FAMILY SERVICE: Mrs Rachel Powell conducted the family service at the Methodist Church on a Sunday morning when the steward was Miss Hilary Morgan and the organist Dr John Wilson. Coffee was served after the service by the stewards. The evening service
DAVID Park the Hereford based Welsh golfer experienced a number of ups and downs during the Welsh Open. After seeing the first day's play washed out he started badly, before shooting a level par after fighting back from three down in the early stages.
Hewell 151-6 Knighton-on-Teme 153-4. A GOOD solid all-round team performance was the main ingredient for Knighton's excellent six-wicket home-win over table topping Hewell. They made light work of knocking off the runs after getting their opponents into
Tenbury 172-8 Dominies and Guild 174-8. TENBURY missed out on the opportunity of a badly needed morale boosting win against third placed Dominies and Guild when they allowed the last wicket pair to put on 51 and snatch the win. The bottom placed team,
Ludlow Town Reserves 2 Clee Hill 1. AFTER taking a two goal first half lead the Reserves had to withstand a second half fight-back from neighbours Clee Hill, but held on to take the Ludlow Invitation Cup. As well as picking up some welcome early season
A DEVASTATING injury-list, added to the absence of star marksman Ashley Davies, is threatening the early season ambitions of Ludlow Town. They were hoping to have all their players available, including their new recruits, in order to make a significant
Halesowen Harriers 2 Ludlow Town 1. AN injury stricken Town team turned in a workmanlike performance on their debut in the Midland Football Alliance at Halesowen, but in the end were not able to match their opponents who thoroughly deserved their win.
A WOMEN'S work is never done, so the saying goes and sometimes it seems as if the demands on time are indeed endless. If the idea of having a bit of breathing space, a window of time away from all family and work commitments, sounds like something you
FARMERS in Herefordshire are making a plea to the ministry to resume testing for TB as a routine measure. Compared to other counties there has been a high incidence of the disease in Herefordshire, although because of foot and mouth there are no figures
TWO Herefordshire hop growers and a laboratory technician from Tenbury Wells were awarded the prestigious international Order of the Hop at the International Hop Growers' Congress at Canterbury, Kent. Mr Peter Davies, who farms at Dormington, was given
FARMERS and rural residents from Herefordshire and the surrounding counties will be among those from all over Britain staging a peaceful foot-and-mouth protest outside the National Farmers' Union headquarters in London on Monday. A late decision to hold
AN in-depth survey of farming in Herefordshire shows that six in ten farmers were facing financial difficulty even before the start of the foot-and-mouth outbreak. And more worrying is that a quarter of the farmers who responded to the survey said they
THE WIFE of a dying man is furious that doctors at Hereford County Hospital waited until just two days before her husband's death to tell her his condition was terminal. Louise Niven of 6 Clee Gardens, Clee View, Ludlow, had been sent home by doctors
WITHOUT throwing a ball South Shropshire Netball Club have netted a major victory in the struggle to establish the game in the county. The fledgling club, due to open in the next few weeks, has played a major role in securing funding for Shropshire Netball
A BEECH tree believed to be 100 years old fell onto a moving vehicle on a windy winter's night killing two family members and seriously injuring another, an inquest has heard. The tragic circumstances of the accident that killed the wife of the driver
RURAL council leaders are forecasting an uprising of villages against South Shropshire District Council's proposals to close public lavatories or hand them over to town and parish councils. Larger communities in south Shropshire are demanding that fee-paying
AFTER the successful reopening of Ludlow's local produce market, organisers are considering expanding the monthly event to include farm crafts. Closed for five months during the foot and mouth outbreak the monthly market set out its stalls again in July
BIG time soccer players from the past will take on Tenbury Wells at Palmers Meadow on November 4. Former players from Aston Villa, including Tony Daley, goal-keeper Nigel Spinks and 'nice one' Cyrille Regis are expected to kit out in Villa colours to
