BBC Local Live: Herefordshire and Worcestershire Tuesday 28 June 2016

Summary

'Busiest day ever' for Worcestershire hospitals
Woman airlifted to hospital after four-car crash
Man found guilty of using former nuclear bunker to grow more than 800 cannabis plants
Singer Jamelia has claimed she and her daughters were racially abused by a police officer
Updates on Tuesday 28 June 2016

Live Reporting

Stephanie Barnard

Woman airlifted to hospital after cut free from car crashpublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
A woman in her 50s has been airlifted to hospital after a four-vehicle crash on the A442 near Hampton Lovett this morning.
West Midlands Ambulance Service says, external the woman was trapped in her car for 90 minutes before she was cut free by firefighters.
A spokesman for the ambulance service said she was treated for a suspected fractured right leg, before she was airlifted to Worcester Royal Hospital.
Hospital experiences 'busiest day ever'published at 11:38 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Worcestershire Royal Hospital experiences what doctors believe was its busiest day ever last weekend.
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Photos: A442 expected to be closed for another hourpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Group commander for Hereford and Worcestershire Fire Service tweets a number of pictures from the scene of the crash on the A442 near Hampton Lovett.
The air ambulance has taken one person to hospital. Three people are reported injured and are receiving treatment.
Image source, Hereford and Worcestershire Fire Service
Image source, Hereford and Worcestershire Fire Service
The Fire Service has urged drivers to avoid the area and expects the road to be closed for another hour.
Air ambulance attends A442 crashpublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
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The air ambulance is attending the scene of a crash near Hampton Lovett.
Three people have been rescued from their cars and taken to hospital.
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'Avoid A442' warns emergency servicespublished at 10:39 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Emergency services are warning drivers to avoid the A442 near Hampton Lovett after a serious collision involving three cars that has closed the road.
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Serious accident closes the A442 Kidderminster Road in Droitwichpublished at 10:27 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
BBC Travel
The A442 Kidderminster Road in Droitwich is closed in both directions between the A38 Roman Way junction and the Doverdale Lane junction, because of a serious accident.
Police are at the scene directing traffic.
The story of three brothers who died in WWIpublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Giles Latcham
BBC Midlands Today
A Herefordshire woman has unearthed the story of her three great uncles who died during the First World War.
Tom Wilmot from Perrystone near Ross was killed in the Somme - the battle that started 100 years ago this week and claimed the lives of more than a million men.
His great niece has met pupils at his old school, Hereford Cathedral (pictured), to tell them about Tom and his brothers.
'Busiest day ever' for Worcestershire hospitalspublished at 09:49 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
The trust running hospitals in Worcestershire says Sunday was probably the busiest day ever in its A&E departments.
At one point, there were fourteen patients in hospital corridors, with no beds available.
Fourteen extra beds have been created at the Worcester site and eight in Redditch, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust says.
Latest headlines: Hospital trust has 'busiest weekend'; new railway station set to open eight months behind schedulepublished at 09:29 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
The top stories for Herefordshire and Worcestershire this morning include:
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust says it has had possibly one of its busiest weekends ever in accident and emergency
- Bromsgrove's new railway station is set to open next month, officials have confirmed
- Hay on Wye band Cherrystones will be playing at the T In The Park festival next weekend - a band supported by BBC Hereford and Worcester's Introducing show
Watch: Showers on the way this afternoonpublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather
Most of the brightness this morning will turn to showers and rain by 13:00. Watch the latest 24-hour forecast online.
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Latest weather for the West Midlands
Delayed railway station set to openpublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Bromsgrove's new railway station is set to open next month, officials have confirmed.
The £24m site, which has longer platforms, a waiting room and a 350-space car park, was expected to open to passengers last November.
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Plans for the station were approved in 2013
Delays on the M50 eastboundpublished at 08:29 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
BBC Travel
- One lane is closed on the M50 eastbound between J2, A417 (Ledbury) and J1, A38 (Tewkesbury) because of an accident involving a van and a trailer
- There's queuing traffic on the A38 in Bromsgrove near the Birmingham Road junction due to roadworks
- Slow traffic on the A449 Ombersley Road in Worcester at the Coombs Road junction
For the latest on the roads visit BBC Travel.
Weather: Rain likely this afternoonpublished at 08:13 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
After a dry start for many, rain will spread across the region by midday, turning heavy in places.
Staying cloudy with some brightness in the southeast later, with highs of 16C (61F).
Good morning: Live updates for Herefordshire and Worcestershirepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 28 June 2016
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
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