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Friends’ ‘desperate’ plea

The Friends of Ludlow Assembly Rooms is calling on all residents and supporters to rally round and help bring desperately-needed new ideas and energy to its efforts to keep the venue alive.

Villagers have fun raising funds

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THE ninth annual Summer Fun Day and Duck Race on Saturday afternoon at Culmington Village Hall drew the crowds despite indifferent weather.
Attractions included the Tenbury Town Band, The Animal Man, the Craven Arms Fire Brigade, car boot sale, face painting, cake stall, tombola, refreshments and much more.
The Duck Race held at the end of the […]

Have your say on council cuts

Residents in south Shropshire are to be asked what cuts should be made to achieve £60 million in budget savings county-wide over the next three years.
Shropshire Council chief executive, Kim Ryley, and members of Shropshire Council’s cabinet will give presentations at local joint committees and hope to discover people’s priorities.
Plans are already being made for […]

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‘Home for abused children’ plan

A NEW “residential therapeutic school” for up to nine children who have suffered abuse could be created in the south Shropshire hills close to Church Stretton.

Hall project appeal to town

THE renovation project for Bishop’s Castle Town Hall moves forward next Tuesday with the launch of ‘Target 250.’

Fine for drink offences

A third person has been fined for buying alcohol on behalf of children as part of a clampdown in Ludlow.

‘Outstanding’ pre-school under threat

One of south Shropshire’s first ever “outstanding” pre-schools will have to close in September unless volunteers agree to run its committee.

College principal quits

Ludlow College has revealed that its principal, Chris Conoley, has resigned from his post with effect from July 31.
 

Developer dismisses homes protest

THE go-ahead to build five ‘executive-style’ homes just yards from Ludlow’s St Laurence’s Church is now merely a matter of detail since planning permission has already been granted, the developer’s spokesman told The Journal this week.