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And a big thank you as well to the owners, sponsors and helpers that made Dog Day a success.

The day featured some 20 fun competitions such as the scruffiest mutt and waggiest tail to the fastest sausage eater plus demonstrations including past favourites such as the Paws for Thought Display Team and Bliss Gate Dog Obedience Team alongside new additions including All Positive Dog Services, Little Nippers Lurcher and Terrier Racing.

Ultimately the day was about raising funds to help meet local need, and the Ludlow Rotary Club reckons it will have produced around £12,500 which the Club has earmarked for its own community grants scheme, Ludlow Rotary Cares. This year’s event will, in fact, bring the total amount which the Club has been able to donate to local charities and community organisations by holding this annual event in recent years to a staggering £145,000.

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On Sunday 16 July some 80 Ukrainian refugees presently living in the South Shropshire and North Herefordshire area, together with members of local support groups, enjoyed a day out on the Severn Valley Railway.

The day was organised by the North Herefordshire and South Shropshire Ukraine Support Group and the Ludlow Refugee Support Group, and was funded by the Rotary Clubs of Knighton and Ludlow.

It comprised a trip by steam-drawn train from Bridgnorth to Highley, where the refugees enjoyed a picnic lunch and a tour of the numerous steam locomotives and other exhibits in the Engine House Visitor Centre, before returning by train to Bridgnorth.