A cyclist has been airlifted to hospital after being hit by a van in Shropshire.
The man was seriously injured in the crash, which happened at the junction of the A49 and the B4365 in Bromfield, Ludlow, yesterday afternoon.
Paramedics found the cyclist lying in the road with multiple serious injuries, and gave him pain relief before taking him to the major trauma centre at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
Whether you love or hate bees, there is no denying that we all need them. But with the wet summers and harsh winters we've had, the bee population is shrinking rapidly.
At one farming estate in the Midlands, they've lost 102 of their 150 hives. So they've taken drastic action by importing £10,000 worth of bees, from Italy - to try to boost numbers. Kate Fisher reports.
£10,000 is being spent on bringing bees from Italy to Ludlow to replace 102 hives lost during the poor weather.
Read the full story£10,000 worth of bees are arriving in Ludlow today from Italy to repopulate 102 hives lost following the poor weather.
A Queen Bee will be placed in a hive before keepers open a box of the new arrivals and wait for them to swarm towards the Queen.
At Ludlow Food Centre their bee hives have taken a hit over the last 18 months following the bad weather.
They fed their bees a sugar solution over the winter to keep them alive. It seemed to be working, but they ended up losing 102 or their 105 hives.
Bees are being brought from Europe to Ludlow Food Centre, to replace the hives that have declined in recent years.
In Ludlow, 102 out of the 150 hives have gone, which is believed to be mainly down to bad weather.
The Food Centre has spent £10,000 importing the bees from the continent.
People have been allowed back in their homes after a medieval town wall collapsed in Shropshire.
Local residents were forced to leave their homes when the 800-year-old structure fell down in February. Nobody was injured.
Shropshire Council said its engineers were still assessing the 30ft stretch of wall and assessing what interim maintenance work could be done.
Repair work could cost £1million.
Experts say last years wet weather and frost were to blame.
A large historic town wall that collapsed in Shropshire could cost more than £1million to repair.
Local residents were forced to leave their homes when the 800 year old structure fell down in February. Nobody was injured.
Some of the properties in Ludlow are rented out as holiday homes and were empty at the time.
Shropshire Council said its engineers were still assessing the wall as to what interim maintenance work could be done.
Experts say last years wet weather and frost were to blame.
Police have confirmed a man in his sixties has died after being swept away by flood water.
They say they received reports just after 10.30 this morning that a man had been seen being swept away by flood water in the stream at Bitterley near Ludlow in Shropshire.
The man is believed to be in his 60s but police won't release his identity until he has been formally identified.
His family has been informed, as has The Coroner for Shropshire.
An earthquake measuring 2.5 on the richter scale has hit the market town of Ludlow in Shropshire. According to the British Geological Society earthquakes of this size are recorded but not usually felt by people.
This explains why emergency services in the area said they've had no calls relating to this quake. So how and when did this earthquake happen?
