Overview

• West Mercia Police opened a homicide investigation after a 61-year-old woman was found dead at a home on Apple Tree Close around 6am on Saturday.
• A 54-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody.
• Forensic teams are working at the bungalow, which stays behind a cordon after a wider closure of the cul-de-sac was scaled back on Saturday afternoon.
• Crime scene officers arrived at about 10.30am on Saturday, and several police vehicles remained at the location on Sunday morning.
• Officers say there is no wider risk to the public, with higher visibility policing in the area, and St Peter’s Church held a short prayer service on Saturday evening.