Parish Poll

The question asked at the Parish Poll, held on 6th May 2004, was 'Do you agree that the Parish Council replaces the Pavilion and Village Hall with a single new building at Elms Park?'

The result was declared at 9.35 pm and showed a majority had voted against the proposal to build a new multi-purpose facility at Elms Park.

YES	NO
189	376

The total number of votes cast was 565, a turnout of 11.3%.

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'The Rudd' Becomes 'Rudd' and Goes Monthly

Chris Murden, owner and editor of 'The Rudd', has decided to take the publication monthly. The move is in part aimed at seeing off the threat from a new rival free monthly newsletter 'Ruddington News' which treatens to undermine the advertising market. The new style 'Rudd' will be available on the last Wednesday of the month and although the cover price has doubled to 50p, the publication has increased significantly in size and content since Chris took over earlier in the year. More controversial is the dropping of the definitive article from the name. Many find the contaction of Ruddington to Rudd hard to stomach, so how will they cope with the latest change. Will we see a Save the 'The' campaign? Let us know your views.

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Arson Disrupts Business at Ruddington Travel

The period around bonfire night was not a happy one for the owners of Ruddington Travel. Arsonists struck on the afternoon of Friday 7th November, using the letterbox in the door at the back of the shop as their avenue of attack. The fire smouldered for a couple of hours before it was spotted by a passer by who called the fire services at about 5.00pm. The shop suffered extensive smoke damage and requires a complete refit and replacement stock of brochures before it can resume normal trade.