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Bishop's Castle
Bishop's Castle Community College head boy is to to begin work as a Parliamentary research assistant for local MP Matthew Green. Adam Royle has just left University College London with a first class honours degree in History and has been offered the post
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Missed the point
COUNCILLOR Susan McCormack has missed the point on the issue of housing for the younger generation that they can afford. The developers are conning the planners by including so-called starter units in their plans, eg the flats and apartments that replaced
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Thank you all for your festival help
I would like to extend thanks to everyone, especially the sponsors, grant providers, councils, schools, colleges and the media who supported and helped with the new projects which were undertaken by Ludlow Festival this year. The leisure centre, street
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This show takes things too far
AM writing this letter of complaint regarding the Puppetry of the Penis event at Ludlow Assembly Rooms. I believe in people having choices, but this is taking things too far. I have always admired the Assembly Rooms for its selection of entertainment
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Highways more than out of touch
How typical of the Highways Agency to make a half-hearted apology for the mess they made of the A49 closure and diversions and again how typical that they should shift some of the blame onto work being carried out by Welsh Water (Highways under fire for
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Gary battles through injuries to compete again in motocross events
AFTER 11 years out of the sport Gary Dallow is back where he belongs, competing most Sundays in Border Group Motocross events. The 33-year-old is no ordinary competitor however as he is the only rider with just one leg in the Amateur Motor Cycle Association
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Time to join the darts league
IF you'd like to join the Corvedale Winter Darts League, now is the time. The league's AGM is being held at the Traveller's Rest, near Craven Arms, on Wednesday, September 15, at 8pm. You can enter your team on the night, or contact Dave on (01588) 672141
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Still lots of puff
THE privately restored railway stations at Fencote and Rowden Mill on the old Bromyard to Leominster Line are not normally open to the public. An open weekend this month provides a rare opportunity to look back at the old days of steam travel. JEN GREEN
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Castle work hard before succumbing to Knockin bowlers
Bishop's Castle 97-9 Knockin and Kinnersley 98-5 Castle lost the toss and found runs hard to come by on a damp wicket, but made their visitors work hard with the bat before succumbing to a five-wicket defeat in Shropshire division 2. Edgar Whateley (23
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Marches lose out to Horseshoes
The Marches played a home match against the Horseshoes from Pontesbury on Wednesday night. The Marches were leading after the first innings by 6 rounders to 5. However, the the Horseshoes team came back strongly in the second innings to win the match
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Hillmen pay the penalty for lapses in defence
Wem Town 2 Clee Hill 1 THE HILL produced a spirited performance, but paid the penalty for a couple of lapses in defence as they went down by the odd goal in their Shropshire Premier County League fixture at Wem. The home team capitalised on a slow start
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Town fail to recover after disputed goal
Westfields 3 Ludlow Town 0 AFTER holding their own for most of the first half Ludlow were unable to come back after conceding a hotly disputed goal just before the break, and slipped to a three goal defeat at Hereford in the local derby Bank Holiday fixture
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Town impress and come back into the game to earn a home draw
Ludlow Town 1 Oadby 1 LUDLOW produced a fine team performance to come from behind at the Coors Stadium to take a point from a strong Oadby outfit. This result, on the back of their midweek win over Cradley, lifts them to seventh from bottom in the Travel
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Flying trade for Clun ewes
McCARTNEYS report a flying trade on Clun ewes at their main breeding ewe sale at Ludlow Market, held in conjunction with the Clun Forest Sheep Breeders' Society. Pictured above Mr Evans Jones for JET Jones and Sons of Walton Farm, Presteigne, with his
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Record price for Ryelands
CHAMPION Ryeland at the society's flock book centenary show and sale fetched the record price of 1,080 guineas. The ram from Richard Wear of Bristol sold to Narberth breeder D Lewis but it was agreed that the seller and buyer would have half shares in
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Seconds faced a blank weekend
LUDLOW seconds scheduled fixture at Albrighton on Saturday was cancelled as the home team could not raise a side. They are awarded 20 points but with Whitchurch winning they remain nine points behind their rivals with three games to go. This week they
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Guard against shed raiders
AFTER a spate of burglaries in south Shropshire, police are warning people to make sure their sheds, garages and outbuildings are properly secured. Ludlow PC Lisa Cox said: "There have been six burglaries in the past few days. Some of the premises targeted
