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Herefordshire Council is warning that difficult times lie ahead financially, but it believes it has sufficient reserves to be able to carry on providing services.

Its chief finance officer, Andrew Lovegrove, said because of coronavirus "the future is going to be very tough for the economy and Herefordshire will be not treated any differently".

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The authority reported an overspend of almost £16m in the first three months of the financial year.

Class A drugs, £526,000 in cash and 200 weapons are seized in raids across England and Wales.

BBC Weather

We're forecast a dry day and there could be some sunshine breaking through the cloud, but it will also be breezy and temperatures won't get much above 13C (55F).

And that weather is expected to continue through the weekend.

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Andy Giddings
BBC News

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British Asian weddings are traditionally lavish affairs that tend to have hundreds of guests.

People are urged to avoid the area as firefighters tackle the blaze in Walsall, West Midlands.

Bertrand Traore is backed to be an Aston Villa success after a brilliant goal on his debut in the Carabao Cup win over Bristol City.

The video posted on social media shows fire tearing through the derelict building in Walsall.

AFC Wimbledon re-sign left-back Steve Seddon on loan from Championship side Birmingham City on a season-long loan deal.

Inspectors previously called on bosses to improve the safety of its emergency care departments.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow.

BBC Weather

The showers of the last couple of days are going to be replaced by clear skies and some sunshine in the West Midlands.

It's going to be a bit cooler that it was though, with temperatures unlikely to go higher than 12C (54F).

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Leyton Orient's League Two match against Walsall on Saturday is suspended as O's players and staff isolate following a Covid-19 outbreak.

Earlier we reported that a number of workers at Jaguar Land Rover's Solihull plant were self-isolating after 24 of them tested positive for Covid-19.

The firm has told the BBC seven employees at its Castle Bromwich plant had also tested positive and were self-isolating. Several hundred people work at the site.

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Those who had been in close contact with them have also been told to self-isolate.

The firm said it had been working with Public Health England and measures to protect staff included temperature checks with thermal cameras, social distancing where possible, face visors and hand sanitising stations.

Here's some drone footage, supplied by Skynique, of the new fish pass on the River Severn north of Shrewsbury.

The blocks you can see have been sunk in the channel to break up the flow of the water and make it easier for fish to get up stream.

A baby rhino at West Midland Safari Park has had his name chosen... by his mum.

All babies born there this year have been given a name starting with the letter I and keepers narrowed the choices down to a shortlist of two, before giving Seto the final say - and as you can see, she chose Inesh.

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Inesh was born on 8 September and when he's a bit older he will be allowed out into the park with the rest of his family.

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BBC Radio WM Sport

Aston Villa play Bristol City at Ashton Gate in the fourth round of the League Cup tonight.

Their opponents have won all four of their games so far this season and the former Villa striker Garry Thompson believes they've been lifted by a change in manager.

But he said that had to come to an end eventually and "after five, six, seven games it starts leveling off a bit and then you see what they're made of".

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Bertrand Traore could make his debut tonight, after signing from Lyon and Thompson said: "If you do it properly you've got a great chance of progressing in this competition."

Two women have been seriously injured in a two-car crash in Southam this afternoon.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to Banbury Road at around 13:30 and the driver and passenger had to be cut free before they were taken to hospital.

The man who was driving the other car had relatively minor injuries and was able to get out of his car himself, the ambulance service said.

Cyclist Andell Goulbourne, 59, died after being knocked from his bike in Birmingham on 30 July.

Police have interviewed three men in connection with the collision but no one has been charged.