Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

A woman from Worcestershire has lost a court fight to divorce her husband. 

Philip Marshall QC said Mrs Owens' case was that her husband had behaved unreasonably and that the marriage had irretrievably broken down.  

Mr Owens, a retired businessman, disagreed and denied allegations made against him. 

He was against a divorce and said they still had a "few years" to enjoy, appeal judges were told. 

Barrister Nigel Dyer QC, who represented Mr Owens, said appeal judges should not overturn Judge Tolson's ruling. 

Judge Tolson had ruled against Mrs Owens after analysing the case at a family court hearing in London. 

He had concluded that her allegations were "of the kind to be expected in marriage" and refused to grant a divorce petition.    

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

Tini Owens, who's 66, has asked the Court of Appeal to overturn a family court ruling which said she couldn't divorce her husband of 39 years 78-year-old Hugh Owens.

Three appeal judges, led by Sir James Munby, the most senior family court judge in England and Wales, analysed the case at a hearing in London on Valentine's Day and dismissed Mrs Owens' appeal earlier today. 

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Appeal judges were told that Mrs Owens and Mr Owens had married in 1978 and lived in Broadway, Worcestershire. 

A barrister representing Mrs Owens told the appeal court that the "vast majority" of divorces were undefended in 21st Century England. 

Philip Marshall QC said it was "extraordinarily unusual in modern times" for a judge to dismiss a divorce petition.

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

A woman who says she is "desperately unhappy" in her 39-year marriage has lost the latest round of an "extraordinarily unusual" court fight.  

Tini Owens, who lived in Broadway, has failed to persuade a family court judge to allow her to divorce husband Hugh Owens.

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Worcester City's game against Stalybridge Celtic tomorrow will now be played at Altrincham FC.

Stalybridge have had problems with water-logging at their ground, so have opted to switch the game to avoid a fixture backlog.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Hereford's newly refurbished library is enjoying a boom in popularity, following a major refurbishment. 

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It was closed for over a year after workmen found asbestos, but since it re-opened in February, more than 500 people have joined up to become members. 

The library has become so popular that when it first re-opened they needed to order more books, to keep the shelves full. 

BBC Hereford and Worcester

A Worcestershire man will run the London Marathon next month to raise money for the charity set up by Jo Cox. 

Simon Bond, from Leigh Sinton, says he'll give half of the money to her Foundation and the other half to St Richard's Hospice. 

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Simon was a friend of Jo's says he was deeply affected  by her death last year .   

Hereford Times

A young woman drove up to the entrance of the SAS camp with two men clinging to her car bonnet , external , a court heard.  

A Herefordshire girl who has undergone life-changing spinal surgery in the USA is due to fly home later today. 

Ella Tomlinson, from Leominster, is 14-years-old and had a severe curvature of the spine. 

The operation cost her family around £140,000.

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The lighter nights are on the way. Get ready to say hello to British Summer Time on Sunday.

BBC Weather tweets this simple reminder. There's always a bit of confusion around on social media about when it falls.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

After some early cloud it should be a bright day with plenty of sunshine and highs of 13C (55F).

Don't forget you can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

The family of Ella Tomlinson, 14, paid £140,000 to fly her to the US after the NHS halted the spinal surgery.

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

Welcome to Friday, but most importantly, Red Nose Day! 

I'll be bringing you all the latest news, sport, travel and weather for Herefordshire and Worcestershire between now and 18:00.

If you'd like to get in touch you can  email ,  tweet us on @bbchw, external  or message via  Facebook, external .

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Friday.

Keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning. 

Dan Pallett
BBC Midlands Today Sport

The former World athletics Champion Steve Cram was in Worcester today, to launch the city's new half marathon. 

Cram wasn't the only well-known runner involved... Ben Smith is the 401 man - he ran an incredible 401 marathons in 401 days. 

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I was chatting to Ben earlier. You can see more on BBC One tonight, Midlands Today at 18:30.

A reality TV star from The Only Way is Essex has donated his long locks to the Hereford-based charity The Little Princess Trust. , external

Mario Falcone's ponytail will be used to make wigs for children with cancer and other illnesses, which cause them to lose their hair. 

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The charity has given away nearly 5,000 real-hair wigs since it was launched 10 years ago.

Worcester City have completed the signing of Rotherham United striker Kuda Muskwe on loan until the end of the season.

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The Championship club has also agreed to extend the loan of left-sided player Tom Rose, who will stay with City until the end of the season.

Worcester News

Worcestershire groups and organisations with plans to make their communities , external even better places to live are being encouraged to apply for funding.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

Some clear spells this evening, before cloud builds giving us overnight lows of 4C (39F).

You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

Two brothers who acted as property landlords have been fined £1,800 each after unlawfully evicting their tenants. 

Two teenage tenants returned to their flat in Bromyard Road, Worcester, last summer to find the locks had been changed and no formal notice of eviction given. 

Worcester City Council said the vulnerable tenants were forced to register as homeless.  

The brothers were each fined £1,800 and ordered to pay victim surcharges of £170 and costs of £1,290.

The number recorded sex offences against children in the West Mercia Police area rose by a third last year, according to figures gathered by the NSPCC., external

A total of 1,569 were logged during 2015-16 across Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire - an average of four a day.

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Out of that total, 434 were recorded against children aged 10 and under, while 72 of these crimes were perpetrated against victims aged four and under.

The NSPCC says that while police record-keeping has improved and young people are more willing to report crimes now, it believes there will be many more cases going unreported and it is asking the government for more funding to help the victims.