A skatepark in Hereford has been cordoned off by police investigating reports of an assault.

West Mercia Police say a 17-year-old youth was assaulted in the skate park next to the Western Way and the Hereford Academy School by a group of other males, and suffered a head injury.

He was taken to hospital for treatment and later released, police say.

Image source, Go

Kate West
Journalist, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- One of the MEPs for the West Midlands is calling for a referendum on capital punishment

- An archive of hundreds of old school photos have become an internet hit

- Worcester Racecourse officials say they'll be implementing their specialist hot weather policy in place for this afternoon's meeting

A three-day auction of licence plates is being held at the Morgan factory in Malvern.

More than 1,500 distinctive number plates are up for grabs.

Image source, DVLA

A spokesman for the DVLA, who is running the auction, says a man has already driven from Chester and paid £4,800 for GR11 ACE which he is giving to his daughter Grace.

The DVLA has been running such auctions since 1989 and has raised £2.2bn for the Treasury.

The BR15TOL  number plate shown above sold for £20,000 at an earlier auction.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

The body of a Worcester pensioner who went missing while out fishing has been found in the River Wye in Powys. 

Police say they're not treating the death of 80-year-old Bill Barratt as suspicious. 

Westfields FC are still hopeful they will secure the signature of the former Hereford FC winger Sirdic Grant, according to chief executive Andy Morris.

Grant was one of the stars of Hereford’s impressive debut season in which they won the Midland Football League and League Cup double and reached the FA Vase final at Wembley.

Visa restrictions mean he can’t play at a higher level and Westfields are looking to add him to their squad after he played for them in a pre-season friendly at Welsh club Caersws on Saturday, 16 July.

BBC Weather Watchers

These great photos come from a couple of BBC Weather Watchers - the first one was taken in Mathon by BillCR.

Image source, BillCR

Wildeboy took this photo in Redditch.

You can send me you photos to feature on this page - email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.

Image source, Wildeboy

Kate West
Journalist, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A much-loved former teacher in Worcestershire, who died earlier this year, has left his pupils an unexpected present. 

Dennis Fisher kept a treasure trove of hundreds of school photographs taken at Samuel Southall and Elgar High Schools, which have now been put online, external. 

Image source, Fisher family

His widow Janet had planned to throw them away but changed her mind - now they've become an internet sensation. 

Evesham Journal

Worcester's £20m Cathedral Square overhaul has reached a key milestone - with demolition work finished on the exciting transformation, external.  

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Evesham United will host Kidderminster Harriers in their Worcestershire Senior Cup semi-final tie this evening. 

The kick off at Jubilee Stadium will be at 19:45.

A West Midlands MEP says he would back a return of the death penalty and wants the idea to be put to the British public in a referendum. 

Bill Etheridge, who is standing for the leadership of UKIP, says it's time for an "open and frank discussion" on the subject.

As well as calling for criminals to be sentenced to life in prison for a third violent offence, he also wants even more serious crimes, to face "the ultimate penalty". 

Kate West
Journalist, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- A West Midlands MEP says he would back a return of the death penalty and wants the idea to be put to the public in a referendum

- The body of a Worcester pensioner who went missing while out fishing has been found in the River Wye in Powys

- Worcester Racecourse officials say they'll be implementing their specialist hot weather policy in place for this afternoon's meeting

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

Mostly dry and bright, with sunny spells for most, but there will also be a few showers during the afternoon. Highs of 22C (72F).

You can read a full forecast on the the BBC Weather page.

BBC Travel

There are delays on the the A4440 Worcester southern link road between A44 (Whittington roundabout) and A38 (Ketch roundabout) because of roadworks.

Traffic is going slowly through the roadworks on the A465 Aylestone Hill between Penn Grove Road and Barr's Court Road. 

More from BBC Travel.  

Jerry Chester
BBC News Online

Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Friday morning. 

Here's what the early morning looked like in Broadwas, captured by BBC Weather Watcher, Tazzy.

Image source, Tazzy

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens. 

If you'd like to get in touch you can email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.

Live updates for Herefordshire and Worcestershire have finished for the day but local stories will be added automatically through the night. 

We'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with more live news, sport, travel and weather.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Worcester racecourse officials have been telling me their warm weather procedures will be in place for the meeting on Thursday.

The eight-race card is due to get under way at 13:50 and the course’s general manager Jenny Cheshire says the welfare of the horses is at the heart of everything they do.

Staff have been watering the track ahead of racing, while there will be extra veterinary staff on site as well as more drinking water at strategic places around the track.

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 A Pokemon game is a "major risk" to pedestrians say Worcestershire's road safety experts, external.

During the hot weather, more patrols will be staged around Gullet Quarry near Malvern by wardens from the Malvern Hills Conservators to warn people of the dangers of swimming there, police say, external.

Two teenagers drowned in the quarry during the hot summer of 2013.

Police say their Malvern Hills Safer Neighbourhood Team will also be patrolling the quarry, which has fences around it and signs warning it is illegal to swim there.

Yesterday the police were called to the quarry where a group of young people were swimming.

Kidderminster Harriers' chairman Colin Gordon has proposed his club should play Hereford in an annual pre-season friendly.

Gordon says the respective clubs' supporters trusts have offered each other invaluable support in recent difficult times for both clubs and the annual fixture would be a good way of recognising these efforts.

The clubs are due to meet in a pre-season game at Aggborough on Tuesday, 26 July and the Harriers chairman says they would be happy to head to Edgar Street for a return game next summer.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

Any heavy showers or thunderstorms will die away during the evening leaving some late sunny intervals to end the day. 

Feeling a bit fresher compared with last night - lows of 16C (61F).