The Ludlow Food Festival in September has been cancelled over coronavirus concerns.

The annual three-day event brings about 20,000 visitors to stalls inside the castle courtyard and other traders around the town.

Organisers have also decided to call off the Magnalonga food-hike, which was due to take place around Ludlow in August.

How would League One have ended without coronavirus? Experts at University of Reading predict the 'final table'.

The League One and League Two seasons are both ended early after a formal vote by clubs on Tuesday.

A campaigner says having a monument to Clive of India is like having a statue of Genghis Khan.

BBC Weather Watchers

We've had a break from the showers, but the weather has remained grey and overcast today.

But it's not stopped the BBC Weather Watchers getting out and about.

These photos were taken at Leek, Hanbury and Ludlow.

Image source, Videoman

Image source, Mrs_Strivzy

Image source, Ken M

Planned surgery will resume today at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital in Gobowen, Shropshire.

The orthopaedic hospital suspended the procedures in late March because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Image source, RJAH

Patients are being tested for Covid-19 three days before surgery by attending a drive-through swabbing centre.

BBC Shropshire

Just over a tenth of eligible pupils have gone back to school in the Telford and Wrekin district.

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

It's a week since the youngest and oldest primary school children were invited back after lockdown eased.

The figure from Telford and Wrekin Council suggests 15% have returned, but doesn't include children considered vulnerable to the coronavirus and those whose parents are key workers.

Not all schools in the district have opened, external, though, and the council expects the number to rise.

Shropshire Council said it had no data available.

BBC Shropshire

A charity that supports rough sleepers and vulnerable people says £15,000 of extra funding from the government will barely make a difference to its running costs.

Image source, PA Media

Since the lockdown began, people who were on the streets or at risk of sleeping rough have been given emergency accommodation.

The Shrewsbury Ark has been among the groups helping and the government announced yesterday it would get a share of £6m split among more than 130 charities., external

But the charity's chair, Karen Higgins, says it has gone from a day centre to providing 24/7 service and, while it's grateful for the extra money, the costs have been "absolutely astronomical".

"It's not just a case of putting a roof above someone's head. If that is all it was, then the problem would be solved. The issue is far more it's the care and the support that is needed to help people that really are struggling," she said.

BBC Weather Watchers

We thought we'd bring you a few more of the colourful photos taken by our local BBC Weather Watchers.

These are from Suttonwalker in Great Barr, Sandwell, Freckles in Rudyard, Staffordshire and Shropshire Lass in Ludlow, Shropshire:

Image source, Suttonwalker

Image source, Freckles

Image source, Shropshire Lass

A decision about the future of the League One season is likely to be made on Tuesday - how might clubs vote?

BBC Weather Watchers

It may be a cloudy start to the week, but our local BBC Weather Watchers have been out snapping photos from where they live.

Read here how you can become one of them.

In the meantime, here are three from users Les at Large in Wolverhampton, GrahamR in Atcham, Shropshire, and BoardWalk in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire:

Image source, Les at Large

Image source, GrahamR

Image source, BoardWalk

Patients seeking dental care and treatment in the West Midlands are being warned not to expect a full service immediately from today.

Image source, Getty Images

Practices were told last week that they could reopen from 8 June, if they put in place appropriate safety measures.

But the British Dental Association has warned there will only be a "skeleton service" because of a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).

In Shropshire, Ludlow dentist Chetan Kapoor said the surgery had only see a handful of patients at first.

While in Staffordshire, Zoe Wray's practice in Birches Head, near Stoke-on-Trent, is reopening but she said there was a huge backlog to get through first.

"It's going to be just one patient an hour. It's going to be ring us when you get to the practice so that we can then let you in when we are ready. Just one patient in the practice at a time for that hour."

Allen Cook
BBC News

A mural's been chalked by a woman on the side of her house in tribute to George Floyd.

Image source, Margo Rose Benson

Mr Floyd, an African-American man, died in police custody and his death's sparked protests across the world.

Margo Rose Benson, from Telford, told the BBC she chalked the mural over the weekend to show her support in a peaceful manner.

"I am a white woman who has had to watch as a child the racial abuse that my family and friends have had to suffer," she added.

The fire destroyed much of the playground the night before the nursery was due to reopen.

The body of a man was discovered at Clive Barracks in Tern Hill, Shropshire.

A photographer says watching animals' interaction has brought comfort as people keep apart.

Rebecca Elkiraa says her driveway was a pile of rubble before some kind builders took pity on her.

A kidnapping investigation's been launched after a man was "forced" by a stranger to drive him from Shropshire to a ferry port.

Police said the driver, in his 30s, was on Holyhead Road, Bicton, near Shrewsbury, this morning when a man approached him and made the "demand".

The West Mercia force revealed no additional details about that exchange, but said the journey came to an end near Birmingham when the driver stopped his vehicle and sought help from highway workers.

Detectives have released a description of the suspect., external

Local Democracy Reporting Service

The Local Democracy Reporting Service has been covering these stories in Shropshire this week:

• Nearly 25,000 tonnes of medical waste from hospitals, GP surgeries and other health facilities will be processed annually at a converted warehouse in Telford after plans were approved. Telford and Wrekin Council said Stericyle can use the three-acre site on Stafford Park 18 to replace its current facility near Cannock which it intends to close.

Image source, Getty Images

• Shropshire Council's new housing company will build 18 houses and six bungalows in Ellesmere if plans are approved next week. Cornovii Developments Ltd was launched last year by the authority to tackle the county's housing shortage and this will be its third location following other plans for Shrewsbury and a site near Oswestry.
• A narrow street in Shrewsbury will be made one-way to vehicles on 11 June in order to allow pedestrians to social distance. The "experimental" change on New Street will be in place for up to 18 months while Shropshire Council gets feedback on the move.

BBC Weather Watchers

Today has been a mixed bag when it comes to the weather - bright skies one moment, showers the next. And our BBC Weather Watcher photos really reflect that.

Here are three from users Jon in Barlaston, Staffordshire; Mollies Meadow in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire; and Ken M in Ludlow, Shropshire:

Image source, Jon

Image source, Mollies Meadow

Image source, Ken M