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Retail Park fails on all design counts
THE retail park proposals for the Foldgate Lane site at the edge of Ludlow fail on all design counts, including visual impact, loss of preserved trees and a hedgerow, lack of a safe junction onto the main road and the general over-development of the site
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Hockey: Ludlow battle back to share points with Pershore
IN SPITE of dominating the game Ludlow had to come from behind twice to share the spoils against the defending champions, and extend their run to four unbeaten games with a 2-2 draw at home to Pershore. Ludlow had the better of the first half but it was
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Running: Mike and Tim battle for supremacy at High Vinnals
The battle for supremacy between Tim Taylor and Mike Fawcett, the reigning champion, took another twist during Ludlow's promotion of Round Two of the Herefordshire Cross Country League at High Vinnals. Tim (Hereford Couriers) had been the winner at Croft
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Rugby: Tough draw for Ludlow
LUDLOW RFC have been handed a tough draw in the Fourth Round of the Powergen Junior Vase. Having overcome Old Halesonians 33pts to 27pts in the Third Round at The Linney, Ludlow, two weeks ago, they must travel to Bedfordshire to play Vauxhall Motors.
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Woofers go down at Ewyas Harold
Ewyas Harold 2 Woofferton 1 WOOFFERTON lost ground in the race for the Hereford Times Herefordshire League Premier Division title when they lost to their old rivals by the odd goal. As is usual between these two sides the match was keenly contested with
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Football: Rovers put penalty miss behind them for victory
Ludlow Rovers 2 Much Wenlock 0 THE ROVERS overcame the disappointment of missing a first half penalty to secure the vital points in the Ironbridge Sunday Premier League. This was an important win as it moves them above their third placed opponents, and
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Reserves move up to fourth spot after home win
Ludlow Town Reserves 3 Malvern Town Reserves 0 LUDLOW moved into fourth place in the West Midlands League Division One South with a solid performance against mid-table Malvern. They moved to within a point of second place, as both Bridgnorth and Bilston
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Society's on right lines with new version of railway book
A NEW version of a book by John Scott Morgan - Bishops Castle, Portrait of a Country Railway - has been published by the town's Railway Society. The Society, flourishing with a membership of more than 100, has bought the copyright and production material
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Former teacher dies
A FORMER Ludlow primary school teacher has died aged 77. Mrs Jeanne Violet Kehoe died on November 8 following a stroke and a short illness. Mrs Kehoe arrived in Ludlow in 1966 and took up a teaching post at the Ludlow County Junior School - then situated
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House with links to smuggling is put up for sale
AN 18th century cottage with links to smuggling and fallen women has just come on the market. Ludlow estate agents Nock Deighton are seeking offers in the region of £270,000 for Skirmidge Cottage, a mile up a single track near Stoke St. Millborough. For
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Genuine Titanic poster set to make mammoth price at local auction!
FORGET those posters for Kate Winslet's film Titanic. The genuine article, dating from 1912 and advertising the world's most famous liner, comes up for auction in Ludlow next Thursday. The poster was issued in Tenby and carries a typewritten label: "Apply
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Baby died in cot on Craven Arms visit
A SIX-month-old baby girl whose parents brought her to Britain to meet her relatives died during her stay, an inquest heard. Martha May Alexander-Ashford was plagued with medical problems right through her life to the extent that her parents, Mark Alexander
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Road meeting crash
IT was crash-bang time in Cleobury Mortimer on Monday evening as Shropshire County Council officials told a public meeting why moves to widen the main road at Brown's Corner must wait. As a team led by divisional surveyor Ian Rutherford explained there
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Landlord Norman gets plastered!
THERE'S more than one way to get plastered, as innkeeper Norman Pearce found out recently. Norman, mine host of the Sun Inn at Corfton, broke his wrist gardening about six weeks ago but as a creator of famous bottled beers he was able to turn the accident
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Worker's spine is fractured in attack
POLICE arrested three men in connection with a serious attack on a Cleobury Mortimer worker who suffered a fractured spine after an unprovoked assault on Saturday night. The man, who has not been named, was hit from behind while walking home along the
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Prince Charles comes to Ludlow to open stand at racecourse
THE Prince of Wales joked "Better late than never" when he officially opened the Jubilee Stand at Ludlow Racecourse on Monday. It was his second try as a year earlier he had to call off a planned visit because atrocious weather meant his helicopter could
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Former flour mill makes its mark
A FORMER flour mill in Ludlow has been singled out by a Government agency as an example of how historic buildings can be put to new uses. The 112-year-old Marston's Mill, across the road from Ludlow Station, now provides low cost rented accommodation
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Joshua has soccer chance of a lifetime
KEEN footballer Joshua Hughes is looking forward to the chance of a lifetime on Sunday. That's the day Joshua, who lives in Ludlow, goes up to Old Trafford for the grand finals of the Manchester United Soccer School, a follow-up to his winning a skills
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Talent at concert
PRESTEIGNE'S reputation as a magnet for musical talent is reinforced this Saturday evening when co-principal oboist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Powell, joins three colleagues - the Dewar Trio - to play Mozart's Oboe Quartet at the Presteigne
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Organist is to conduct
HEREFORD Choral Society's annual performance of Handel's Messiah on December 13 will be conducted by cathedral organist Geraint Bowen. Starting at 7.30pm, the concert will be accompanied by Orchestra da Camera, including the continuo of Peter Adams (cello
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Cruelty, bright young things and Scrooge
Films at Ludlow Assembly Rooms for December are: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, December 2, 4 & 6 at 7.30pm INTOLERABLE CRUELTY (12A) - 100mins A REVENGE-seeking gold-digger marries a womanising Beverley Hills lawyer with the intention of making
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Guitar legend Peter Green is set for gig at Rooms
ONE of the legendary figures of the guitar, Peter Green, a founder member of Fleetwood Mac, comes to Ludlow Assembly Rooms with his band Splinter Group on Wednesday. Peter regularly appeared among the top five in worldwide polls for the best guitarist
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Pilgrimages and orgies in anniversary celebrations
PILGRIMS will march and brigands will hold an orgy when the Ludlow Orchestra celebrates the 200th anniversary of Hector Berlioz. The pilgrims and the brigands are among the features of Berlioz's Harold in Italy, his symphony with viola solo, which will
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Fayre's fair in run up to Christmas
WITH Christmas just a month away, you can stock up on festive presents at special fairs (or fayres) in Church Stretton, Carding Mill Valley, Bishop's Castle and Little Hereford. The first of the season's pantos, Aladdin, arrives tonight in Bishop's Castle
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Preparing for Rocky Horror action
THE list of props for The Rocky Horror Picture Show is seemingly endless. It includes rice, newspapers, water pistols, flashlights and rubber gloves. And that's just for the audience. Over the 28 years since it was first screened, the film has become
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Town battle back to claim away draw
Boldmere 1 Ludlow Town 1 AFTER going in one goal down at the interval, Darryl Smith netted the equaliser fifteen minutes from time to stretch Town's recent good run to only one defeat in their last ten games in the Midland Alliance. Ludlow enjoyed plenty
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Forwards in going backwards!
