Ludlow needs a police station
andybodders 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…
Can’t get into work? Why not clear Ludlow’s pavements of snow and ice?
There’s a sense of excitement about snow. We listen avidly to any news report that might predict an imminent fall. The moment there is rumour of a local flake, we…
Shropshire Council’s Sunday parking charges on trial in Ludlow
The councillor sat alone in the witness box looking across the court, looking at times as though he had been brought there for trial. Several times during the meeting, he…
Ludlow town walls: It’s neglected old walls that fall down
Few can have missed the main story in town over the last ten days. Ludlow’s town walls are falling down, or at least a substantial section has fallen and is…
We must keep a strong police presence in Ludlow
Letter published in the South Shropshire Journal 1 March 2013 It seems that Ludlow’s almost new police station is to close and the police are to move into offices elsewhere…