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38% boost for county recycling
SOUTH Shropshire District Council has boosted its recycling and composting performance by a massive 38% in the last year. It recycled 16% of the district's waste in 2002-03, but increased the figure to 26% in 2003-04, a 38% rise. Improvements by Shropshire
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Narberth links strengthened
THE 10th annual Ludlow Marches Food and Drink Festival will strengthen the town's growing links with Narberth in Pembrokeshire. Talks continue about the two becoming the first towns in the United Kingdom to twin - Narberth foodies plan to hire a coach
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Restaurant a star buy
INQUIRIES are already coming in from food-loving Londoners for details of the sale of the restaurant that put the town on the international gastronomic map. Even before Ludlow estate agent Nock Deighton put the finishing touches to details of Shaun Hill's
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She's back! Church Stretton's Olympic medallist is now home
By Michael Baws AS exhausted Olympic medallist Alison Williamson returned to her parents' home in Church Stretton this week, the town prepared to roll out the red carpet. Alison is to become only the second person to receive its Honorary Citizen award
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Choir seeks new singers
Calling all singers - the successful Marches Community Choir starts its fifth season next Monday. New members are welcome to join the 70 or so people who rehearse weekly from September to May, in the hall of Bishop's Castle Community College, at 7.30pm
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A great love of nature
PASTORAL themes, from leaping hares to a shepherd holding a lamb at the end of winter, have helped establish etchings and watercolours artist Anna Ravenscroft's reputation. She returns to Ludlow's Silk Top Hat Gallery on September 11 with a portfolio
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On song for new season
FRESH from its recent success with Elgar's Dream of Gerontius, Leominster Choral Society is about to begin rehearsals for its next two concerts and is looking for new members. The first concert, on November 6, features English music spanning four centuries
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The Strettons
SENIOR CITIZENS: Mrs Janet Poundford, presiding, announced that the date for the Christmas lunch had been set for December 10, at the Station Inn at Marshbrook, and more details would be given later. Member Mrs Penny Hargrove, was welcomed as the speaker
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Can you help?
I WONDER if any of your readers or their relatives can help me in my search for information about my mother and her family. My mother was Hilda Myra Stead, the daughter of Edwin and Myra Stead, born in 1902. My mother had one brother, Edgar, and sisters
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Seconds faced a blank weekend
LUDLOW seconds scheduled fixture at Albrighton on Saturday was cancelled as the home team could not raise a side. They are awarded 20 points but with Whitchurch winning they remain nine points behind their rivals with three games to go. This week they
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Graham's entry was the first bird home
Ludlow Homing Society raced their birds from Portland on Saturday. Liberated at 9.30am into a West wind Graham Hicks' entry was first the first bird home by Mick Tipton with Trevor Hughes third. Full Results:1 G Hicks (1,374ypm), 2 Mr and Mrs Tipton (
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Young Georgie beats them all in dressage competition
A YOUNG rider from near Tenbury Wells has just won the junior dressage championship at the National Pony Club Championships following riding for England in the Scottish International in July. Georgie Bolton, aged 13, from Beech House, Hampton Charles
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Charity the winner as footballers remember John
THE John Cook Memorial Cup was run as a pre-season cup for the third year running. Four sides entered and after a tough game with both teams committed, Shobdon went through to the final by beating Leintwardine Colts 2-1. In the other semi, another closely
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Bob's Alpine dream peaks on Mt Blanc
A 60-year-old Ludlow man has just achieved an ambition he has nursed for at least 10 years, by climbing Mont Blanc. Bob Maddox, of St Margaret Road, reached the peak by means of the Aiguille du Midi Traverse, climbing over the shoulder of Mont Blanc,
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Knighton lose after being out-batted and bowled
Belbroughton 204-5 Knighton-on-Teme 107-5 KNIGHTON-on-Teme were both out-batted and out-bowled when they brought the curtain down on another Worcestershire County League Division 5 season with a disappointing losing draw at home. After a couple of early
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United lose their way after taking an early lead
Wednesbury 4 Tenbury United 1 AFTER taking the lead midway through the first half the United lost their way and finished up well beaten in this West Midlands League division 1 fixture at Wednesbury. This was a disappointing result after a good win in
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Reading site ready for national championships
THIS year's British National Ploughing Championships are being held on a 200-acre site at South Stoke, near Reading, next month. More than 200 local champions from all over the country will contest 11 classes on Saturday and Sunday, October 9 and 10.
