The former Budgens store in Ludlow is an eyesore. The building is to be redeveloped. Today, I have agreed with the new owner to use the building as Ludlow’s biggest canvas. All those ugly boards will be painted up as a giant mural during the Food Festival. The project will be designed to encourage people […]
Month: August 2018
No lifts in Ludlow station upgrade. No fully accessible taxi in town. We should stop treating the disabled as second class
Major works are underway at Ludlow station. The scheme is to put a temporary footbridge in place while the old footbridge is repaired along with the steps leading up to it. There are no plans to install lifts for those who are disabled or have limited mobility. A couple of weeks before, Shropshire Council refused […]
Sudden death of much loved BBC Radio Shropshire’s Vicki Archer reminds us how vital local radio is in our lives
Like so many listeners to BBC Radio Shropshire, I am shaken to hear of the sudden death of Vicki Archer at the age of 41. She would normally be broadcasting to our county as I type this. Tributes are pouring out on social media and on air. They are richly deserved.
More bump, crash and injury – Shropshire Council is to slow down pothole repairs and pavements will be more dangerous
More people will trip on Ludlow’s pavements and end up in hospital. More cyclists will be tipped into the carriageway. More cars will have their wheels wrecked. These are just a few of the consequences of a proposed new policy for highway repairs, which Shropshire Council slipped out for consultation without so much as a […]
Tesco bashes Ludlow town centre on way from Bridgend to Pontefract to deliver cakes
The damage to the historic fabric of Ludlow is almost as old as the buildings themselves. The damage has got worse over the years as permitted lengths and weights for HGVs have increased. But if you want to get Cakes to Pontefract, a current Tesco slogan, the best way to do it is through the […]