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Updates on Friday 12 August 2016
Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester
There is racing at Worcester, external today and the first of the seven races on the card will be due off at 14:00.
The general manager at Pitchcroft is Jenny Cheshire, who says there'll be no shortage of top jockeys and trainers, including Donald McCain, Philip Hobbs and David Pipe.
Outlook good for Worcester Racecourse
Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today
A woman from the West Midlands whose four-year-old son lost his limbs after contracting meningitis is urging the government to introduce a vaccination for all children.
At the moment the vaccine is only given to new borns, but Julie Tuckley (pictured above) says all children should be protected.
You can find out more on BBC Midlands Today at 13:30 on BBC One.
Kidderminster Harriers, external' Tyrell Waite is confident they can put Tuesday night's disappointment behind them.
After an impressive 6-1 victory at Curzon Ashton on the opening day, Harriers were then beaten 2-1 at home by Brackley Town. Waite admitted they hadn't been good enough but remains confident the wins will come.
"We will all agree it wasn't quite there. Obviously there's something that we need to look at. We just need to come in and just play our game.
"I just think we need to just relax and once we relax and play our game no-one will be able to beat us in this league."
Kidderminster archer Naomi Folkard is in with a chance of a medal at Rio 2016 today after reaching the last 16.
Image source, Matthias Hangst/ALLSPORT/Getty ImagesShe faces Brazil's Ane Marcelle dos Santos at just after 14:15.
Today's headlines include:
- An appeal is set up for a young woman from Hereford who's been badly injured in a major car crash
- An operation restores the sight of a Hereford man who became impaled on railings
- A man in his 50s has exposed himself to two young girls in a Redditch park
Kate West
Journalist, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A Hereford man who became impaled on railings two years ago has been given his sight back in an operation.
Robin Dunford, who was lucky to survive the horrific accident in Hay-on-Wye had the operation at the Moorfields Eye Hospital, external in London.
After being blind in one eye and rapidly losing sight in the other, he says he's looking forward to watching more live sport.
"Early morning when I open the curtains I can see everything a bit more clearly," he said.
"I can walk around the High Town now in Hereford and see the names of most of the shops actually which I did just by memory before and I couldn't see and I was using my cane."
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Any showers should clear as the day goes by, bringing sunny spells thisafternoon.
Highs of 20C (68F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Bewdley's Alison Young had her best day yet in the Radial class of the sailing at Rio 2016 yesterday.
Image source, Richard Langdon/British Sailing TeamShe had sixth and ninth-place finishes in yesterday's two races to leave her in 13th place overall.
Lessons learnt from the horrors of the holocaust will be remembered at a Herefordshire school for years to come thanks to the planting of a birch tree, external.
BBC Sport
England have kept the same team, including Worcestershire's Moeen Ali (below), that won at Edgbaston for the final Test of the four-match series against Pakistan, which starts at The Oval at 11:00.
Image source, Getty ImagesEngland have won successive matches to take a 2-1 lead and victory could see them go top of the world rankings.
Tearful Susanne Hinte says she never wanted to be famous, external - and hankers after her old life from before she shot to fame on the back of a failed £33m Lotto claim.
An appeal has been set up for a young woman from Hereford who has been badly injured in a car crash.
Image source, Family/Bangor UniversitySam Hemming had just graduated from Bangor University, external with a law degree when the accident on the M6 happened three weeks ago.
She was a passenger and broke bones in her neck.
The gofundme page said she was out of a coma after 19 days, but doctors have warned it may take her up to two years to come round.
The appeal has been set up by her best friend.
Here are some of the stories we're looking at this morning:
- An appeal is set up for a young woman from Hereford who's been badly injured in a major car crash
- An operation restores the sight of a Hereford man who became impaled on railings
- The mayor of Ross-on-Wye says it's "great news" it has been voted the country's most loved market town
Fewer people are online in the West Midlands than any other part of the country.
Government figures, external show one in six have no internet access.
Image source, PAResidents on one Newton Farm road say three "out-of-control" trees outside their homes are casting a literal shadow over their lives, external.
Worcester Warriors' England international full back Chris Pennell is to miss the start of the season as recovers from a neck injury.
Pennell has made 165 appearances for the club but has not travelled to Tignes for the pre-season training camp as he continues to work on his recover with the Sixways medical team.
Image source, Getty ImagesHere are some of the stories we're looking at this morning:
- An appeal is set up for a young woman from Hereford who's been badly injured in a major car crash
- An operation restores the sight of a Hereford man who became impaled on railings
- A Kidderminster family are appealing for help to stage Christmas Day next week for dying son
BBC Travel
One lane is closed and there are a few delays ion the A38 northbound in Bromsgrove, at the junction with the A448 Stratford Road. It's due to a broken-down lorry.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Some showers, but these will clear as the day goes by and we could see some sunny spells this afternoon.
Highs of 20C (68F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
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