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• Feast of words to leave youngsters feline fine

  There's a treat in store for children and families, thanks to a collaboration between Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow Library and Ludlow School. read more

• Orleton bow out of Junior Cup in the first round

  Pencombe 5 Orleton 2 read more

• Fabulous fungi

  FRY them, grill them or stew them. Like 'em or not mushrooms are in season but, be warned, only 10% of British fungi is edible. Wild mushrooms and toadstools both flourish in a warm damp climate but, if you don't know which is which, don't even touch them, let alone eat them! JEN GREEN picks over a few thoughts from Worcestershire's Diana Bateman and her Fungi Foray group. read more

• Fair stood the wind from France...

  Ludlow Homing Society's race from Picauville in France saw Mr and Mrs Tipton taking the first three positions. The society raced from Portland on Saturday for their last race of the season. Liberated at 8am Bernard Morse took the red card with Mr and Mrs Tipton second and Bernard Morse also third. read more

• Matthew in fine kicking form as Castle triumph

  Dixonians 0 Bishop's Castle 31 read more

• Croft run away with the honours

  CROFT Ambrey Running Club literally ran away with the prizes at Presteigne Pacers' Magnificent 7 road race. read more

• Best cards were in the afternoon

  LUDLOW Ladies' Golf Section held their open AM-AM meeting on September 17. read more

• Town add Racing Club to list of cup victims

  Racing Club, Warwick 1 Ludlow Town 2 read more

• Top award for Eco heater

  ONE of the main suppliers of heaters, climate control and water management systems to strawberry growers in Herefordshire has won a leading industry award. read more

• Politics has left the people

  JEFF Rosson (Letters, September 16) is right to be concerned that Ludlow rises above mediocrity. read more

• Time to stand up and be counted

  AS a frequent visitor to Tenbury Wells and an avid reader of the Advertiser, albeit a week behind, I am very surprised that more people have not written to you to express the gravity of the fatal decision to sell off the livestock market in the town. read more

• The Strettons

  n FLOWER CLUB: Church Stretton and District Flower Club members will be getting together next Tuesday, when Mrs Carol Hunter will demonstrate Under the Influence. Monthly meetings are held in the Silvester Horne Institute, at 7.30pm. Entry for non-members is £3. read more

• Tenbury

  n THE blood collecting team visited Tenbury Primary School on Sunday, September 9. There was a very good response with 136 attending, of whom 12 were first-time donors. A total of 127 donations were collected. read more

• Clun Valley

  n AMBLE: Enjoy an Orchard Amble in Clungunford on Saturday, October 16. Meet at Clungunford Parish Hall, at 2pm, when apple and orchard expert Diggory Kempton. will lead a short walk around a cluster of small orchards near the church. The trees are only a quarter of a mile away and Diggory aims to take about two hours. read more

• Bishop's Castle

  n CIVIC SOCIETY GARDNING AWARDS RESULTS: Best wayside garden, Little Garth, Bowling Green Close. Dr & Mrs St John Penney Rose Bowl for best hanging basket, 12 Oak Meadow. Kenneth Lewis Cup for best kept private premises, Holmleigh, Station Street. Robert Gwyther Cup for best kept business premises, Yarborough House, Market Square. Jack & Gillian Mawdsley Cup for best new or renovation work, 1 Laburnum Alley, off Union Street. The Civic Society will present the winners with their awards at a meeting later in the year. read more

• Wall's state is a crying shame

  THE story in last week's Advertiser, Visitor's anger at wall mess (September 4), didn't tackle the most obvious question. read more

• Credit where credit is due

  LET'S give credit where credit is due! At last someone is getting their act together. read more

• Don't sell jewels without consent

  I AM extremely concerned to hear that Malvern Hills District Council is trying to sell Temeside House. read more

• Spuds U like? Not in the lorries!

  WE are all rightly proud of the potatoes grown in our region but, this time of the year, the lorries that carry them away are an annual bugbear. read more

• Productive border land put up for sale

  Six productive and fertile blocks of agricultural land covering nearly 95 acres on the Shropshire-Wales border go for auction on November 4 at the Knighton Hotel, Knighton. read more

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