BBC Local Live: Herefordshire & Worcestershire on Friday 7 October 2016

Summary

Assault and dangerous driving arrest by badger cull officers
Cash machine raided at Herefordshire garage
Overrunning bridge work brings rush-hour jams in Worcester
Pupils put questions to the Archbishop of Canterbury
Updates on Friday 7 October 2016

Live Reporting

Jerry Chester

Worcester bid to build on first Aviva Premiership winpublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
BBC Hereford and Worcester
Worcester Warriors, external head to Leicester Tigers on Saturday with the pressure off to some degree after they recorded their first Aviva Premiership win of the season against Newcastle Falcons last weekend.
Image source, David Jones/Getty Images
Ben Te'o and Dean Hammond are among those players to have recovered from injury and both will be available for selection.
Warriors second row Darren Barry says the 11-9 victory over the Falcons had given everyone at the club a major lift.
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Much needed. I think one was coming we always felt with the two games here that we drew that a win was on its way, so (I) don't think there [were] any panic stations as such."
Darren Barry, Warriors second row
CCTV system to work with Facewatchpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Hereford Times
Images from Herefordshire's CCTV's service will be shared with an online portal, external which is used as a crime reporting tool.
'Leopard-sized cat believed to have been seen'published at 16:35 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
A "leopard-sized cat" was believed to have been seen on three separate occasions in a field in Upton-upon-Severn, West Mercia Police, external said.
The force said it had had no reports of livestock injured or killed.
Supt Kevin Purcell said: "Like many police forces, we occasionally receive reports of believed sightings of a leopard-sized cat.
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As a precaution, we are engaging with local wildlife experts and other similar professional organisations in case an animal is located. "If anyone believes they see the animal, please note the location and call police on 101 or 999 in an emergency."
Supt Kevin Purcell, West Mercia Police
Coroner to write to police following teenager's deathpublished at 16:30 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
The Shropshire coroner says he will write to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police, saying lessons must be learnt from the death of a teenager at the Hill Valley Hotel golf club near Whitchurch.
An inquest jury concluded this afternoon that "significant police failings" contributed to the death of 18-year-old Tyrone Lock last November.
In a narrative verdict, the jury said the police inappropriately classed him as a suspect, rather than a vulnerable person, when he ran away from officers and that they should have made a second request for a search helicopter, when their first request was turned down.
The inquest heard Mr Lock died of hypothermia and that his body was not found for 48 hours.
Coroner John Ellery said he would also write to the National Police Air Service, because there had been a "clear misunderstanding".
Golf course inquest finds police failings contributed to Tyrone Lock's deathpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
An inquest into the death of a teenager at a golf course near Whitchurch has concluded that "significant police failings" contributed to his death.
A jury in Telford had heard evidence that Tyrone Lock, who was 18 and from Herefordshire, had been taking drugs before he died.
Image source, Lock family
Lock had fled onto the golf course after police were called to reports he had been acting aggressively and his body was found two days later.
The inquest this afternoon recorded a narrative verdict.
Kidderminster Shuttle back page: Harriers put promotion credentials to testpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Kidderminster Shuttle
Kidderminster Harriers will put their promotion credentials to the test, external this Saturday when league leaders AFC Fylde visit Aggborough.
Image source, Kidderminster Shuttle
Your Questions: The mystery of the missing memorial benchpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online
Celia Hatfield used Your Questions to ask: "What happened to the memorial bench in Church Road, Malvern Link?"
The bench, which remembered Staffordshire-born soldier Pte Norman Caswell Sayer, is being repaired.
It will be returned in time for the centenary of his death in April 2017.
Image source, Google
Shot fired as men threatened in Malvernpublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Two men have been threatened with a baseball bat and a gun in Malvern, external, police say.
West Mercia Police said the men, in their 20s, were approached by another three at the junction of Pickersleigh Road and Pickersleigh Avenue (pictured) yesterday at about 19:10.
Image source, Google
Police say a gun was fired but no-one was injured.
A 24-year-old and a 21-year-old from Malvern have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and are currently in police custody, a force spokesman says.
Latest: Arrests after shot fired; racing returns to Hereford; man 'can't take driving test on steam roller'published at 15:00 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
BBC Hereford and Worcester
Today's headlines include:
- Two men have been threatened with a baseball bat and a gun in Malvern, external, police say.
- Racing is under way at Hereford for the first time in four years
- A man has been told he can't take a driving test on his steam roller because it doesn't have rubber tyres
China plans Shakespeare's Stratfordpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
William Shakespeare may be celebrated in China with a development attempting to replicate his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Kidderminster Shuttle front page: Safety fears over revamped squarepublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Kidderminster Shuttle
Angry councillors have accused authority bosses of putting pedestrians in danger of being run over, external in a busy part of Kidderminster town centre which has been transformed into a public square.
Image source, Kidderminster Shuttle
West Midlands UKIP MEP sends best wishes to Steven Woolfepublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
The West Midlands UKIP MEP, Bill Etheridge, says he's wishing "all the best" to his fellow party MEP Steven Woolfe (pictured) who's in hospital after an apparent "altercation" at a meeting of the party's MEPs.
Image source, PA
Nigel Farage says Mr Woolfe is in a "serious" condition following the incident in Strasbourg.
Mr Woolfe, MEP for the North West, was taken to hospital in Strasbourg for tests.
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Watch: First runners and riders ready for the off in Herefordpublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
The first race at Hereford Racecourse for four years was off at 14:00.
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Watch: Racing returns to Hereford after a four-year gappublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester
National Hunt racing will return to Hereford Racecourse, external today.
In my video, executive director Rebecca Davies and other senior figures from ARC Racing and Leisure Group, external outline how the preparations have been going.
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Hereford Racecourse reopens after four year gap
Mystery of the missing memorial benchpublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
A "missing" bench in memory of a First World War soldier will be returned in time for the centenary of his death.
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Travel: Race goers cause congestion in Herefordpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
BBC Travel
Hereford Racecourse is staging its first meeting for four years, and there is congestion in the city as a result.
There are delays on the A4103 in Holmer between the starting gate roundabout and the Canon Pyon junction. More from BBC Travel.
On air: BBC Midlands Todaypublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Nicola Beckford
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today
Jump racing makes a much-anticipated return to Hereford this afternoon, four years after it last took place.
You can find out more on BBC Midlands Today at 13:30 and 18:30 on BBC One.
Worcester News front page: 'He was such a lovely man'published at 13:15 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Worcester News
Police have named the man whose body was found at a flat in Tolladine Road, external, Worcester, as David Jones.
Image source, Worcester News
Watch: Weather for the Herefordshire and Worcestershirepublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather
Staying rather cloudy through this afternoon, although there will be some brighter breaks. It will remain rather breezy too, which will add to the slightly cooler feel. Highs of 15C (59F).
No driving test on steam roller as it 'doesn't have rubber tyres'published at 12:54 British Summer Time 6 October 2016
A Worcestershire man has been told he can't take a driving test on his steam roller because it doesn't have rubber tyres.
Image source, Neil Urquhart
Neil Urquhart (pictured in the white shirt above), who lives in Redditch, was due to take a test on the vintage machine, which has metal rollers, today.
Mr Urquhart explains what happened after he was asked to contact the DVSA.
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When I rang them, they said the condition is that the vehicle must be fitted with rubber tyres for it to be operated on the public highway, which is kind of absurd because how could any road roller work if it only has rubber tyres. It wouldn't flatten the ground properly, would it?"
Neil Urquhart, Redditch resident
The BBC has contacted the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, external (DVSA) but was awaiting a response.