Is this the BIGGEST marrow you've ever seen?published at 12:48 British Summer Time 23 September 2016
Meet Dale Toten, will be showing his marrow at the Malvern Show's Giant Veg Competition.
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Is this the BIGGEST marrow you've ever seen?published at 12:48 British Summer Time 23 September 2016
MG to stop building cars at Longbridgepublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 23 September 2016
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Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local LiveMG Motor UK says it will no longer build cars at its Longbridge site in Birmingham.
We're told 25 people face redundancy as a result of the move, which sees the company ending its UK manufacturing.
Car-building is to be transferred to China to "streamline costs".
At Longbridge, cars will arrive fully built instead, for distribution to dealers.
Renting a place and had issues with your landlord? You're not the only onepublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 23 September 2016
BBC Midlands TodayA housing charity claims that one in eight tenants in the West Midlands has fallen victim to landlords breaking the law.
Research by Shelter , externaland YouGov found that tenants had suffered everything from abuse and harassment to seeing their belongings thrown out of the property and the locks changed.
Too often, the study says, people don't know their rights and need more help and advice.
Derbyshire follow on despite Hosein tonpublished at 19:30 British Summer Time 22 September 2016
Harvey Hosein makes his maiden Championship hundred, but Derbyshire still follow on against Worcestershire at New Road.
Read MoreCity to play host to cycling extravaganzapublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 22 September 2016
Birmingham is going to host a 15,000 capacity,100-mile cycling race next September that will take in parts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
Riders will head off from the city centre, along closed-off roads, into the nearby counties, before returning to the city as part of Velo Birmingham, external.
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More than 300 knives handed in to policepublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 22 September 2016
West Mercia and Warwickshire have collected more than 300 knives during a surrender scheme run over the summer.
Six bins were set up at stations around the four counties, between 27 July and 19 August and the knives will now be added to a sculpture being created at the British Ironworks near Oswestry (pictured below).
In Worcestershire there were 162 knives collected, with more than half of them handed in at the Redditch station.
The Warwickshire force collected 73 knives.
In Shropshire, there were 79 knives collected, while in Herefordshire there were just nine.
A pair of knuckle-dusters and two pairs of pliers were also dropped into the bins.
Walking for Spiritual Renewalpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 22 September 2016
Clare Balding is walking for self improvement in this series of Ramblings and today she hopes to find a new inner calm with the help of Dr Kate Kirkwood. Kate attempts to lead Clare on a path of spiritual renewal by teaching her to walk silently. Silence is not a state that comes naturally to Clare but as she and Kate walk where the mood takes them, in the Herefordshire countryside just outside Hay on Wye, they discover why walking can be one of the bet forms of stress relief. Producer: Lucy Lunt.
West Mercia pass stop-and-search inspectionpublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 22 September 2016
West Mercia Police have passed an inspection that they'd previously failed.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) revealed the findings after the force was not complying with all the stop-and-search rules.
The scheme was introduced in 2014 to improve transparency and community involvement.
Mike Cunningham from the HMIC said he was disappointed that it had taken so long for forces to get there.
Watch: Aerial footage of Flying Scotsmanpublished at 10:49 British Summer Time 22 September 2016
BBC Midlands TodayWe had some brilliant video of Flying Scotsman travelling along the Severn Valley Railway yesterday.
But not all of it made the final cut for BBC Midlands Today.
Here's some of the drone-footage you missed.
Media caption, Drone footage of Flying Scotsman as it travels down the Severn Valley Railway
County Championship finale - day three as it happenedpublished at 09:46 British Summer Time 22 September 2016
Relive the action from day three of the final week of the County Championship as Somerset thump Notts by 325 runs and Yorkshire keep their title hopes alive.
Read MoreToddler-carrying thief targets woman, 90published at 19:44 British Summer Time 21 September 2016
A man carrying a toddler and another thief barge their way inside a 90-year-old woman's house before stealing her purse.
Read MoreClarke and Leach on song at New Roadpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 21 September 2016
Joe Clarke reaches a career-best 194 as Joe Leach's first ton in three years helps Worcestershire amass a big total.
Read MoreIn pictures: Flying Scotsman travels through Shropshirepublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 21 September 2016
The stations along the route of the Severn Valley Railway have been packed today, with people keen to catch a glimpse of the Flying Scotsman.
Some of them were lucky enough to have tickets for a ride on the famous locomotive.
Watch: Aerial footage of the Flying Scotsmanpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 21 September 2016
BBC Midlands TodayBetween now and Monday the Flying Scotsman will be travelling up and down the Severn Valley Railway.
And we sent up a camera mounted on a drone today, to get this footage.
Media caption, The Flying Scotsman will be travelling up and down the Severn Valley Railway until Monday
Another week, another leadership resultpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 21 September 2016
Who's the real opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn or Diane James?
Read MoreWatch: Thousands expected to travel on the Flying Scotsman in Shropshirepublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 21 September 2016
Peter Plisner
BBC Midlands TodayThousands of people will get the chance to travel on the Flying Scotsman on the Severn Valley Railway over the next few days.
And they include some people with special memories of the locomotive.
Media caption, Thousands of people are expected to travel on the Flying Scotsman this week
Severn Trent complaints fall by almost a thirdpublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 21 September 2016
Complaints to Severn Trent fell by 28% last year, giving the water company the second-best record in England and Wales.
The figures have been released today by the Consumer Council for Water, external, which says the company has seen falling complaints for a number of years now.
Image source, PASevern Trent serves more than 4.2 million homes and businesses and says the fall is down to the hard work of its teams and to their use of new technology and social media to keep customers informed.
Quote MessageWe’ve changed and improved our processes, and trained and upskilled our front line staff so they’re able to resolve customers’ issues first time. In addition, we’ve opened up more channels of communication so our customers can contact us when and how they want to."
Leah Fry, Head of customer experience at Severn Trent
Clarke grinds out century at Worcesterpublished at 18:59 British Summer Time 20 September 2016
Worcestershire's England Lions batsman Joe Clarke grinds out his fifth Championship century of 2016 against Derbyshire.
Read MoreRelive Middlesex winning the County Championshippublished at 18:41 British Summer Time 20 September 2016
Relive the action as a Toby Roland-Jones hat-trick seals Middlesex's first County Championship title in 23 years.
Read MoreGardener upset at chef's cabbage gaffepublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 20 September 2016
A gardener is feeling hacked off after his prize giant cabbage was cut from a hotel garden by mistake and cooked by chefs at its restaurant.
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