Updates on Tuesday 19 April 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 Wednesday
Live updates for Herefordshire and Worcestershire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Wednesday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
The official Hereford FC shop in the Old Market is ready to welcome fans travelling to Wembley for the FA Vase final on Sunday, 22 May.
Image source, Hereford FCThere are traveller communities in both Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Here's one woman's experience as councils across the West Midlands consider the need for more traveller sites.
Gavin Kermack
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A 30-year-old man remains in police custody following his arrest on suspicion of murdering a father from Hereford
- A petition to free a former SAS soldier jailed for keeping weapons as mementos of the Falklands War has so far attracted more than 100,000 signatures
- Jobs are under threat at a century-old Worcester engineering firm
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
This evening will be dry with some good sunny spells before dusk. This will lead to a dry night, but it will become cold with a touch of frost in rural spots and perhaps a few fog patches. Lows of 5C (41F).
Police officers from a Caribbean island have arrived in Worcester, external for a month long attachment with officers in Worcester CID.
An 80-year-old woman was threatened with a knife in her Redditch home by a man who stole cash, police say.
According to West Mercia Police, the man forced his way into the house on Bromsgrove Road between 15:30 and 15:45 yesterday.
Image source, GoogleThe intruder, who was disturbed by another family member returning home, fled with the money in the direction of the Queen's Head pub (pictured).
Dan Pallett
BBC Midlands Today Sport
I've been to the Herefordshire home of Champion Jockey elect Richard Johnson to look back at his long-held ambition to hold the title.
A service of thanksgiving to celebrate the completion of work to Evesham's bell tower, external is taking place with everyone welcome to attend.
The C2065 will be closed for 11 days. More from BBC Travel.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a dad who was knifed to death on Father's Day.
Christian Bagley was stabbed in the arm and back under Hunderton Bridge in Hereford after visiting his daughter on 21 June. He died in hospital.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceCampaigners from the Save our Sports Hall group were out in full force on Saturday at the Dolphin Leisure Centre to raise awareness for the plans to redevelop the centre without providing a sports hall, external.
Image source, GoogleThe earlier problems between Lichfield and Redditch have been cleared. More from BBC Travel.
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Gavin Kermack
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A Worcester company which has had a presence in the city for more than a century says it's planning to go into administration, putting 100 jobs at risk.
Image source, GoThe engineering firm Froude Hofmann, based at the Blackpole trading estate, says it's experienced a period of "significant losses" and low volume orders.
Quote Message“The majority of staff have been laid off while we decide on the most appropriate course of action, which could include amongst other options, the continuation of ongoing operations and a possible sale of the underlying business and assets."
Froude Hofmann statement
Gavin Kermack
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A 30-year-old man remains in police custody following his arrest on suspicion of murdering a father from Hereford
- A hundred jobs at risk as an engineering firm that has been in Worcester for more than a century plans to go into administration
- An MP is to meet health minister and senior NHS figures to discuss the future of Worcestershire's hospital
Worcester Girls U-18s are through to the final of the RFU Girls Cup after a 32-26 win over POW U-18 Girls.
They'll play Pulborough U-18 Girls, external on Sunday, 25 April, at a venue to be announced.
You can read a full match report on their semi-final win on the Worcester Warriors' website, external.
Julie Tyler
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
This 2m (7ft) card is currently on its way to Buckingham Palace by bicycle - Sidney Truelove, from Wellington Primary School in Herefordshire, is one of the many children who helped design it.
Bromsgrove MP and government minister, Sajid Javid, is set to meet with the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and the chief executive of NHS Improvement, Jim Mackey, next week to discuss the future of Worcestershire's hospitals.
At the meeting, which other Worcestershire MPs have been invited to attend, NHS Improvement will present its plan for securing services provided by Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust into the future.
Quote MessageDoctors and nurses in Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust work incredibly hard to care for patients. It's important that we have a long term plan to support their work if we are to ensure safe and reliable treatment for all."
Sajid Javid, Bromsgrove MP and business secretary
The daughter of a former SAS solider who's been jailed for keeping a pistol says he has an "emotional attachment" to the weapon.
Albert Patterson, who's 65, is serving 15 months in prison for keeping a pistol and ammunition from the Falklands War in his home in Hereford.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceAlmost 90,000 people have now signed a petition for the veteran to be freed, external, started by The Sun newspaper.
Quote MessageTwenty two of his friends died in a helicopter that was gunned down and I think the reason he had such an emotional attachment to this pistol is that he was meant to be on the helicopter and at the last minute he got taken off it."
Cheri Patterson, Daughter
A man has been airlifted to hospital, external after plunging from a height at the former British Sugar Site, off Stourport Road, this morning.
Image source, Phil Gudgeon
