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Updates on Friday 4 August 2017
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.
Andrew Easton
Presenter, BBC Hereford and Worcester
A crisp company based in Leominster is lending its name to one of women's sports biggest events.
Image source, TyrrellsTyrrells Crisps has been named as the main sponsor of the Women's Rugby Premier 15s Championship.
It means the domestic elite rugby competition will be branded as the Tyrrells Premier 15s.
Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Worcestershire batsman, Joe Clarke, says he's worked hard on his game to ensure he's become a more effective t20 Blast player.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 25-year-old hit 124 not out from 53 balls to help his side beat Durham Jets at New Road at the weekend.
The Rapids' next match is against Birmingham Bears at Edgbason on Friday evening.
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
After a day of some rain and some sunshine, here's how the rest of today and the start of tomorrow is looking across the West Midlands.
You can also get up-to-date forecasts at any time for your part of the region via the BBC Weather website.
Shefali Oza
A Shropshire farmer has been told that his dogs must be destroyed because there is a risk they will kill more lambs.
Two rottweiler cross-breeds belonging to Charles Ross-Robertson killed 35 lambs at a farm in Risbury, near Leominster, in September and another 20 lambs were so badly injured they had to be put down.
Image source, GoogleIn passing sentence this afternoon, the chair of the magistrates bench at Hereford, Lavinia Sole, said: "If the dogs get out again then they’re likely to do the same. You have a drink problem so we cannot risk the chance."
She said she wasn't satisfied a suspended destruction order would be sufficient, adding "farmers must be protected from these dogs".
Felicity Sanderson
BBC Hereford & Worcester
A church warden in Worcester says she isn't convinced by a move to enable church congregations across the country to donate to church collections through digital payments.
Image source, PAForty churches have so far been equipped with handheld terminals which allow contributions up to the value of £30 pounds to be paid through a contactless card.
However Rachel Cramp, the warden at Claines Church in Worcester, says poor internet connection will mean the system won't work everywhere.
Quote MessageIt's not going to work everywhere...a lot of our churches...[can't get a] Wi-fi signal.
Rachel Cramp, Warden at Claines Church in Worcester
Alistair Binney
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A couple from Bromsgrove who lost their baby daughter are preparing to launch a music festival to raise funds towards a maternity unit for families going through a similar bereavement.
Samantha Pedley and Daniel Roberts' daughter Poppy was born sleeping at 18-weeks-old in May this year.
The couple stayed in the specialist Faye Turner Bereavement Suite at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after Poppy was born.
Samantha and Daniel are now organising the event - called PERfest - to help raise money towards the £60,000 pound cost of a second suite.
Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester
The former England captain Alistair Cook has told the BBC that Worcestershire's Moeen Ali deserves more credit for his achievements.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe spinner took a hat-trick to wrap up the third test against South Africa and Cook says the spotlight should fall on a player he's described as the team's "unsung hero".
Quote MessageIt has been an amazing series for Mo, he is a legend. He is kind of the glue in our team, he is the unsung hero in one sense.
Alistair Cook, Former England captain
Magistrates also order the two Rottweilers who killed the lambs be destroyed.
Read MoreThe owner of dozens of lambs killed or injured by two dogs says the attack cost him £25,000 and his "livelihood".
Tom Hadley says he lost his livelihood after dozens of his lambs were killed
Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, was handed a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to owning the rottweiler cross-breeds which killed the sheep at Risbury in Herefordshire last September.
Farmer Tom Hadley says four years of breeding was destroyed with the death of his lambs.
Quote MessageHe thinks his dogs have just killed some sheep, but there's more of a bigger picture than that. It's four years worth of breeding, it's £25,000 financial costs and it's my livelihood.
Tom Hadley, Lamb owner
A man thought to be in the Worcester area is being hunted by the police, external after failing to surrender to court.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceWest Mercia Police say Paul Lucitt, 27, is wanted on warrant after he failed to turn up for trial on a charge of sexual assault.
Listen to BBC local radio commentary from Tuesday's National League and National League North action.
Read MoreA deer has died after getting trapped in a ditch near Cleobury Mortimer last night.
The fire service were called at 22:41 to reports it was was in distress at the bottom of the 7ft (2m) hole, which contained water.
When they arrived they found the animal was dead and was being removed by the landowner.
A Kidderminster man who ignored a fixed penalty notice for littering and then failed to show up in court has been fined nearly £500.
Image source, Getty ImagesThomas Davies, from Whitley Close, was caught dropping a pill packet on Vicar Street in January this year.
He was handed a £75 fixed-penalty notice, which he didn't pay, and was then fined for missed a court hearing last Friday.
Bob Hockenhull
BBC Midlands Today
A Shropshire man who allowed his two rottweiler cross-breed dogs to kill and injure dozens of lambs last September has been given a 12-month community order and magistrates in Hereford have ordered the dogs to be destroyed.
Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, has previously pleaded guilty to owning the dogs which killed the sheep, valued at more than £25,000, at Risbury in Herefordshire.
He had contested an order for the destruction of the dogs.
Plans to build a new free school in Hereford for teenagers with severe learning disabilities are to be considered.
The school, which would be built next to the city's sixth form college, would provide education for 16 to 19-year-olds.
The council, together with the Department for Education, will be considering building proposals from interested firms between now and November.
BBC News Travel
Trains between Worcester and Hereford could be delayed.
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Two masked men have struck a Great Witley petrol station, external in an early morning armed robbery.
The Evesham-born athlete, Alex Gregory, is part of a team who hope to become the first to row across the Arctic Ocean.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Olympic gold medalist is one of six men who hope to complete the 2,000 mile (3,200km) journey in less than a month.
The 33-year-old will leave from Svalbard in Norway when he begins the challenge later this week.
Severn Trent has announced it's to carry out work to upgrade its water network in Kidderminster town centre during the school holidays.
Image source, GoogleThe firm will be working on Green Street to connect a new pipe and install a valve from Sunday, 13 August.
The project is expected to take around three weeks to complete.
Quote MessageWe’re carrying out this really important work on the water network to make sure our customer’s water supply is always there when they need it."
Gareth Mead, Severn Trent
