Updates from Friday 9 September
There could be some rain on the way, but for most of us today has been dry, with some blue sky and light cloud.
These BBC Weather Watcher photos were taken near Hereford and Rushbury.
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Image source, Peter StegglesWarwickshire's friendly with Worcestershire will be part of a pilot programme aimed at spectators returning to sporting events.
Read MoreGKN owner Melrose has warned that because of difficult trading conditions, job losses are likely.
GKN makes parts for aircraft and the automotive sectors and has its headquarters in Redditch and a factory in Telford.
Image source, GoogleIn a statement, external, Melrose said sales across its group of businesses had fallen between March and June, but had started to improve following lockdown.
But it said aerospace sales were expected to remain low into next year.
Christmas events join the National Eisteddfod and Green Man Festival on the list of cancellations.
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Local Democracy Reporting Service
Christian Barnett
Here are three of the stories covered by our Local Democracy Reporting Service in Worcestershire in the last 24 hours:
Another man, 20, will appear before magistrates charged with conspiring to commit robbery.
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Free Wi-Fi could become available in Worcester city centre.
The city council is looking to spend £10,000 to help set it up and enter into a five-year contract with a provider.
Image source, GoogleThe equipment will be installed on lampposts and CCTV columns, covering an area between Sabrina Bridge to the south and Lowesmoor to the north and between south Silbury to the east and Castle Street to the west.
The council has been looking for a Wi-Fi provider since December 2017 and councillors will consider the plan when they meet next Monday.
Here are three stories from the Worcester News today:
A man arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old in Redditch has been released without charge.
Colton Bryan was found critically injured in his flat on Guinness Close last Wednesday night and later died at the scene.
The released man, in his 20s, was suspected of murdering Mr Bryan.
The number of people to have tested positive for coronavirus at a Herefordshire vegetable farm has now reached 120.
While the outbreak at Rook Row Farm in Mathon has put the county high up on the list of UK hot spots statistically, Public Health England says it's confident there is no risk to the wider community and it is continuing to test workers isolating at the site.
There is a voluntary lockdown at the farm, with five people deciding to leave. Seventy others have completed a period of quarantine, allowing them to also leave or return to work.
Herefordshire Council and Public Health England say the risk to the general public "remains low".
Read MoreThe Worcester News has these stories today:
Adam Mason, 33, will serve a minimum of 20 years for the killing,
Read MoreA six-year-old boy has rang a bell at his Worcestershire home to mark the end of his cancer treatment after months in Singapore.
Image source, Hand in Hand For OscarLast month, Oscar Saxelby-Lee, from Worcester, returned home after getting CAR-T therapy overseas for his aggressive form of leukaemia.
He was filmed yesterday ringing a bell for the end of treatment at his home, something which would normally take place in a hospital.
His parents put the video on their Facebook page and wrote: "Thank you to all of our close family and friends (neighbours too) for popping down to cheer our superstar on!"
Local Democracy Reporting Service
Carmelo Garcia
More than 70 workers who tested positive for coronavirus on a Herefordshire farm which went into lockdown have now recovered, the county council has said.
Image source, PA MediaCrop pickers at AS Green and Co in Mathon were told to self-isolate earlier this month after 74 tested positive for the virus.
Herefordshire Council said on Friday the number of positive cases had increased to 93 but the vast majority were no longer infected.
It added it expected to see more positive cases in the coming days but there was "no indication" the virus had spread to the wider community.
The Hereford Times is covering these stories today:
Most of the 93 workers who tested positive had recovered and were returning to work, a council says.
Read MoreMore than £5,000 is raised after money was stolen from a five-year-old's honesty shop in Malvern.
Read MoreOne hundred members of staff at a large poultry producer have tested positive for coronavirus over the last four months, the firm's confirmed.
Avara Foods operates nine sites in England with four in the West Midlands , external- two in Hereford as well Brierley Hill and Telford - and said the cases were spread around different sites and out of a total of 2,500 employees.
Image source, GoogleIt added there had been just one positive test in the past month and they had seen a steady decline in Covid-19-related absences.
The company, which supplies supermarkets and fast food chains with chicken and turkey, said it had made more changes to keep staff safe and was operating its own track and trace system.
Image source, Getty ImagesSeveral meat processing plants and abattoirs have seen hundreds of workers test positive for coronavirus in the past few months and BBC News looked into why.
The reasons range from cold, damp factories being "perfect environments" for the virus to linger and spread to staff having to talk more loudly due to noisy machinery which could aid the spread of infected droplets.
A man's in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed during what police said was an attempted robbery., external
Image source, GoogleThe 46-year-old suffered several deep cuts to his torso in the attack yesterday evening on Main Road, Kempsey, Worcestershire.
Officers said a 17-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of robbery and causing grievous bodily harm.
Three others, a 34-year-old man and two women, aged 29 and 18, have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remain in custody.
