An official bearer’s torch from the 1948 London Olympics will be auctioned off in Shropshire the day after its modern equivalent returns to the county after being away just a matter of days.

An incredible collection of Mahatma Gandhi artefacts has been auctioned off in south Shropshire for £128,000 with the great man’s iconic spectacles fetching more than £40,000.

Items once belonging to Mahatma Gandhi were due to go under the hammer at Ludlow Racecourse today.

Pictures of the action at Ludlow Race Course on Wednesday, October 5.

Taxi drivers have hit out at council chiefs after discovering a key meeting to discuss hikes in licence rates in Shropshire will take place on the same day as Ludlow races.

The crowds turned out in force at a Shropshire racecourse for the first meet in nine weeks after frozen ground saw five events cancelled.

Racing was due to resume at Ludlow Racecourse today after frozen ground forced organisers to abandon five meetings in nine weeks.

Shivering Shropshire plunged to -7C (19F) overnight – and the weather again took its toll on Ludlow Races, which was today cancelled for the fifth time in a row.

Almost two months of frustration for Shropshire’s National Hunt followers look certain to end on Thursday.

Ludlow’s scheduled meeting tomorrow has been abandoned due to a frozen track.

Hopes of National Hunt racing returning to Shropshire at the start of 2011 are already in doubt because of the on-going cold snap.

The fresh arctic weather blast has accounted for all National Hunt racing before Christmas – with Ludlow amongst the casualties.

There was an end to an era at Ludlow when Race Club chairman Micky Wiggin retired after 16 years.

The first day of the new racing season at Ludlow was being held without mains electricity today after the finishing touches to a £1 million refurbishment failed to be completed in time.

Football medals won by former Shrewsbury Town player John Williams in the years following the First World War could fetch up to £1,700 at auction.

Ludlow clerk of the course Bob Davies today played down fears that Shropshire’s only racecourse could lose some of its fixtures.

Work has started at a Shropshire racecourse on a £1.1 million tower and building, including a members’ area and restaurant.

A jockey was airlifted to hospital with hip and pelvic injuries and another was knocked out after they came off their horses during a race meeting in Shropshire.

An etching which appears to show Adolf Hitler playing chess with Lenin and the board on which they played could collectively fetch up to £80,000 at a Shropshire auction.

Top Shropshire amateur jockey Richard Burton is “excited” about renewing his partnership with Cappa Bleu.

It was good to be back – that was the message from Ludlow racecourse officials as National Hunt action returned to Shropshire for the first time in almost two months.

It should have been a busy race day – but this was the empty grandstand at Ludlow Racecourse after the efforts of officials to get the jumps card on failed.

Today’s meeting at Ludlow Racecourse has been called off because of snow.

Shropshire horseracing followers look set to be left out in the cold this week.

The return of big-time amateur boxing to Ludlow has been hailed as a major success.

Thirteen paintings created by Adolf Hitler have failed to attract a single bid at a Shropshire auction.

A Hitler self-portrait and a signed edition of his autobiography have fetched £33,300 at a Shropshire auction.

Detailed plans for a £1 million development at Ludlow Racecourse have been announced. The plans are for a two-storey building which will include a bar, restaurant and roof terrace.

Major development work is being planned for Ludlow Racecourse.