Three people have been treated by ambulance crews following a lightning strike on flats in Hereford this afternoon. 

West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to properties in Glenstall Close, Belmont at around 3.30pm.

Two ambulances, a paramedic in a rapid response vehicle and an incident support officer attended the scene.

Phillip Bettington was elected Mayor of Ledbury on Thursday 10th May at the Annual Town Council meeting.

The new mayor told the Ledbury Community Portal: "It is a great honour for me to represent our town of Ledbury. It will be a special year for me not only because of the Olympic Torch and Jubilee Year, but it is also my 60th year on this earth.

"I will endeavour to serve this town to the best of my ability with support of the Deputy Mayor and fellow Councillors, but not forgetting our wonderfull office staff. My charity for this year will be St Michael's Hospice."

A police spokesman for West Mercia Police:

"At around 4.30pm on 10th May 2012, police officers were called to a report of youths trespassing on the railway lines at the Holme Brook Bridge near Ledbury.

"This followed information from train drivers and members of the public who had contacted us expressing concerns that youths were causing a danger to themselves and others by sitting on and near the line."

A woman has been taken to hospital in Hereford after being trapped in the wreckage of the car she was driving for about an hour.

The crash happened close to the Newtown Crossroads, Lower Eggleton on the main Hereford to Worcester road at about 4.40pm on Monday afternoon.