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More than 5,000 people were conned into sending planned payments to fraudsters' bank accounts last year.  

Victims were fooled by emails asking them to divert payments into criminals' accounts, leaving the genuine recipient unpaid.

The number of cases of the scam - also known as "mandate" or "invoice" fraud - is up 71% on the previous year.

Losses in the UK totalled £126m, according to police figures compiled for Radio 4's You & Yours.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Clouding over and some may see the odd spot of rain later, but generally cooler and breezier than yesterday. Highs of 14C (57F).

Hereford Times

Travellers at Ross-on-Wye Sports Centre, external have now left the cricket pitch site.  

Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

NHS chiefs in England have announced a five-year plan to help GP surgeries "get back on their feet" and to improve access for patients.

The rescue package will see an extra £2.4bn a year ploughed into services by 2020 - a rise of 14% once inflation is taken into account.

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It will pay for 5,000 more GPs and extra staff to boost practices.

It comes after warnings from the profession that the future of general practice was at real risk.

Claudia Berry
Producer, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- Christian Bagley murder arrest man bailed 

- Man arrested over robberies at two bookmakers  

- No further action over car which plunged down a railway embankment

The 30-year-old driver of a car that plunged down a railway embankment and on to the tracks near Hereford will "not face any action", British Transport Police say.

Image source, Kane Sumner

Police say they were called to Old School Lane at 06:45 this morning.

Trains services around Hereford were disrupted until after 09:00 by the incident.

A Worcestershire woman who shares a birthday with the Queen says she would "love to meet her".

Beryl Coates, who lives in Hagley, believes neither of them feel their age.    

Image source, AP

This picture, from the archives of the Malvern Hills Conservators, external, shows a massive bonfire being prepared on the Worcestershire Beacon for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Image source, Malvern Hills Conservators

Hereford Times

A man arrested on suspicion of murdering Hereford dad Christian Bagley has been released on bail, external.  

Image source, Hereford Times

A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of robbery, external after cash was stolen from two bookmakers in Redditch.

The first incident happened on Monday at a bookmakers on Batchley Road.

The second robbery happened yesterday at a premises on Shakespeare Avenue.

West Mercia Police say the man, who was arrested in the Winyates area, remains in custody.

Beacons will be lit across Hereforsdshire and Worcestershire to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.

Here are some of the larger beacons being lit:

- Hereford: Churchill Gardens (19:30)

- Kington: Bradnor Hill near Kington Golf Club (20:30)

- Leominster: Eaton Hill (20:30)

- Ross: The Prospect (20:00)

- Bromsgrove Town Centre (19:30)

- Croome Park

- Hanbury Hall 

- Kidderminster: Brinton Park

- Malvern: Worcestershire Beacon

- Redditch Town Centre (19:30)

- Worcester: Fort Royal Park

A diabetic, mentally ill pensioner has survived for more than six months after a High Court judge ruled a Herefordshire health trust could not amputate his severely infected foot.

Wye Valley NHS Trust feared the man, who is in his 70s, could die within days if he did not have surgery.

But in September the High Court concluded that "enforced amputation" would not be in the pensioner's best interests. 

Lawyers involved in the case say the man is still alive, and the judge has now agreed that his survival can be reported.

Some great photos were sent in yesterday from across the West Midlands. Here's a small selection, featuring Worcester, Leek, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Kinver, Norton and Church Stretton.

Thanks to Shropshire Lass, PJs, Hugo Snugg, Mikesnapper, Vickie Whittaker, Ice Queen, Shelly Nutting and all who sent in photos.

You can send us your photos by email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.

Kate West
Journalist, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A 30-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of the murder of a father from Hereford has been released on bail until 15 June. 

Christian Bagley (pictured) was stabbed to death in the city on Father's Day last year as he walked home from visiting his daughter.

Image source, West Mercia Police

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- Man arrested on suspicion of murder after the stabbing of a father in Hereford is released on bail  

- Trains delayed after car crashes down railway embankment near Hereford

- Diabetic pensioner survives for six months after the High Court prevented doctors amputating his foot

Worcester News

Hundreds of vulnerable people are being restricted to 15-minute time limits from at-home care callers in Worcestershire, external - sparking anger pensioners are treated "like cattle".  

Image source, Worcester News

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A Herefordshire dairy farming family are auctioning off their herd and equipment today, claiming it's not worth them producing milk any more.

Three generations of the Whistance family, including Sally and Kevin (pictured) work on the dairy farm at Much Dewchurch, and have 500 cows in their herd.

They say from May they would be getting 19 pence per litre for their milk which costs them 21 pence per litre to produce.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Redditch United last night confirmed their place in the Southern League Premier Division play-offs in style when they beat visiting Chippenham Town 6-2 at Valley Stadium.

The Reds are up to second place in the table and will round off their league programme at Frome Town on Saturday.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Another bright but chilly morning, with plenty of sunshine at first, although the skies will turn increasingly cloudy through the day. Highs of 14C (57F).

A car that went down a railway embankment caused delays for rail commuters around Hereford this morning - as this picture from Kane Sumner shows.

Great Western Railway say services are now running normally, after the vehicle was cleared.

Image source, Kane Sumner