Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

More than 4,000 people are expected to be at Hereford Racecourse, external on Thursday when it stages the first meeting in almost four years.  

Image source, Empics

No jump racing has taken place there since 2012 after ARC Racing and Herefordshire Council got into dispute about the future of the course.  

Four meetings are scheduled for this season and it is hoped up to a dozen could take place next season if the reopening is a success. 

More than 1,600 advance tickets have been sold and staff are expecting another 3,000 racing fans to turn up on Thursday. 

BBC Hereford and Worcester

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out today on the body of a Worcester man who was found at a property in the city. 

A 46-year old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder, but West Mercia Police, external says it is remaining 'open minded' as to the cause of the death. 

The man's body was found at a property just off Tolladine Road.

Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Some of the main stories today include:

- A post mortem is due on the body of a Worcester man who was found at a property in the city

- A backlog of more than 11,000 X-rays of patients in Worcestershire will not be fully cleared before the end of November

- More than 1,600 tickets have been sold for the return after four years of jump racing in Hereford

James Pearson
Journalist, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A backlog of more than 11,000 X-rays of patients in Worcestershire will not be fully cleared before the end of November. 

Earlier this summer the county's acute trust, external admitted the backlog of scans - some potentially life-saving - existed. 

When any X-ray is carried out, it is first reviewed by the doctor or nurse who wanted it and then later by a radiologist. If it had been following its own rules, the trust that runs Worcestershire's acute hospitals would check all these X-rays within a fortnight.

The trust has launched its own independent review of radiology. Health bosses now say all urgent X-rays have now been checked, although about half of X-rays from 2014 and 2015 have not been reviewed. 

Visitors to a ruined stately home in Worcestershire have a "once in a lifetime" chance get a close look at its famous fountain, which is being restored.

A viewing platform is being put up around the Perseus and Andromeda fountain at Witley Court.

Image source, English heritage

English Heritage, which looks after the ruined house and its grounds, says the platform will be in place until 28 November.

Designed by James Forsyth in Portland Stone and featuring 120 jets hidden among sculptures of shells, sea nymphs and dolphins, the fountain is to be fully cleaned and restored by April.

Witley Court is now a spectacular ruin after a devastating fire in 1937.

Worcester News

A woman has been arrested after the body of a man was found in a flat in Worcester, external.

BBC Weather Watchers

BBC Weather Watcher conan sent in this simply stunning picture from Chaddesley Corbett.

All the different colours are incredible. 

Image source, conan

Good morning. Some of the main stories we are looking at include:

- Post mortem due on the body of a Worcester man who was found at a property in the city.

- A backlog of more than 11,000 x-rays of patients in Worcestershire won't be fully cleared before the end of November

- More than 1,600 hundred tickets have been sold for the return after four years of jump racing in Hereford

BBC Weather

Early morning mist and fog likely on another largely dry and fine day. 

There’ll be more cloud around at times through the day but there’ll also be some sunshine. Highs of 17C (63F). 

Welcome to Hereford and Worcester Local Live on Tuesday morning. 

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.

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We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

It'll be a dry but chilly night for most of us - lows of 6C (43F).

Tomorrow it should be a dry day with some bright or sunny spells and generally light winds. 

Maximum Temperature: 18C (64F).

Police are investigating reports of an assault that took place close to Valley Stadium in Redditch, external.

The incident happened at about 16:00 last Wednesday, when a teenage boy was walking along a track between Bromsgrove Road and Redditch Football Club, West Mercia Police says.

It is believed an unknown man approached the teenager from behind, before grabbing his shoulder and hitting him a number of times. 

The victim fell to the ground and was further assaulted by up to three men.

Police have described it as an "isolated" incident and are keen to hear from anyone who witnessed the attack.

BBC Midlands Today

An inquest into the death of 18-year-old Tyrone Lock has been told he was high on ecstacy and the illegal herbal stimulant Khat on 20 November last year. He was seen on CCTV threatening the night manager at the Hill Valley Hotel at Whitchurch.

Police were called and when they arrived, the inquest heard he ran outside to evade questioning, wearing just his boxer shorts and socks in temperatures just over 4C (39F).

His body was found two days later by the greenskeeper in a pond on the golf course.

The inquest is set to last all week.

Environment Agency teams are out today at Ipsley Pool in Redditch undertaking emergency aeration to increase O2 levels to protect fish.

Image source, Environment Agency

BBC Inside Out

More big distribution warehouses are likely to be built in the West Midlands, according to a leading businessman in the region.

That's despite plans to close a major plumbing distribution centre in Worcester, which emerged last week.

Amazon already has a depot in the West Midlands and there are plans to add more rail freight hubs.

David Frost, chair of a Local Enterprise Partnership, says they're essential to keep goods moving whether we're in the European Union or not.  

More on Inside Out in the West Midlands from 19:30 on BBC One.

An inquest in Telford has been told that a teenager who died from hypothermia while being searched for by police, might have survived if he'd been found within two hours.

The body of Tyrone Lock from Hope under Dinmore near Leominster, was discovered on a golf course in Whitchurch, 48 hours after officers were called to reports he was acting erratically at a hotel.

Image source, Lock family

The hearing in front of a jury is expected to last all week.

Matthew Evans from Worcester was one of 60 drone pilots bidding to be named Britain's best.

National championships took place at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire at the weekend.

A man was found with suspected arm and head injuries in the backyard of Worcester Police Station in Castle Street on Sunday afternoon.

A member of the public found the 33-year-old at approximately 16:45 and an air ambulance was called, landing on the nearby racecourse.

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault, and has been released on police bail until 31 October.