Updates from Monday 25 to Friday 29 September 2017
Volunteers past and present will gather to celebrate 50 years, external of St John Ambulance providing first aid in rural Worcestershire next month.
Paul Wilde sent us these photos from a walk through Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, external's Chaddesley Wood.
Image source, Paul Wilde
Image source, Paul Wilde
Image source, Paul WildeA file is with the Crown Prosecution Service following reports of animal cruelty at hunt kennels.
Five people have been arrested after video allegedly showed live fox cubs being thrown to a pack of hounds at the kennels of the South Herefordshire Hunt, in Wormelow.
The five, a 37-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman, both from Hereford; a 37-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, both from Abergavenny; and a 45-year-old man from Powys; were held on suspicion of animal cruelty, but have been released from police bail.
The arrests were in connection with an alleged offence in May last year.
West Mercia Police, external said a file was with West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service complex casework unit and the investigation was "live and ongoing".
Hereford will be back in Southern League Premier Division action this evening when they will head to Frome Town.
The Bulls are on a good run of form, after winning their past six matches in all competitions.
There will be full commentary on tonight's game on 94.7 FM and online on BBC Hereford & Worcester.
A team of 30 women are set to swap the rolling hills of Herefordshire for the mountains of Nepal when they take on the challenge of a lifetime, external.
A man in his 20s died at the scene when two cars collided on Sunday night.
Read MoreWorcestershire's Moeen Ali (pictured below) has been named in England's 16-man Ashes Test squad.
Image source, BBC SportEngland, who were whitewashed 5-0 on their last tour of Australia, have included vice-captain Ben Stokes despite his arrest on Monday.
The all-rounder, 26, has a minor fracture in his right hand but is expected to be fit enough to take a full part in the five-Test tour.
Stokes was held on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm after an incident outside a nightclub in Bristol.
Hampshire batsman James Vince and Yorkshire's Gary Ballance are recalled, but Essex's Tom Westley misses out.
Uncapped Somerset seamer Craig Overton, 23, is preferred to Mark Wood, who remains troubled by an ankle injury.
A seven-year-old boy has died in hospital following a crash which left other family members seriously injured, external.
The number of cars being stolen in the West Mercia area has risen by more than 25% in the past three years.
Figures from RAC Insurance show in 2013, 291 vehicles were taken, but last year that had gone up to 368.
West Mercia Police, external said the rise in the recorded crime was down to a need to comply with national crime recording standards.
A quick-thinking optician saved a man's sight after taking him on a mercy dash to hospital, external.
A Fiat 500 car with a bonnet decorated by artist Tracey Emin could raise as much as £70,000 when it's auctioned at Brightwells, in Leominster, today.
It raised £200,000 for charity when it was first auctioned 10 years ago and it's been in a private collection ever since.
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Read MoreA former Worcestershire schoolboy (pictured), who was jailed for life in Hong Kong last year for the murders of two Indonesian women, is planning to appeal, his lawyer said.
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer British banker Rurik Jutting, who is in his early thirties, denied murdering Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujiasih, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
The jury found him guilty of murder.
According to Reuters, Jutting's lawyer, Michael Vidler, said his appeal hearing would take place on 12 December.
He added that the appeal would focus on the "directions given by the deputy judge to the jury", the agency reported.
A would-be mermaid from Worcestershire is appealing to swimming pools in the county to overturn their ban on her costume.
A would-be mermaid from Worcestershire appeals to a local pool over its costume rules.
Leia Trigger has been forced to search for waters new after management at a pool in her hometown of Bromsgrove told her she could not wear her tail.
Dolphin Leisure Centre prohibits tails as they "can cause injury to other swimmers" and "irregular currents".
Worcestershire have been guaranteed promotion to the first division of the County Championship because Northamptonshire cannot now overtake them.
Northants have been bowled out for 202, replying to Leicestershire's first innings total of 128, so they have only claimed one batting bonus point and can only reach 217 points, even if they win.
Worcestershire are playing Durham at New Road and have already claimed five bonus points in the match, so have reached 221 points.
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Worcestershire's cricketers look set to secure promotion to the first division of the County Championship at some stage today.
Durham resume their first innings on 142 for 5 with the Pears just needing another 4 wickets to ensure they're going up.
Image source, Ian Smith / Rex FeaturesThat would secure a sixth promotion in 15 seasons and a return to the top flight for Steve Rhodes' side for the first time since 2015.
There will be full commentary on today's play on 738 AM and online.
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People in Hereford may see the smoke and debris from a helicopter crash in the city today, but there's no need to be alarmed.
Image source, GoogleThe crash at Rotherwas is an emergency response exercise rehearsing the region’s civil and military response to an aircraft collision.
The initiative near to Chapel Road (pictured) involves the RAF, police and fire and ambulance services plus the Environment Agency and Herefordshire Council.
BBC Midlands Today
Motorcycle thefts in the West Midlands have risen by more than half in the first six months of this year, according to the Motorcycle Action Group.
The number of bikes stolen between January and June increased by 51% compared with same period in 2016.
Riders are being warned the rise could be due to vehicles being stolen to carry out crime.
Four hundred robberies by riders were recorded during the last three years.
A glassing at a Worcester pub which injured two men could have been far worse had managers not introduced toughened safety glass to protect customers, external.
A man who contracted Hepatitis C and HIV from contaminated blood products he was given as a child, is welcoming a ruling allowing victims to seek damages.
Lawyers for the Department of Health argued this ruling was "premature" as there was a public inquiry pending.
Thousands of NHS patients were given blood products from abroad that were infected with hepatitis C and HIV in the 70s and 80s. At least 2,400 people died.
Andy Evans, from Evesham, is now chair of the Tainted Blood campaign group.
Image source, PAQuote MessageIt's just been a case of banging our heads against the wall for the best part of 30 years, so to be getting somewhere now when it was looking like we would not get anywhere is just amazing really."
Andy Evans
