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Updates from Friday 19 August 2016
Plans have been submitted for a new business park in Evesham which could create up to 1,000 jobs.
The 50-acre site, next to the Vale Business Park (pictured) and near to the A46 and M5, would be known as the Avon Business Park.
Developers St Modwen say the site would include warehouses, industrial units and offices as well as a pub, restaurant, hotel and car showroom.
Image source, GoogleThe number of breeding pairs of gulls in Worcester is dropping thanks to their programme of replacing their eggs with convincing dummies, says the city council.
A woman who started a petition calling for more to be done to reduce the number of gulls in the city says the council isn't doing enough to stop people being dive-bombed by the birds in the street.
The council says the latest figures show the number of breeding pairs in Worcester went down from 201 in 2014 to 181 last year.
What do you think should be done to tackle the problem of seagulls on city streets? You can email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.
Image source, AFP/GettyProbably not what the Central Motorway Police Group were expecting when they stopped these two drivers on the M5.
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As Kidderminster launch its campaign to become a dementia-friendly town, Mick Whitfield, who has the condition, has been telling BBC Hereford & Worcester what sort of things people can do to help make his life easier.
How to make life easier for people with dementia
Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A woman who had a car crash on the M6 in July, leaving her in a coma for 19 days, has spoken for the first time since her accident
- Plans have been submitted for a new business park in Evesham which could create up to 1,000 jobs
- A married couple who were using their phones while driving in separate cars have been caught by police talking to each other
A Herefordshire law graduate, who was in a coma for 19 days after sustaining horrific injuries in a car crash, has spoken her first words.
Sam Hemming, 22, received a serious head injury in the crash on the M6 in July and broke four bones in her neck, had three open fractures on her arm, as well as having internal bleeding.
Her friend Aimee Boyd has set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money towards specialist equipment to care for Sam, who she says has beaten the odds to speak again.
Quote MessageShe actually spoke, which is massive because her parents were told she would never speak again. The nurse said good morning and she said 'yes', and she asked if she was in any pain and she said 'no', which is really great because it shows she knows who she is and is using words which are conscious responses."
Aimee Boyd
A Worcester woman who's campaigning for more to be done to tackle the city's seagull numbers says the increase in outdoor eating areas has made the problem much worse.
Val Castle argues that the city council's method of replacing nest eggs with china ones isn't working.
The latest figures show the number of breeding pairs in Worcester went down from 201 in 2014 to 181 last year.
Quote MessagePeople should be able to sit outside and eat. I think the problem started with fast food and people eating on the street and now the seagulls just dive bomb people in the street. I can see the problem getting worse as the years go by."
Val Castle, Anti-seagull campaigner
Kidderminster is launching a campaign today to try to get more people in the town to help people with dementia feel understood, valued and able to contribute to society.
Members of the Dementia Action Alliance, which includes representatives from local charities, businesses and council members, want Kidderminster to become formally recognised as a Dementia Friendly Town.
Evesham will launch a similar scheme on Friday.
BBC Travel
There's queuing traffic and long delays on the M5 southbound between J5 (Droitwich) and J6 (Worcester north) after an accident involving a car and a lorry.
Travel time is about 60 minutes, and congestion is running back to J4a (M42).
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather
Today will be cloudier than it has been on recent days - it will stay dry though, and it will still feel warm with some sunny spells. Highs of 24C (75F).
You can read a full forecast on the the BBC Weather page.
The weather for the West Midlands.
Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:
- A Herefordshire law graduate who was in a coma for 19 days after sustaining horrific injuries in a car crash has spoken her first words
- A Worcester anti-seagull campaigner says the council's egg replacement scheme isn't working
- Kidderminster launches a campaign to become a dementia-friendly town
BBC Travel
There's slow traffic through the roadworks on the A38 Birmingham Road in Marlbrook, near Bromsgrove, at the B4185 Golden Cross Lane junction. More from BBC Travel.
Jerry Chester
BBC News Online
Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Thursday morning.
I'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens.
If you'd like to get in touch you can email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.
A tree hunter is hoping to help create a tree trail in Shropshire and Herefordshire.
Read MoreLive updates for Herefordshire and Worcestershire have finished for the day but local stories will be added automatically through the night.
We'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with more live news, sport, travel and weather.
The Met Office is warning of high winds in Herefordshire on Saturday.
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West Mercia Police seized nearly 3,000 cannabis plants last year, external as officers take the fight to the dealers and prove Worcestershire is no soft touch in the war on drugs.
BBC Travel
One lane remains closed on the M5 southbound between J5 for the A38 and J6 for the A449.
It's due to recovery work after an earlier crash. Traffic is running slow in the aera.
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
The evening will stay pleasant with plenty of late sunshine. It will be followed by a dry night - lows of 17C (63F).
You can read a full forecast on the the BBC Weather page.
Shefali Oza has your forecast
I've been sent a couple of great sunrise pictures, taken this morning. The first, from Shelagh, was taken in Weobley.
Image source, ShelaghThe second was taken in Chaddesley Corbett by BBC Weather Watcher, Conan.
Image source, Conan
