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Updates from Friday 30 September.
Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A new artwork marking the special relationship between the SAS and the city of Hereford is to be installed in Hereford Cathedral.
The regiment has been based in the city for 57 years.
Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Worcester Wolves’ head coach, Paul James, says a win over Sheffield Sharks on Friday would represent a solid start to their BBL Championship season.
The Wolves beat Cheshire Phoenix in overtime in their opening game of the season before going down 77-66 at pre-season favourites Leicester Riders in a game in which they led into the final quarter.
Solid start to season says Wolves head coach
James says two wins from three against three very solid teams would leave them in good shape as they head into a two-week mini-break in their fixtures.
They don’t play again until Friday, 14 October when Glasgow Rocks are due at the University of Worcester Arena.
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
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All-rounder Joe Leach is the new captain of Worcestershire, after batsmen Daryl Mitchell was "relieved of his duties" after six years.
Leach has been vice-captain for the past 12 months.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe all-rounder, who's taken 65 wickets and scored almost 600 runs in the championship this season, says being made captain is a "great honour".
Quote MessageI would like to pay tribute to Daryl who has done a fantastic job, got us two promotions and to quarter-finals, and I look forward to working with him as a senior player."
Joe Leach
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- Patients travelling to Birmingham in an emergency since changes at the Alexandra Hospital, trust claims
- A sculpture and stained glass window in honour of the SAS at Hereford Cathedral
- Mitchell "deeply hurt" by the decision to drop him as Worcestershire captain
Stained glass artist John Maine says his memorial to Hereford's links with the SAS hasbeen specially designed for the city's cathedral.
Featuring 3,000 pieces of glass and standing nine metres tall, it is set to be completed in April 2017.
The Special Air Service is to be honoured with a £1m memorial
Concerns have been flagged up about the costs of maintaining Worcester City Council's vehicle fleet, external.
Daryl Mitchell says being sacked as captain at Worcestershire has come as "devastating news".
In a statement on social media, external he says he is "bitterly disappointed and left deeply hurt by the decision".
Image source, Getty ImagesHe admits to having poor form at the start of the season and that he hasn't "been at his best as captain in certain parts of the year".
The club offered him the chance to resign but Mitchell says he is not "a quitter".
He thanks Steve Rhodes, staff, players and supporters at the club and say he will give his "full backing" to new captain Joe Leach.
Here's another selection of glorious sunset pictures - these were taken in Stockton-on-Teme and Pensax by BBC Weather Watchers Surfinglax and Menith Fox.
Head to BBC Midlands Today's Facebook page for an album of stunning sunset photos, external.
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Image source, Menith FoxThe number of drivers caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel has almost halved in five years, the BBC can reveal.
Some 178,000 people were stopped in 2011-12 by police in the UK, compared with under 95,000 last year.
The National Police Federation said the drop was due to fewer traffic officers.
Here are some of the figures for West Mercia Police.
However, the number of drivers attending a road safety course shot up from 481 five years ago, to 2,121 last year.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
It's going to be another cloudy day around Herefordshire and Worcestershire, with temperatures this afternoon a mild 20C (68F).
Weather for the West Midlands.
Worcestershire relieve Daryl Mitchell of the captaincy after six seasons in charge and appoint Joe Leach as skipper.
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Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- Plans to move some emergency services from the Alexandra in Redditch to Worcester have been criticised by a neighbouring trust
- The number of people in the West Mercia Force area being caught using a mobile while driving drops by almost 25%
- Worcestershire's cricket captain relieved of his duties
A new stained glass artwork marking the special relationship between the SAS and the city of Hereford should be in place by April.
The sculpture and stained glass window is called Ascension and has been created by the world-renowned, Royal Academy sculptor, John Maine
The work will include 3,000 pieces of glass in 40 colours.
The £1m cost will be met through through donations by the SAS Regimental Association.
A Birmingham hospital is under "significant" pressure due to downgraded health services in Worcestershire, a trust boss says.
Read MoreBuilding is finally under way on the £3.5m Waitrose development in Bromsgrove, external town centre.
Image source, Bromsgrove AdvertiserThe Special Air Service (SAS) is to be honoured with a £1m artwork to mark Hereford's long association with the elite fighting force.
Read MoreJennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
Chris Page used Your Questions to ask: "Where did the name of Hereford come from?"
"Quite simply, it means army ford from the Old English," said Rhys Griffith, senior archivist at Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre.
"The Anglo Saxon for army is Here.
"It is likely that Hereford had emerged as an Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical centre and a military frontier settlement by the end of the 8th Century."
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Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
The family, friends and former colleagues of a Herefordshire police officer have been honouring him 60 years after his death.
Sgt Brian Carter was shot and killed while he was serving with the UN police unit in Cyprus.
Image source, FamilyA special memorial evening was held at St Michael and All Angels in Lyonshall.
