I am putting in place a stricter comments policy immediately
andybodders Way back in the late 1980s we were running a very early version of social media at the Open University. One Friday night, I was alerted to an abusive conversation…
Fifty-year plan to improve Mortimer Forest looks good
If you down into the woods this weekend, spare a thought for how they are managed and might be improved. The Forestry Commission has published a fifty-year plan for the…
Ludlow’s Corve Street to be properly resurfaced in February with three Sunday closures
Corve Street was resurfaced by Shropshire Council’s former contractors, Ringway, in 2017. It was a very poor quality job that began to fail within weeks. It was immediately clear that…
Shropshire Council budget: Cuts are targeted at the health of our county and planet
Shropshire Council has cut £48 million from its budget over the last three years under pressure of government cuts. It will need to cut, or in its words “save”, £18.5m…
Collapsed Ludford wall at last scheduled for repairs by the summer
Early last year, a stretch of historic retaining wall collapsed on the Overton Road at Ludford. There have been two-way lights in place since. The work to repair the wall…