A Ludlow pensioner attempted to murder his ex-wife by stabbing her in the face during a attack in broad daylight, a jury has ruled.
The immediate future of Ludlow Assembly Rooms has been secured after officials at Shropshire Council agreed to continue funding the venue for the next three years.
The death of a canoeist on the River Teme near Ludlow was part of a ‘freak coincidence’ which will ‘never happen again’, according to a devastated club colleague.

The restoration work at the Feathers Hotel
An historic hotel room “as rare as the Mona Lisa” has been saved after an overflowing bath threatened its destruction.
Ludlow faces a silent night on Thursday after an administrative blunder forced organisers of a major community concert to cancel the event.
An event to warm the hearts of lonely local people will take place in Ludlow on Christmas Day.
A breakthrough has been made in talks over plans to bring in glass doors at Ludlow’s historic Buttercross in a bid to stamp out anti-social behaviour.
The people of Ludlow will be given the chance to help decide what to do with one of the oldest timber frame buildings in Shropshire.
Ludlow is crying out for a floral centrepiece to turn its Bloom gold status into top category delight, say volunteers.
Ludlow’s fundraising Moonlit Mile, to raise money for the Severn Hospice has been cancelled by organisers after too few people applied to take part.