Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:01 GMT 11 February 2016
Live updates for Herefordshire and Worcestershire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
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Updates on Thursday 11 February 2016
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Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:01 GMT 11 February 2016
Watch: Coming up on Midlands Todaypublished at 17:57 GMT 11 February 2016
Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands TodayHere's a look ahead to what we'll be covering on Midlands Today this evening on BBC One from 18:30.
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End of X postCompulsory purchase plan for fire-damaged building in Herefordpublished at 17:55 GMT 11 February 2016
A compulsory purchase order could be served on a fire-damaged building in the centre of Hereford, Herefordshire Council says.
Image source, Herefordshire CouncilThe council has decided if no significant progress has been made to redevelop the building at 16-18 High Town, it can take action to buy the building and ensure its rebuilding.
The fire, which happened in October 2010, left the building extensively damaged.
Quote MessageWhen the previous owners went into receivership it left us with limited powers to enforce the restoration of the building. The restoration of the building is key to the future successful refurbishment of High Town and the attractiveness of High Town as a shopping destination.”
Councillor Philip Price, Herefordshire Counci
Man airlifted to hospital after falling from roofpublished at 17:49 GMT 11 February 2016
Tim Race
Producer, BBC Hereford & WorcesterA man who's fallen from a roof on a building site in Worcester has been airlifted to hospital.
Emergency services, including the air ambulance and several teams of paramedics, were called to the scene on Bath Road just before 15:00.
The man has been taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
The Health and Safety Executive say they are investigating the incident.
Extra £2.5m from government welcomed by council leader but budget savings will continuepublished at 17:41 GMT 11 February 2016
An extra £2.5m from the government has been welcomed by the leader of Worcestershire County Council, but Simon Geraghty has warned it still faces "significant financial challenges in future years".
Image source, Worcestershire County CouncilThe council has received an extra £2.5m over two years as part of the government's settlement.
Quote MessageWe are considering how this is best used between now and 2020 to support our ambitions for this county and to help us to deliver savings of, on average, £25m per year."
Simon Geraghty, Leader of Worcestershire County Council
Latest: Council tax up and budget cut; A&E units miss targets again; Mappa Mundi tweeted from spacepublished at 17:22 GMT 11 February 2016
Michael Perkins
BBC Hereford & WorcesterHere are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- Council tax rises and budget cuts agreed for Worcestershire
- A&E units in Herefordshire and Worcestershire have missed waiting time targets again
- A picture of Hereford's Mappa Mundi is tweeted from space
Your photos: Tree's mirror image in floodwaterpublished at 17:10 GMT 11 February 2016
Jerry Chester
BBC News OnlineI snapped this picture of one of the trees on Worcester racecourse reflected in the still floodwater.
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Weather video: Dry overnight with frost forming in placespublished at 16:57 GMT 11 February 2016
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands TodayShowers will mostly die out overnight, though we could still see the odd one. Otherwise we will have largely cloudy skies and light winds, with a frost forming in places.
Wheelchair racer given grant to boost Paralympic hopespublished at 16:44 GMT 11 February 2016
A wheelchair racer with hopes of competing at the Paralympic Games in Rio has been given a scholarship of £600 from the University of Worcester to help with the costs of his training.
Image source, University of WorcesterBen Oliver is training six days a week and is planning to attend the International Paralympic Committee’s Grand Prix event in Switzerland in May, in the hope of securing a place with the Great Britain squad. He has been awarded £600 from the University of Worcester’ Scholarship Panel.
The athlete, who has cerebral palsy, is in the first year of a Sports Coaching Science with Disability Sport degree at the university.
Quote MessageThis will be my first international competition and will allow me to compete against some of the best athletes in the world but also mean I can potentially get called up by British Athletics as a member of the Great Britain team, a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
Ben Oliver
Mappa Mundi in space: More on this medieval mappublished at 16:31 GMT 11 February 2016
The Mappa Mundi, which is more than 700 years old, is housed in a special annex to Hereford Cathedral, which opened in 1996.