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Farmers flat out to bring in rain affected harvest
FARMERS in Hereford-shire and Shropshire, hit by the changeable weather throughout August, were going flat out this week harvesting the deteriorating wheat and other crops. Farmers in the north of Herefordshire and south Shropshire seem to have had more
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Town fail to recover after disputed goal
Westfields 3 Ludlow Town 0 AFTER holding their own for most of the first half Ludlow were unable to come back after conceding a hotly disputed goal just before the break, and slipped to a three goal defeat at Hereford in the local derby Bank Holiday fixture
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Just outstanding!
SOUTH Shropshire pupils have produced outstanding GCSE results, in some cases the best results in their schools' history. Some got A* and A grades in all their subjects. Wigmore High School pupil Katie Sims scored one of the top five marks in D&T:
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Claude's 'let' hope
HE is already a businessman, a county and a district councillor and is thinking of running for Parliament. Now Claude Bodenham plans to become the owner of a cottage for letting. He has applied to South Shropshire District Council for permission to convert
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A date to be remembered
VISITORS to an open day on Saturday can find out about the Meadow of Remembrance at Ludford, Ludlow. When plans by the Friends of Ludford Cemetery to extend the ancient churchyard fell through earlier this year, a private venture was set up to provide
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Paper sales keep rising
THE Ludlow and Tenbury Wells Advertisers are still growing - thanks to more readers each week buying copies of their favourite local paper. The latest industry figures reveal that the average weekly sale was 6,490. This is for the period January to June
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A bit of fun in store
TWO exhibitions opening at Ludlow Assembly Rooms on September 17 sound good fun, for two very different reasons. Photographer Darryl K Morris has spent three years capturing images of Speakers' Corner, that piece of ground in London's Hyde Park, where
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Major on return trip
ONE of the most popular conductors to perform at the Regal Theatre returns to Tenbury Wells on Saturday, September 25. Major Paul Murrell, former conductor of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Band is now director of Music of the Royal
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Inspired by the Marches
PICTURES, panels and three-dimensional objects inspired by the landscape and buildings of the Marches go on show at Secret Hills, the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre from September 11. The exhibition, called Earthworks, marks the return of the Marches
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College hosts weekend craft fair
A CRAFT Fair is being held at the Harley Centre, Ludlow College, on Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, from 10am to 4pm. Admission is free and there is access for disabled people. The County Air Ambulance will attend and there will be more than
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Dream challenge
STAGESTRUCK Corinne Donaldson, from Clun, is preparing for a chance to appear in a concert and make a recording with the Dream Kids tribute group. Corinne, who is now 12, won a place in the semi-finals for the southern region when she went to Ludlow Assembly
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Hopfest will be a funfest
THE seventh annual Lindridge Hopfest on Saturday will be in two parts and promises to be the biggest yet. There will be 25 local cask ales on offer, plenty of cider, guided tours of a nearby hop kiln and a feast of music. "We listened to our loyal attendees
