gallery of Ludlow Assembly Rooms, from Monday until January 5. In what sounds like a Shropshire version of the Chinese emperor's terracotta army, each figure is a clothes peg draped in a costume with
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Favourites at village hall
THE four singers in Music of the Night ensemble present a mix of old favourites in their return visit at Richard's Castle Village Hall next month. As the writer of A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's name is no surprise. There will also be extracts
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Corvedale exhibition
THE Corvedale artists annual Christmas Exhibition is being staged at the Beambridge Clubroom, Munslow, from 10.30am to 4.30pm on December 6 and 7. The artists are an informal mix of amateurs and professional who meet every Tuesday in the Clubroom to paint
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Concerts to celebrate St Cecilia
THREE concerts will celebrate the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music, on Saturday. Ludlow Choral Society gives a reminder that Benjamin Britten was also born on the same day. Little Hereford and Bishop's Castle also have concerts on the same
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Dracula means fun for all the family
PREPARE to be very afraid, very, very afraid. Dracula, Prince of Transylvanian Darkness, is coming to a village hall near you and he is looking for blood. "Oh no, he's not" - it's just the Wistanstow Players camping it up for their much-loved annual pantomime
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Second-half fightback earns Town a point
Football: Ludlow Town 1 Rushall Olympic 1 ANDY Blakeley fired a second-half equaliser as Ludlow battled hard to come back and share the points in this Mid-land Alliance mid-table clash at the Coors Stadium. Ludlow made a bright start and but for some
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Selected for England training
MUCH of Tenbury Ladies' Hockey Club's success this year is down to quality coaching and developing young talent. Pictured above, Tenbury clear their lines in Saturday's game against Har-borne Ladies Reserves and, right, coach Alan Ellis is flanked by
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Ladies record first win over Harborne
Hockey: Tenbury Ladies 3 Harborne Ladies Reserves 2 TENBURY played superbly to build up a 3-0 interval lead and then held off a strong finish by the visitors to bag the points and move up to a challenging second place in the Worcestershire League Division
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Injury-hit Cleobury let down by weak kicking
Redditch 18 pts Cleobury Mortimer 8 WITH both teams knocked out of the Powergen Junior Vase they took the opportunity to rearrange their North Midlands 1 League match. Struggling with injuries Cleobury took a while to settle down against a much-improved
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Bulls set to face rivals
HEREFORD United travel to play Shropshire rivals Shrewsbury Town on Saturday in a Nationwide Conference clash at Gay Meadow. It will be the first meeting between the old rivals since the Shrews beat the Bulls 4-1 at home in the semi-final of the Auto
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Two-goal deficit proves too much for the 'Arms
Craven Arms 1 Wellington Amateurs 2 CRAVEN Arms tried to come back from a two-goal deficit, but in spite of a spirited last quarter, they had to give best to their well-organised visitors and missed a chance to move up the Shropshire County Premier League
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Clee Hill miss out on chance to move up from their mid-table position
Dudley Wood Athletic 3 Clee Hill Reserves 2 CLEE Hill missed out on a chance to move up to a Kidderminster League Division 1 mid-table position when they lost out by the odd goal in a match between two teams struggling for confidence. Both teams struggled
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Stretton on the wrong end of a game of two halves
Church Stretton 1 Hopesgate 4 THIS was a classic game of two halves as Stretton played some of their best football of the season to take an interval lead, but then lost their way as Shropshire County Prem-ier League visitors Hopesgate surged back to win
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Shropshire hit three to see off their close neighbours
Shropshire Schools FA 3 Herefordshire Schools FA 0 EXCELLENT displays by Scott Peglar and Nick Panniers at the heart of the Herefordshire defence ultimately counted for nothing as two late goals confirmed a win for the home side in an English Schools
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Rovers hit their rivals for six!
Football: Ludlow Rovers 6 Craven Arms 0 ROVERS extended their unbeaten league run to five matches when they outplayed Craven Arms to move within three points of the Ironbridge Sunday Premier League leaders Much Wenlock, with three matches in hand. The
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Villagers pay homage to naval VC hero
THE villagers of Stanton Lacey paid homage on Sunday to a naval VC hero of World War One who died on the first day of the landings at Gallipoli. The Earl of Plymouth unveiled a plaque, at the War Memorial in the churchyard of St Peter, to Able Seaman
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Baebes add medieval flair
LUDLOW is preparing to go medieval with a full programme of shopping and festivities on November 29 and 30. The fifth Medieval Christmas Fayre at Ludlow Castle will feature stallholders in costume, selling handcrafted goods and, of course, delicious food
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Prince to open new race stand
BUCKINGHAM Palace has announced details of the Prince of Wales's visit to Ludlow Racecourse on Monday. Prince Charles is due to officially open the new Jubilee Stand - a commitment postponed from January when the Prince's helicopter was unable to land
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Choir venue
HEREFORD Cathedral's choir will perform outside of its normal 12th century home today when it gives a concert in Much Wenlock parish church at 7.30pm.
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Le hot club de Stoke Prior
DIP into jazz memories with Mike Piggott's Hot Club Trio, which returns to Arts Alive venues with a celebration tribute to Stephane Grappelli tomorrow at Stoke Prior Village Hall, near Leominster, from 7.30pm. To book a ticket call 01568 760380.
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Heralding craft fair excellence
THERE'S harmony in the fact that jeweller Mike Gell will open this evening's private view of Hereford's tenth Contemporary Craft Fair, which the public can visit from tomorrow. Mike, chairman of contemporary jewellers group Alloy, was involved in the
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Wild West is in Ludlow
EVERYONE has heard of the legendary showman and Wild West figure Buffalo Bill. A show at Ludlow Assembly Rooms tomorrow (Friday) looks at his impact on British audiences when he brought his travelling troupe over for a nationwide tour. Buffalo Bill's
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Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
PETE Postlethwaite is continuing his support of the Caitlin Kick-Start Award Fund with two charity performances of his one man show Scaramouche Jones at Ludlow Assembly Rooms. The Shropshire-based actor plays the lovable clown Scaramouche as he gives
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Cross-dressing sets Shakespeare's tone
TWO aspects of cross-dressing will feature in the Shakespeare plays at next year's Ludlow Festival. In Twelfth Night, the shipwrecked Viola disguises herself as a boy when she joins the court of the lovesick Duke of Illyria. In Cymbeline, the wronged