Image source, Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust- The circular map is 52in (132cm) in diameter and shows a medieval view of the world with Jerusalem at the centre
- It is drawn on a single sheet of vellum (calf skin)
- The map has been dated to about 1300, features the name of its author Richard of Haldingham or Lafford - believed to be the town of Sleaford, in Lincolnshire
- Hereford's map shows Paradise, roughly where Japan would be, and the Garden of Eden
- It also shows more than 500 images from nature, history and classical mythology
- Mappa Mundi means "world map" in Latin
A&E units in Herefordshire and Worcestershire miss waiting time targets againpublished at 16:19 GMT 11 February 2016
The A&E departments in Herefordshire and Worcestershire have again missed government targets for how long people should wait to be seen.
Just over 84% of patients going to A&E in Worcestershire were seen within four hours in December. The figure is 82% for Herefordshire.
The government target is for 95% of patients to be seen with four hours.
Mappa Mundi in space: Cathedral 'absolutely thrilled' by astonaut's tweetpublished at 15:55 GMT 11 February 2016
A top official at Hereford Cathedral, home to the Mappa Mundi, the largest medieval map of its type in the world, says he is "absolutely thrilled" that a copy has gone into space with British astronaut, Major Tim Peake.
He tweeted a photo of the copy of the map from the International Space Station.
Image source, Hereford CathedralQuote MessageThe Mappa Mundi is a view of the earth from the heavens and Tim can compare it to what he can see from space. People in 1300, when the map was drawn, were as interested in what the earth looked like and what could be learned about it as we are today."
Canon Chris Pullin, Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral
Your pictures: Bewdley safe behind the flood barrierspublished at 15:43 GMT 11 February 2016
Shops and businesses are all open, despite the high river levels.
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End of X postGrant of more than £100,000 for rural film projectspublished at 15:31 GMT 11 February 2016
The Arts Council has given the Hereford-based Rural Media Company (RMC) a grant of £106,941 to create a new digital arts hub.
The Digital Arts Support Hub will support local artists and cultural organisations to create new work using digital technology, the RMC says.
It will offer access to broadcast standard facilities including graphics, grading, animation and special effects.
Quote MessageThis kind of investment shows a genuine commitment to developing creative media production in rural counties."
Nic Millington, Rural Media Company
Mappa Mundi mentioned in tweet from space by British astronautpublished at 15:19 GMT 11 February 2016
A copy of the world's largest surviving medieval map of its type in the world, Hereford's Mappa Mundi, has made it into space with British astronaut, Major Tim Peake.
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End of X postLatest: Council tax and budget cuts approved; A&E units miss targets; Mappa Mundi gets a mention from spacepublished at 15:05 GMT 11 February 2016
Michael Perkins
BBC Hereford & WorcesterHere are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- Council tax rise and budget cuts approved for Worcestershire
- A&E departments still failing to meet targets
- Hereford's Mappa Mundi gets a tweet from space
Why crew shortages cause delays on London Midland trainspublished at 14:46 GMT 11 February 2016
BBC News Magazine
Crew shortages cause almost one in 10 delays and cancellations on Britain's railways, the BBC has learned.
London Midland have the second worst figures in the country.
BBC News Online's Magazine has been looking at why this is.
Image source, PAVideo: Boathouses surrounded by flood waterpublished at 14:32 GMT 11 February 2016
I filmed this video from Grandstand Road in Worcester - the Royal Grammar School boathouse is now in the River Severn, rather than just next to it.
Loss of carpet jobs 'very difficult to handle'published at 14:15 GMT 11 February 2016
Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News OnlineMike Hardiman, who worked at Brintons for 35 years, said the latest redundancies were another bad sign for the future of an industry that once dominated the town.
At its height, Kidderminster's carpet industry included 25 factories and 15,000 workers, according to historians.
Today, many of the old factory buildings have been demolished and replaced by supermarkets and car parks.
Quote MessageThe loss of probably 15,000 jobs over 30 or 40 years is very, very difficult to handle."
Mike Hardiman
Three match suspension for Hereford FC defender after red cardpublished at 14:00 GMT 11 February 2016
Defender Ryan Green has been suspended for three matches, external following his sending off during Saturday’s FA Vase win over Hartley Wintney, the club says.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe ban will start on 20 February with the next round of the FA Vase against Camberley Town.