andybodders As campaign to protect potholes grows, Shropshire Council pledges to fly the Union Jack from longstanding potholes
Potholes are part of our everyday life. As everyday as the shopping basket though rather more destructive of the wheels of cars, let alone the danger they pose to cyclists.…
Shropshire Council to use council meeting to smooth over highways problems ahead of 6 May local elections
Despite the clear restrictions on what council business can be conducted in the run up to an election, Shropshire Council’s administration has scheduled a meeting on its contractors’ performance on…
Covid Watch 140: Ludlow town buses back to normal from Thursday 1 April when vax shuttle ends
Bus services have been disrupted in recent weeks to give priority to the shuttle bus between Ludlow and the Racecourse vaccination centre. From Thursday, the 701 and 722 will revert…
We can’t go back to district councils but we can regain local control of decisions and make our rural voice heard
The decision for Shropshire to become a unitary council from May 2009 is still resented here in south west Shropshire. Under Shropshire Council’s first leader, it led to a huge…
Escape to the country programmes and articles by urban journalists don’t give a real view of rural life
Am I the only one who find programmes like Escape to the Country unsettling? The clue is in the word “escape”. That idea of rural life being idyllic compared to…