Tour manager Bernard Young says the band faced difficulty with a "messed up car".

Improvements began at Cromwell Crescent Park in Worcester on Monday.

The city council says all-weather paths are to be introduced, along with more bins, park benches, cycle hoops, picnic tables and natural play features in the play area.

The iron entrance gate and posts - originally manufactured at a Worcester foundry - will be restored, and new railings installed next to Cromwell Crescent.

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Councillor Andy Stafford, chairman of Worcester City Council’s environment committee, said: “This investment will really improve the experience of visitors to this much-loved park."

The site will remain open while improvements are being made but the entrance on Cromwell Crescent will be closed for two months, with alternative access offered from Foxwell Street.

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A headteacher says his school is taking a cautious approach as pupils return this week.

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At Chantry School in Martley, Worcestershire, Year Seven students are back, like many across England and Wales.

After a year disrupted by Covid, most restrictions have been lifted, with face mask requirements and isolation bubbles gone.

Students at Chantry have had lateral flow tests and headteacher Andy Dickenson said the school was "being cautious, we are not being cavalier".

He said: "We have to wait and see what happens to infections and I think vigilance is key, hence the lateral flow testing that is happening today."

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A council says the owner of a landfill quarry at the centre of complaints about a noxious smell has appealed against a notice served by the authority.

In August, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council served a statutory nuisance abatement notice to Walley's Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire.

Thousands of complaints have been made over smells from the site and some residents and medics have claimed they have worsened people's illnesses.

The council said, external it had been told an appeal against its notice had been lodged by Walleys Quarry Ltd on several grounds, including a claim there was no statutory nuisance from the site.

The firm has not responded to confirm the appeal.

Birmingham Live

Some of today's Birmingham Live headlines include:

• Brave mum tells how she fled with three kids after domestic abuse terror, external
• Man knifed and boyfriend beaten up in homophobic attack in gay village, external
• Tragedy as healthy baby terminated at Birmingham hospital in mix-up with sick twin, external

More than 41,000 people have applied to be a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham next year.

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Organisers say, external interviews begin on Monday at the Library of Birmingham to whittle the number down to a final 13,000.

Volunteers will carry out roles including drivers, first aid practitioners and meet and greeters.

Laura Easton, Volunteering Special Project Lead, said the final group would be notified in February and later trained.

“We want to create a diverse and passionate group of people who truly represent Birmingham and the West Midlands," she said.

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Britain's Dan Evans said he "got a good, healthy lesson" after being outclassed by second seed Daniil Medvedev in the US Open last 16.

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The Birmingham player, seeking to reach his first Grand Slam quarter-final, lost 6-3 6-4 6-3 to the Russian, 2019's runner-up.

Medvedev, 25, has not dropped a set at this tournament and the British number one never got close to changing that under the roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

"He was a different level to me today," Evans, 31, said.

Police reveal the supposed first name of the Bournemouth sea rape suspect on BBC Crimewatch Live.

Darren Oakey fraudulently claims mileage after pretending to go to a London Pride parade.

Charlotte Jackson's son died after she reported fluid loss to staff at an under-fire hospital trust.

Money is raised to buy equipment for premature babies after Pamela Harvey's son Louis died.

Hundreds of bike riders from across the country rode to Meriden on Sunday for a service to remember cyclists who've died in combat.

Image source, Emma Aviss

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The ceremony, which was first held 100 years ago, usually takes place in May but has been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Meriden, near Coventry, is home to the UK's only known dedicated memorial to cyclists who've died serving their country.

Two men suffered serious head injuries following disorder in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday, police say.

The pair, aged 19 and 25, were taken to hospital following the incident on Stafford Street, Hanley shortly after 05:15.

They remain in hospital in a serious condition, says Staffordshire Police.

Officers are urging two other men they believe to have been involved to come forward.

BBC Weather

After early pockets of mist, it will be a dry day with plenty of warm sunshine and highs of 27°C (81°F).

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