A CYCLIST was knocked off his bike in Warndon during heavy rain at about 6.30pm yesterday evening.

A rapid response paramedic and an ambulance crew were called to the scene at the junction of Hastings Drive and Woodgreen Drive and found the cyclist, a man in his 20s, on the roundabout.

He was taken to Worcestershire Royal Hospital with suspected back and leg injuries and grazes to his arm. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.