CRIME: On September 6, Mrs Jane Edge, the 74-year-old licensee of the Queens Head, Ketley Sands, was murdered. A 40-year-old drifter called Frank Griffin was executed for the crime on January 4, 1951.

Venice Film Festival kicks off awards season and players are bowing on the canals, including 'Bugonia,' 'Jay Kelly,' 'Frankenstein' and 'The Smashing Machine.' ...