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Stories for 27 April 2007

Farming

Successful succession in spotlight

Assessing the farm's assets and family aspirations are the catalyst to planning successful farming succession.  more...

Latest

Foodies flock to visit new £2.5m centre

By Jean Kingdon ONE week after its official opening, the new Ludlow Food Centre is proving a big hit with gastronomes The ribbon guarding the front doors was cut by Viscount Windsor, chairman of the Earl of Plymouth Estates Ltd, assisted by Bromfield resident Dickie Dykes, a former employee of Plymouth Estates Then, in scenes reminiscent of a Harrods January sale, scores of customers, press and assorted local and central government officers, councillors and other invited guests surged forward into the massive, gleaming food hall.  more...

Top restaurant owner buys town's Hibiscus

HARD on the heels of the launch of new Ludlow Food Centre, reinforcing the town's place on the gastronomic map, is news that a Michelin-starred restaurateur is coming to the town.  more...

Leisure

Author hears the call of the wild

A young author, originally from Tenbury, who specialises in writing about the macabre has been making his mark in the literary world with the publication of his second novel. David Hetterley follows his progress from the English class at Tenbury Primary School to the world of publishing in London, where he now lives. Full moon or not, the hunt is on...  more...

Hundreds booked for English song weekend

By Michael Baws MORE than 200 visitors are already booked to stay in Ludlow and the surrounding area for a special weekend of the best of English song.  more...

Join in the birthday celebrations

NEXT week sees the 14th birthday of Ludlow Assembly Rooms and everyone is welcome to join in the celebrations as the occasion is marked with an open day on Wednesday.  more...

OUT AND ABOUT

Sales TODAY (THURSDAY) & SUNDAY: Craft Market, Castle Square, Ludlow, open all day.  more...

It will be a hive of activity at RSC

THREE big events will be marked this weekend as the Royal Shakespeare Company celebrates the close of The Complete Works Festival, Shakespeare's 443rd birthday and 75 years of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with an unmissable day of workshops, discussions and events The birthday marquee will be a hive of activity with a full programme of practical classes and a new Theatre Discovery Zone providing a close encounter with theatre craft - from wigs and make-up to hats and blood-bags.  more...

Back at festival after 40 years

FORTY years ago a young Cypriot-born violinist called Levon Chilingirian played at the very first Church Stretton Arts Festival.  more...

Sneaking a look at stage

THIS is a sneak preview of how the seaport of Ephesus might look when The Comedy of Errors plays at Ludlow Castle at this year's summer festival.  more...

Letters

LETTERS

Where Mrs Pratt's council tax goes I'D guess that Mrs Pratt (What happens to our council tax money, Letters, April 19) has recycled the envelope in which her council tax bill arrived, so may not be able to refer to it.  more...

News

Town are on the brink of avoiding the big drop

LUDLOW look to have secured their West Midland Premier status thanks to an Andy Pugh 82nd-minute strike and leapfrogged fellow strugglers Bustleholme on Saturday.  more...

  
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