It can get lively in this town some nights and alcohol fuelled disturbances are far from uncommon. One in ten reported crimes is violent and nearly half antisocial behaviour. There has been some success on reducing crime in the town. Reported crime has fallen by 10% over the last two years. In 2012, there were […]
Month: April 2013
Ludlow election candidates for Shropshire Council announced
The local elections are now well underway and many candidates, including the Lib Dem team in Ludlow have been canvassing for weeks. Yesterday Shropshire Council published the full list of candidates for the 2 May elections. There has been a flurry of last minutes candidates, including from UKIP which has pulled 29 out of the […]
Breathtaking Shropshire Council bungling on planning will trash fields and fail young people
Planning matters can be a little on the dull side, but bear with me a moment on this one. It really matters that Shropshire has gone from being one the best planned counties in the country to one of the worst in under a year. A year ago, the government published the National Planning Policy […]
Are second homes good or bad for Shropshire?
Sir Andrew Motion, the president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England caused something of stir last weekend by launching a salvo against second home owners in the Times. There were about 1,100 second holiday homes in Shropshire in 2001. On the face of it, the 2011 census suggests there are rather less, but I […]
Ludlow needs a police station
West Mercia’s Police and Crime Commissioner Bill Longmore has just finished consulting on “Innovative Local Policing Plans” – how the force intends to maintain effective policing in an area of swingeing budget cuts. As part of the plans, the current Ludlow police station will be closed and replaced by a base somewhere else in the […]