Nationwide Building Society has announced that it is reducing the hours during which the Ludlow branch will be open. From Monday 24 July, the Ludlow branch on The Bull Ring will be open to Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. It will be closed on Tuesday and Friday. We have to accept that banking is changing […]
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Shropshire Council not budging on EV charging point locations in Ludlow
At the beginning of last week, I sent a summary of representations on the location of the next round of EV charging points in Ludlow town centre to Richard Marshall the portfolio holder for highways. No one is objecting to extra charging points. They are urgently needed. But the plan clusters too many points together […]
Rugby Club licence gets close to agreement with restrictions on events and hours
Ahead of a hearing on 13 February, Shropshire Council has issued paperwork to those that have made representations about the application by Ludlow Rugby Club for a licence for alcohol and events from 8:00am to 1:00am for the clubhouse, the two pitches behind the club and the new car park area. These would apply 365 […]
Shropshire Council set to charge £100s for street events
If it moves charge it. If it stops still, charge it. That is rapidly becoming the motto of Shropshire Council as it struggles to balance its budget. The latest charging policy to be discussed next week, is to charge for temporary road closures not requested by utilities and, more rarely, builders. The proposed charges for […]
Ludlow’s pharmacies – stretched to limit and Lloyds to become Lunts
We hear that Lloyd’s Pharmacy here is being taken over by Lunts. Lunts is a West Midlands pharmacy group. It has local pharmacies in Shrewsbury, Pontesbury, Highley and Craven Arms. I have only occasionally used one of the Shrewsbury stores which I found to be well stocked and efficient. Change of ownership, franchising or rebranding […]