Anger as bird nests destroyed by Connexus contractors on Sandpits
andybodders The Sandpits refurbishment has been controversial from the outset. It has been long delayed and too much of the work has been shoddy and incomplete. Work is underway to correct…
All I want for Christmas is… Not to step in dog poo
The mornings get light later. The nights come in earlier. It’s a sign that Christmas is approaching. It is also the time when dogs leave presents that their owners don’t…
Shropshire Council looks to reopening of biodigester but employment land in Ludlow will remain scarce
Shropshire Council today said that the biodigester facility on Coder Road could reopen but not for a while. The driver is the government’s resources and recycling strategy which, though the…
Earth Day: One fifth of the country’s poultry units are in Shropshire and Herefordshire – are our planning rules too lax?
Ludlow resident and PhD researcher Alison Caffyn has been scrutinising the outbreak of poultry units across our area of the Marches. As CPRE has pointed out, we have become the…
Challenge ahead for MP Philip Dunne as he takes lead of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
Former minister and Ludlow MP since 2005, Philip Dunne has been elected chair of the environmental audit committee (EAC) by follow MPs. I congratulate him. His predecessor was Mary Creagh,…