Researchers say police body-cams are working.

The Cambridge University study showed complaints by members of the public against officers fell by 93% over 12 months compared with the year before.  

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Almost 2,000 officers across four UK forces and two US police departments were monitored for the project.

West Mercia Police don't routinely use them, but the force says it's "looking at its options".  

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The historic spa town of Malvern in Worcestershire is rapidly becoming the centre of a hub of small companies specialising in a very 21st century occupation: defending people from Internet crime. Unlikely as it sounds, Malvern has been a centre of science expertise for decades. Now it's a place where innovation thrives outside big corporate labs. Peter Day finds out why.

The bells of Old St. Martin Church in the Cornmarket, Worcester.

Midlands poses questions to PM as party conference comes to Birmingham

The driver of a 44-tonne truck was among motorists caught using their mobile phone as the BBC joined Central Motorway Police on patrol. 

It comes as data shows the number of motorists stopped across the country has almost halved in five years.

The National Police Federation said the drop was due to fewer traffic officers.

Under new rules expected to come in next year, drivers will get six points on their licence and face a £200 fine.  

A stained glass window will be unveiled at Hereford Cathedral to mark the city's links with the Special Air Service.

Worcestershire relieve Daryl Mitchell of the captaincy after six seasons in charge and appoint Joe Leach as skipper.

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A Birmingham hospital is under "significant" pressure due to downgraded health services in Worcestershire, a trust boss says.

The Special Air Service (SAS) is to be honoured with a £1m artwork to mark Hereford's long association with the elite fighting force.

Cuts to policing are being blamed for a fall in the number of people caught using their phones while driving. 

The Police Federation says the deployment of fewer traffic officers has made it easier to avoid being prosecuted.

Last year the number of people caught in West Mercia fell by a quarter to 2,300. 

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Worcestershire batsman Tom Kohler-Cadmore has won the Walter Lawrence Trophy for scoring the fastest hundred of 2016.

A student working in a circus ticket office has taken centre stage - as the knife thrower's new assistant.

The father of plus-size model Iskra Lawrence has revealed the sinister online abuse he's been hiding from her, during filming for the BBC.

A world record that has stood for more than 90 years for the heaviest red cabbage, is broken by a man from Cornwall.

Derbyshire's Wayne Madsen makes a century and Harvey Hosein hits 59 but Worcestershire win by nine wickets.

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Sunday Politics Midlands

West Midlands UKIP MEP Jill Seymour and Conservative MP James Morris joins Patrick Burns on Sunday Politics this weekend.

James Bovill wil lalso be live at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool for reactrion to the leadership race.

Patrick Burns will also speak to UKIP's new leader Diane James about the party's vision for the West Midlands. 

BBC Sunday Politics - 11:00 on BBC One.

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The jury at an inquest into the death of a 15-year-old boy while living in a children's home in Powys concludes he killed himself in part due to failures of the home.

A man jailed for double murder admits killing a fellow prisoner with a rock from a fish tank.