BISHOP'S Castle Railway Museum is rising from the ashes as it prepares to move back into premises that were almost completely destroyed by fire. With building work complete, Richard Newcombe, curator of the museum hopes to start restocking within a week
A UNIVERSITY graduate from Ludlow has carried off a top accolade in a national design show. Jon Holland, 22, who graduated last month from Northumbria University's multi-media design course with first class honours, won £600 for his design of an interactive
ARP: The last meeting on July 25 was a laugh. Who would have thought a talk on 'What is a River' would have been so amusing and interesting. Mr Brian Draper proved beyond any doubt that a river can be fascinating. If members and friends don't hurry and
Garden Party: St Milburga's Church in Watling Street North is hosting a Parish Garden Party on Sunday (August 19) from 2pm. There will be a cake stall, tombola, side shows and cream teas available, and the new tapestry to St Milburga will be on view in
Ludlow 230-5 Oswestry 232-1. After the batsmen had given their side a very respectable total to defend, the bowlers were unable to match their efforts with the result that the home team slipped to their heaviest defeat of the season. Although there were
'LOCAL Heroes of the Beautiful Game' -- an exhibition of 100 years of football in Ludlow will open tomorrow (Friday) at Ludlow Museum. Featuring Ludlovian footballers from 1901 to the present day the innovative exhibition includes Ludlow-born Cyril Lello
THREE sections were contested in the Frank Cartwright Cup at Ludlow Castle Bowling Club, with the three winners plus best runner up going into a semi-final play off. Section One winner was Richard Lane with 57 shots just beating Gary Crowther in runners
TWO sections were played in the Freeman & Hardy Willis Handicap Cup at Ludlow Castle Bowling Club last week with both the winners and runners up going through. Section One saw John Smith coming out on top with 58 shots with Graham Lane taking the
LUDLOW Homing Society entered 185 young birds for their second young bird race of the season from Chepstow with the birds having to encounter storms on the way home returns were scattered. Trevor Hughes was timed first with Paul Gilchrist second and Bernard
TENBURY Tennis Club's 'A' team are midway through their summer fixtures and sit proudly at the top of Division 4 of the Hereford and Worcester League. Team captain Mike Paget was pleased with the results so far saying: "I would like to take this opportunity
THE movement of pigs over long distances is being blamed for the increasing incidence of a wasting disease which is wiping out stock in some parts of Britain. The disease is said to be evident in a small way in Herefordshire and the National Pig Association
OLD cuttings and even whole copies of the Hereford Times going back for generations turn up in all sorts of places ... and they bring memories flashing back to many rural folk. One report of the annual match of the Wormside Ploughing Society 110 years
LUDLOW food and drink festival has performed a culinary coup with the booking of celebrity chef Raymond Blanc to launch a prestigious new catering for tourism award. The owner of the renowned Le Manoir aux Quat' Saison restaurant in Oxford will work on
OPENING up the hills for two wheels and two legs, the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre is blazing trails through the countryside for tourism. With the 30,000 visitor mark topped at the weekend the centre in Craven Arms is set to up its intake with the
FINANCIAL boosts to four community groups have been announced by South Shropshire District Council. The fitness suites at Cleobury Mortimer Sports Hall, South Shropshire Leisure Centre and Bishop's Castle Leisure Centre will all receive money to upgrade
A TOWN community is trying to pick up the pieces after a bitter showdown at a town council meeting which failed to give immediate financial backing to a fight against a waste transfer station plan. Half of Craven Arms Town council including chairman Dave
The public will have the chance to voice their concerns about changes to a killer road when a Highway Agency 'road show' tours the A49 in the autumn. Highway chiefs want to hear how residents in towns and villages along the 62-mile route with its several
CONSPIRACY, dirty tricks, and back stabbing have been alleged by Tenbury town councillor David Lewis in a shock letter of resignation. It follows an acrimoniously contested by-election held last week when seven candidates stood for the two vacant seats
