Kidderminster Shuttle

An annual Christmas Fayre this week will raise money for a Kidderminster church , externaland their charitable work.

BBC Weather Watchers

A couple of great pictures from BBC Weather Watchers of trees showing their autumn colours before the winter winds blow them away.

Nannyg took hers in South Littelton, and Terry Gorsley caught the colours in Ross-on-Wye.

Image source, Nannyg

Image source, Terry Gorsley

Warriors' Darren Barry says the home defeat by the Northampton Saints was obviously disappointing, but he's confident the club is still very much heading in the right direction.  

You can hear full commentary on Saturday's game against the Exeter Chiefs on BBC Hereford & Worcester.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

The cloud will thicken from the north through the afternoon, but it should stay dry - highs of 9C (48F). 

BBC Hereford and Worcester

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

- The relatives of 12 Herefordshire men captured after the last action in the Battle of the Somme are being sought by a local author

- A busy Worcester road, closed after a void was found underneath it, is to reopen at 13:00

- Warriors name two academy players in the squad to rave the Exeter Chiefs

Worcester News

The road is closed under the railway bridge near the junction with Astwood Road, external after the hole, which is approximately two foot wide, opened up.  

Image source, Worcester News

Worcestershire's archive and archaeology service has released this fascinating photo of the first registration of a car in Worcestershire in 1903 - it was given the number AB 1.

You can find out more about its owner and the car's connection to the police, external on its website. 

Severn Trent engineers have refilled the void under Brickfields Road in Worcester.

An author is hoping to trace the relatives of 15 men from Herefordshire who took part in the final action of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

They had been transferred to serve with the Highland Division and were captured after fighting on the Redan Ridge - where there is a memorial to those who died.

These were the 15 soldiers captured:

- Herbert Adams: 11 St Martins Street, Hereford 

- Harold Clarke: Garway 

- Wiliam Evans: Knighton

- Henry Francis: Lower Eggleton (near Ledbury)

- Harold Ernest Gough: Llandrindod Wells

- Thomas Goscombe: Dursley

- Arthur Hamplet: Ironbridge

- Alfred Jones: Hentland (near Ross on Wye)

- Alexander Frederick James Palmer:- Norfolk (but originally from Hereford)

- John William Parry:- Pear Tree Cottage, Ledbury 

- James Probert:- Eign Mill Cottage, Eign Road, Hereford

- Charles Mann: Ullingswick

- Edward Williams: 32 Albert Road, Ledbury

- James Bumfrey: Eastnor

- William Goodwin: Marshalls Farm, Kilcot

Hereford Times

A car drifting over the central white line into the opposite carriageway resulted in a fatal crash on the A49, external, an inquest heard.    

BBC Sport

The 2017 County Championship will feature a full round of day-night matches for the first time.

Worcestershire will travel to Durham for their day-night match on 26 June. England players are expected to be made available for the nine floodlit games taking place 26-29 June.

The county's  County Championship starts on 7 April,  

Worcestershire open their County Championship campaign on 14 April away to Glamorgan and take part in their first One Day Cup match a fortnight later.

Image source, Getty Images

Worcester's annual Victorian street fayre opened last night - here's what the scene was like.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Here are some of the stories we are looking at this morning:

- An author is searching for the Herefordshire relatives of the men who fought in the last action of the Battle of the Somme

- A busy Worcester road that's been closed since a void was discovered under the surface should reopen by midday

- 120,000 people expected to attend Victorian street fayre in Worcester

Worcester News

A 22-year-old man who admitted having an axe in Worcester city centre, external in the daytime has been warned he is facing a jail sentence.  

Relatives of the men who fought in the last action of the Battle of the Somme are being sought in Herefordshire.

A century ago today 15 men from the Herefordshire Regiment, who had been transferred to serve with the Highland Division, were taken as prisoners of war by the Germans after fighting at Redan Ridge.

Author Pete Weston is eager to find out more about the soldiers whose story has been forgotten.

Image source, PA

A sinkhole that's closed a major road in Worcester since yesterday morning, should be fixed by midday, the council says. 

Severn Trent engineers have worked through the night to deal with a large hidden void under Brickfields Road, near the railway bridge.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

After a chilly start it will be a largely dry and bright day, with some long sunny spells in the south. Highs of 9C (48F).

Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

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

- Female healthcare professionals are twice as likely to experience domestic violence than the national average, according to new research by the University of Worcester

- Worcester road remains closed while a "void" underneath it is investigated by Severn Trent

- Relatives of the men who fought in last action of the Battle of the Somme sought in Herefordshire

BBC Travel

Brickfields Road in Worcester is still closed at the railway bridge, and there are diversions in place, while a "void" under the road is investigated by Severn Trent. More from BBC Travel.

Jerry Chester
BBC News Online

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

I'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.