Flooding is continuing to affect parts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire, and the Environment Agency said river levels were likely to remain high over the coming days.

The rivers Lugg, Severn and Avon are all affected, external and more rain is forecast for the weekend.

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The Environment Agency has been clearing debris from rivers, but warned water could also come up through drains.

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A bus replacement service is running between Stratford-upon-Avon and Shirley, said National Rail.

Tickets are also being accepted on bus and Metro services.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

The Port Vale manager, John Askey, is reminding his players they can't take their recent run of good form for granted.

They've risen to eighth in the League Two table after four wins, two draws and just one defeat through October and November, but Askey said: "The players know that ever game is vital".

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Their opponents tomorrow, Scunthorpe, are just five points off the bottom of the table, but have two wins and two draws in their last five.

Birmingham Live

Some of the Birmingham Live headlines today include:

• Two jailed for helping run Quinton drugs factory, external
• Mum pays tribute to murdered shopkeeper, external
• Pupils told to stay at home following diarrhoea and sickness outbreak, external

BBC News Travel

A fault with the signalling system between Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill is blocking all lines.

Rail services are also being affected betweek Kidderminster and Stourbridge Junction where a vehicle has hit level crossing barriers.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Here are three of the stories from the LDRS reporter covering Worcester:

• Plans to demolish a former city centre nightclub and build a seven-storey student accommodation block with room for 83 students have been approved.
• A Green Party motion to introduce a proportional representation voting system for Worcester City Council has been rejected.
• A motion calling for action to reduce queues at Worcester's High Street Post Office was withdrawn after political arguments between Conservative and Labour councillors

A campaign has been launched to stop a community sports centre and pitches being sold to Wasps Rugby Club.

The premiership outfit recently announced it was buying Henley-in-Arden Sports Centre - currently owned by the Warwickshire College Group.

Wasps and the college say it'll benefit the town, but campaigners say the site will be exclusively for the rugby club.

Russell Cox from the Henley Sport Centre Alliance said he had met with the club who had outlined their plans.

"They said they were a professional sports club and obviously whatever's within this site would be for their use and their use only."

Police have made 93 arrests across Staffordshire over the course of the week and seized a number of cars, plus heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis.

The arrests included three men from Stoke-on-Trent suspected of online sexual offences and another three from the Fenton area on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm.

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The force said the aim of the arrests was to disrupt criminal activity and the operation had covered south Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

The RAF museum at Cosford will be telling the story of Jewish personnel during the World War Two, after getting funding from Chelsea FC owner, Roman Abramovich.

The Hidden Heroes project is going to be launched next year in time for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, and the museum, along with its sister-site in London, is asking Jewish veterans and their families for their stories.

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Interviews and animated videos are being planned for the exhibition and people with stories can either contribute via RAF Stories, external or by phoning 01902 376237.

Two wards at Crewe's Leighton Hospital have been closed because some patients have norovirus.

The hospital has said there will be no new admissions or visitors are allowed, to prevent the stomach bug spreading.

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BBC Sport

Olympic champion Adam Peaty says the International Swimming League is revolutionising the sport after 25 years of "doing it wrong".

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Fina, the sport's governing body, initially indicated it could ban athletes who took part in the ISL, but backtracked on the threat in January this year following a furious reaction from Peaty and many of his fellow elite swimmers.

The Uttoxeter athlete, who swims for London Roar, told BBC Sport the new privately backed format was "exciting and dynamic" and just what swimming needed following its launch last month.

"It's no longer about how we keep the current fans happy, they will be happy whatever," he said.

"It's about how we target ourselves to a new audience and how we grow the sport because swimming is one of the most watched sports at the Olympics."

Coventry Live

These are some of Coventry Live's headlines this morning:

• First of 3,100 homes approved despite last-ditch fight, external
• Coombe Abbey Park revamp moves a step closer, external
• University opens consultation on proposed parking charges, external

Staff at Warwick Hospital have shared their views on what the NHS needs from the next government.

Train passengers have been warned of more disruption to services on Saturday as train workers strike for a second day.

Rail, Maritime and Transport union members are taking action on seven Saturdays before Christmas.

The union has accused the company of refusing to pull back from a threat to "bulldoze through" driver only operation.

Parent company West Midlands Trains has previously said it had "never proposed driver-only operation" and was "committed to keeping a safety-critical conductor on every passenger train".

The firm said it would be running reduced services on its West Midlands Railways and London Northwestern Railway routes.

Three people who murdered a homeless man by beating him to death then dumped his body in the street, are set to be sentenced today.

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Sandris Abimeicevs had been staying at Olegas Borisovskis's Sparkbrook flat before he was attacked.

His body was found in a sleeping bag on Walford Road on 6 November 2018 and he had suffered more than 50 injuries, including brain damage and broken ribs.

Borisovskis, 60, Saulius Lemezonas, 45, and Vytautas Medeckis, 30, were convicted at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday.

Daniel Wainwright
Data unit - English regions

In some areas of the West Midlands more than four in 10 registered voters decided not to take part in the last general election.

Voters in West Bromwich West and Walsall North are among the areas with the highest proportion of non-voters.

Young people make up a big share of non-voters.

The British Election Study estimates that between 40% and 50% of those aged 18 to their mid-20s voted in 2015 and 2017, compared with about 80% of voters aged in their 70s.

If you think your vote doesn't matter, you could be wrong. The number of non-voters is greater than the sitting MPs' majority in 551 out of 650 constituencies: that's more than 80%.

You can find more on this story here.

Police in Wolverhampton have increased patrols after the suspected attempted abduction of an 11-year-old girl.

It happened on Monday afternoon as the girl made her way home from school on Deans Road.

She was approached by a man in his late 30s on the pathway leading to Neachells Lane, but a woman intervened and officers are keen to speak to her.

Express and Star

These are some of today's Express and Star headlines:

• Jailed: Rapist beat girlfriend with iron bar when she ended relationship, external
• Walsall 'vigilante attack' brothers jailed, external
• 'No immediate plans' for council to rescue Beatties, external

Four men convicted for their part in concealing a £3m Viking treasure hoard which “rewrites history” are due to be sentenced.

George Powell, 38, of Newport and Layton Davies, 51, of Pontypridd dug up about 300 coins, thought to be Saxon, in a field in Eye, near Leominster, Herefordshire, in 2015.

They did not declare the 1,100-year-old find, said to be one of the biggest to date, and instead sold it to dealers.

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They were convicted of theft and concealing their find. Coin sellers Simon Wicks, from Hailsham, and Paul Wells, from Cardiff were also convicted of concealment.

Wicks, Powell and Davies were also found guilty of converting the stolen hoard into cash after police traced several coins which had been sold to private collectors.