No post mortem on woman embalmed after she died on honeymoon in Mexico
Worcester is a hot spot for fast food outlets
18 sites added to Heritage at Risk Register
Pennell and Te'o back for Warriors european game
Updates on Friday 21 October 2016
Jerry Chester
BBC News Online
One of our regular contributors, Paul Wilde, sent in some great close-up images of rain-soaked flowers.
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Image source, Paul WildeThere's a chance for you to give your views on Herefordshire Council's plans, external for a new southern link road and other measures to improve access to the South Wye area.
The planned road would run from the A49 Ross Road/Rotherwas Access Road roundabout to the A465 and the B4349 Clehonger Road.
The public consultation runs until 25 October.
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A West Mercia Police superintendent has apologised for concern caused to the public over the presence of armed officers in Bewdley on Wednesday.
Image source, John BeesonPolice say they deployed armed officers following "concerns for the safety of an individual".
Many people were shut into the town's Tesco shop, which police said was for their own safety.
Quote MessageIf we resolve it safely I'm always really pleased that we put the right resources and equipment there to resolve it, but I do understand that in Bewdley or indeed in any one of our Worcestershire towns or cities that we'd be in a position that people would be concerned, and (my) apologies for that."
Supt Kevin Purcell
A couple hired a busker to play for their first wedding dance , externalafter the bride saw him when collecting her dress.
It's checking overhead power lines around Worcester and Hereford for Western Power Distribution.
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Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A Norman castle in Herefordshire that had suffered years of neglect and is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register has been saved by a local community group.
Snodhill Castle, in Peterchurch, is a Grade II* listed building, and was part of a string of castles built by the Normans to protect the border between England and Wales.
Historic England is holding up the Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust, external as a great example of how at risk buildings can be saved.
The trust has now taken ownership of the castle, which was overgrown, inaccessible and where sections of the walls had collapsed, on a 999-year lease.
It says the historic building "now has a long-term secure future for the first time in centuries".
Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A Redditch man who took part in the rescue following the Aberfan disaster says people were digging with their bare hands when he arrived
- Worcester has the third highest proportion of fast food outlets in the West Midlands
- Chris Pennell and Ben Te'o are named in Worcester Warriors' starting line-up for the European Challenge Cup game at Sixways
On 21 October 1966, a mountain of coal waste slid down into a school and houses in Aberfan, killing 144 people, including 116 children.
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Furniture thieves have targeted the same Malvern DIY store two nights in a row, external, getting away with 18 storage benches.
A Redditch man who helped with the rescue effort following the Aberfan disaster, in which 116 children and 28 adults died, says he arrived to find people digging with their bare hands.
Robert Nash, who was serving with the Royal Artillery, drove down to Aberfan from his base in the Midlands when he and his friends found out about the disaster.
Image source, PAQuote MessageThe slide of slurry and the tip had come across the road and the playground - there were people literally digging slurry away from the buildings with their bare hands."
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
A mostly dry and fine day with sunny spells and just the outside chance of a shower. Highs of 12C (54F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
A prisoner from HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire (pictured) is due to be sentenced today for the murder of a child killer.
Victor Castigador, 61, pleaded guilty last month to the murder of Sidonio Teixeira in June.
Image source, GoogleTeixeira was serving a life-term for murdering his three-year-old daughter.
Castigador is already serving a whole-life sentence for the murders of two security guards at an amusement arcade.
Chris Pennell will make his comeback for Warriors this weekend against Brive, external in the European Challenge Cup at Sixways.
The England International hasn't played a game for Worcester since their final match of the 2015-16 Aviva Premiership against Saracens in May.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageIt's been very frustrating to miss the start of the season with injury but now I'm desperate to get out there on the pitch. I've been cheering the boys on but it's not the same when you want to be out there and helping your team so this weekend I'll certainly be looking to put in a big shift."
Chris Pennell
A £1.9m "black hole" is being forecast at Worcester City Council - with more cuts on the way, external.
Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A Redditch man who helped with the rescue effort following the Aberfan disaster remembers people digging "with their bare hands"
- The family of a woman who died while on honeymoon in Mexico fear they will never know what killed her
- Eighteen properties in Herefordshire and Worcester added to the Heritage at Risk Register
All week you have been using Your Questions to ask about the West Midlands. Here are some of our answers.
Read MoreChildren's services bosses for Worcestershire will be questioned by councillors this morning over cuts to the county's children's centres.
Worcestershire County Council has approved plans to transfer the running of many centres to schools, which paves the way for more than £3m of cuts.
Labour councillors have "called in" the decision, as they don't believe it's clear how and why the centres will be affected.
The council insists none of the 32 buildings the authority owns will close.
Eighteen churches, castles and other historic sites in Herefodshire and Worcestershire have been added to the Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register.
The sites are considered to be at risk of being lost through neglect or decay.
Image source, GoogleProperties added in Herefordshire:
- St Mary church, Craswell (pictured)
- St James church, Cradley
- St Giles church, Goodrich
- St James church, Kinnersley
- St Michael and All Angels church, Croft
- St Mary the Virgin church, King Pyon
- St James the Great church, Ocle Pychard
- Holy Trinity church, Preston Wynne
Image source, GoogleProperties added in Worcestershire:
- St Michael church, Stoke Prior
- St John the Baptist church, Mamble
- Chapel and cloister at the Convent of the Holy Name, Malvern
- Westwood House
- St James church, Norton Juxta Kempsey
- The Almonry, Evesham
- St Mary's church, Hanley Castle
- St Helen's church, Worcester
- Edgar Tower, Worcester (pictured)
- Park Wood Camp, Ipsley
There are temporary traffic lights on Hylton Road.
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The family of a Herefordshire woman who died while on honeymoon in Mexico fear they will never find out the cause because her body was embalmed by the authorities there.
Chris Fensome's family believe she died after eating contaminated fish, but say a post-mortem examination can't be reliable because her body was embalmed before being repatriated.
Image source, James BowyerHer brother, James Bowyer, says the family face the heartache of never knowing why she died.
Quote MessageFrom going out for a meal at nine o'clock laughing and joking and enjoying life [to] a few hours later not being here having consumed a fish meal that has a history of containing these toxins - that's all we can go on, the higher probability of what caused her death, but we'll never know."
James Bowyer
