'Sinkhole' road reopens after void is filled
Search for relatives of Somme soldiers
120,000 people expected to attend Victorian Street Fayre in Worcester
Debut for two Warriors; academy players
Updates from Friday 25 November
A senior Conservative at Worcestershire County Council has rejected criticism over not buying a prime Worcester leisure site, external - saying they are still interested in "targeted acquisitions".
Worcester Twinning Association has been awarded a grant of £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The money will be used to carry out Worcester City Council’s decision to have a temporary twinning with the village of Gouzeaucourt in France.
Image source, GoogleAt the end of the World War One, Worcester "adopted" Gouzeaucourt (pictured) to help it recover in the aftermath of the four-year conflict.
The Twinning Association plans to stage an exhibition about the relationship between Worcester and its adopted village.
There will also be a website telling the story of how Gouzeaucourt was on the front line or occupied for much of the war and detailing the help Worcester gave in the town’s post-war reconstruction.
Quote MessageWe hope that people in Worcester and from around the county will find it interesting and that it will enable the city to remember and understand the sacrifice of those who lived on the front line in France and Worcester’s generosity in helping them to re-build."
Liz Smith, Chairman of Worcester Twinning Association
Both the flood alerts issued for the River Teme in Worcestershire have been lifted, the Environment Agency says.
There is still a warning in place for River Severn at Court Meadow, Kempsey and Callow End, external.
Claudia Berry
Producer, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A 54-year-old E-Type Jaguar Roadster which once belonged to a princess, who used it to drive her pet panthers around a luxury island, is up for auction today.
Image source, BrightwellsThe classic car was given to Nina Aga Khan (pictured) by her husband, the Prince of Persia.
Image source, BrightwellsIt's up for auction at Brightwells in Leominster today.
The main A449 at Ombersley is closed, police say - we'll bring you more news when we have it.
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The first patient admitted on to Kidderminster Hospital’s new Wyre Forest Ward, external has given it the thumbs up, describing it as a “cut above a normal hospital”.
Herefordshire Council says it's been "inundated" with people coming forward to help the Syrian refugees who'll be arriving in the county in the next couple of weeks.
About 70 people have volunteered their services to help with everything from driving them around the area to helping them with their shopping.
Sixty people will be resettled in Herefordshire, while in Worcestershire there are already 38 refugees being cared for, with a further 12 arriving by the end of the month.
Barbara and Tony Joss are opening up their home for a refugee.
Herefordshire family offer refugees a home
Quote MessageThis is what we can do because we really want to help. I welcome any "newness" of this sort... people coming in and teaching us how to be with each other in a different way - I don't think we have all the answers."
Barbara Joss
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A rare E-type Jaguar that belonged to the wife of the Prince of Persia goes up for sale
- A 12-year-old boy had to have surgery after being attacked in Redditch
- Two flood warnings lifted on the River Teme in Worcestershire
Traders in Barnards Green are banding together to give the shopping area a boost after Lloyds Bank said that it will be shutting down its branch there, external.
A Kidderminster Harriers Ladies player is appealing for people to donate old football kit for her to take to Thailand next month.
Lauren Wyatt is visiting her dad, who lives in the north of the country, for Christmas and wants to distribute as much kit to children who live in the village as possible.
She says a lot of underprivileged families live in the area and she wants to help them.
Quote MessageI would just like some small football kit, probably under-13s, as small as possible really, to take over with me. I'm not looks for thousands and thousands [of items of kit] as it's only a small village."
Lauren Wyatt
About 600 properties were affected by the power cut.
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Jerry Chester
BBC News Online
Riverside walks in Worcester are impassable due to the River Severn bursting its banks, but the swans are enjoying somewhere new to swim.
Floods hit riverside walks in Worcester.
The leaves are falling, but the trees still look pretty, as these photos from BBC Weather Watchers show.
Johnqa photographed the leaves in Lyonshall, while Mags snapped the trees in Kidderminster.
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Image source, MaggsThe power has been off in 600 homes in the WR2 postcode area of Worcester since 10:00.
Western Power Distribution say they have engineers working to reroute their systems, and power will be restored "in phases" over "the next couple of hours".
A boy needed surgery after being assaulted while walking along a footpath in Redditch, external, police say.
West Mercia Police say the 12-year-old was kicked by another boy while walking on a footpath between Exhall Close (pictured) and Barnwood Close on Thursday, 10 November.
Officers would like to speak to a white man aged in his early 20s and wearing a grey tracksuit who stopped to check if the victim was okay.
Image source, GoogleThousands of elderly people are being abused in Worcestershire, external - with assaults, financial swindling and psychological victimisation among the tale of suffering.
Image source, Worcester NewsHere are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A Redditch man says he's been shot at by a BB gun while filling up his van at a petrol station in the town
- More than 100 people have offered help to the 60 refugees that are being housed in Herefordshire
- There are three flood warnings in force across Worcestershire but the Environment Agency say only two properties have been flooded so far
Only two properties in Worcestershire have so far been hit by floods, according to the Environmant Agency.
There are three flood warnings in force across the county, external.
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BBC Local Live
Using a mobile phone at the wheel is as dangerous as drink driving, the chief constable of West Mercia Police says.
A month-long enforcement campaign is under way and in the first three days 118 drivers were ticketed, eight in front of a police station.
Image source, ThinkstockNext year, the penalties double to six points and Anthony Bangham is expecting a big increase in disqualifications.
Opposition parties have voted through changes in the way the leadership of Worcester City Council works, despite the plans being opposed by the ruling Labour group.
The current system of the council being run by cabinet from the ruling Labour group will be replaced by committees, made up of councillors from all parties.
Quote MessageThe lack of clarity, issues about costs, how long it takes to do things, all these issues have to be looked at before we make a change."
Adrian Gregson, Labour leader of the city council
Quote MessageI think given the inconclusive election result in May and the the fact we've had four different political administrations in the last five years, it's time we had greater stability in Worcester, which means we have to find a new way of working together."
Mark Bayliss, Leader of the Conservative group
