Friday, 19th March 2010

Parents pleased as play park project gets under way

Brooksbury Nature Play Park – that’s the name of the new playground for kids in Church Stretton, now being created after a three-year battle by parents.

‘Bin police’ will go through our waste

A TEAM of ‘bin police’ is to monitor residents’ rubbish in a south Shropshire town as part of a controversial Government scheme which could see householders fined for not disposing their rubbish properly.

Biomass site on sale

LAND at the Bishop’s Castle Business Park intended for the controversial £5m biomass burner is set to be put up for sale.

Council tax demands

SHROPSHIRE Council looks set to go for a zero increase in the Council Tax for South Shropshire despite the fact that councillors need to find £7million in savings for 2010/ 2011.

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New Ttwist in the surgeries’ saga

The controversy surrounding the moving of Ludlow’s two GP surgeries to the proposed out-of-town site has taken a new twist.

‘Chilling’ surprise in bag of ice cubes

THE term ‘Ice with a Slice’ came with an extra twist for a south Shropshire man who just wanted something cube-like to chill his drink.

County councillor faces investigation

THE Shropshire councillor for the Clee division has been summoned to appear before the Adjudications Panel — the local government disciplinary body – for allegedly breaching the code of conduct.

Organisers cancel big country show

THERE will no 2010 Bishop’s Castle Agricultural Show nor will there be a Horse and Pony Show this year.

Judy wins a top guiding award

A SOUTH Shropshire woman who helped spread the Guide movement across former communist parts of Europe has been given a top award.

Man dies after collision

A man died in hospital today after being injured in a road collision in Ludlow. It’s believed the man, thought to be in his sixties, was crossing the road, when involved in a collision with a car.