APPARENTLY I am in a minority, but quite frankly in this case I have no problem with this if it means that the benefits outweigh the concerns regarding the proposed retail park. Let's face it, the population of Ludlow consists of many "oldies and newcomers
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Wonderful we can swap seeds
I WAS most interested to read the letter from Alan Laurie in The Advertiser, November 6. We are keen gardeners and this year grew nine different varieties of tomatoes, most of which you won't see in the shops. These included an amazing Polish one that
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Not degrading the job of a shelf-filler
Unfortunately, it is a fact of life that people do not always read newspaper letters correctly or deliberately twist the interpretation of a letter to suit their own purposes. So, I feel the need to reply to the person in Stanton Road who wrote 'Shed
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Rats arrive at 'Arms waste site
SIX years ago when the campaign against a Waste Site in Craven Arms was raging, the committee conducting it predicted that once installed there would be rats. Well! They have arrived and in such numbers the Pest Control Services have had to be called
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Merlin and Karen work their magic
MERLIN Unwin is a wizard at conjuring up a good read, and so he should be. Three generations of publishing run through his veins and it shows in his love for the written word, his knack of spotting an author and his good-humoured approach to his work.
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New initiative will take rugby out to the region's schools
HEREFORD-based Sun Valley has announced its involvement in an exciting new initiative to help with the development of rugby in schools, which will encompass the Welsh Marches area. They will join forces with Tyrr-ells Potato Chips and Bengrys Motors to
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Result in doubt until final minute
Bishop's Castle 0 Veseyans 6 pts AFTER spending most of the first half defending, the Castle came out after the break and gave as good as they got to leave the final result, in this top-of-the-table clash in North Midlands One, in doubt right until the
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Luctonians reinforce their league title credentials
Luctonians 26 pts Bedford Athletic 17 pts LUCTONIANS reinforced their Midlands One title credentials with a victory over promotion rivals. They are level with their opponents on points. Luctonians fought back after conceding a converted try in the opening
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Rugby: Ludlow rally to take point at Newcastle
Newcastle 20 pts Ludlow 20 pts AFTER a disappointing first 20 minutes, which saw them trailing 15-3, Ludlow rallied to take a point in their Midlands Four West (North) fixture in Staffordshire. Fly-half, Mark Williams was the hero of the piece scoring
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School's play area project
A SOUTH Shropshire school has launched an innovative project to improve its playground, described by a teacher as "a bare strip of narrow grey tarmac". With the mischievous acronym 'SLAP', St Lawrence's Action Playground aims to involve the Church Stretton
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Death crash car travelled at 100 mph
WITNESSES to an alleged high-speed race on a south Shropshire minor road that ended in two deaths told a Ludlow inquest of speeds reaching up to 100 mph. A verdict of accidental death was recorded on two Wolverhampton men who died on the B4368 at Hungerford
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Warning of a winter blunderland
IF you are offered a cut-price set of Christmas cards showing a wonderful winter's "roofscape" of Ludlow, beware. They are almost certainly from a batch of cards taken from a refuse skip. They are unlikely to have envelopes or, if they have, the envelopes
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Police crackdown on teen druggies
SCHOOL pupils as young as 14 staying away from lessons are at risk from dealers in drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy, according to police. On Monday morning several schoolchildren from both Ludlow CE School and Church Stretton School were questioned
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Ready for the beat
THERE will be the chance to dance to ska, rock steady and reggae at Oscars, in Ludlow Assembly Rooms, tomorrow night when George Nightingale brings his Top Rankin group to town. The show starts at 8pm. Tickets are £6.
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Gusto and courage on Britten's birthday
THE Ludlow Choral Society celebrated the happy coincidence of St Cecilia's Day and the 90th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten with gusto and a huge dose of courage. The courage was needed to negotiate the hairpin bends and rapidly changing
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There's 24 of the the best at gallery
some of whom have not shown in the town for a while, will be in the Silk Top Hat Gallery's new exhibition opening on Saturday. With more than two dozen artists taking part, there will be water colours, embroideries, patchwork clothing, pastels, pots,
