Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- A Kidderminster woman with multiple sclerosis says a treatment in Russia could stop the condition in its tracks

- Concern over possible cuts to therapy and counselling for sexual trauma victims

- Memorial evening for Herefordshire police officer who was murdered whilst serving in Cyprus 60 years ago

A Worcestershire woman has hit out at plans to cut therapy and counselling for sexual trauma in the county. 

At the end of this month, Cathy - who was abused as a child - will lose the support she gets on the NHS, and could have to pay £60 to get the same privately. 

She's is worried the progress she's made will be lost. 

Worcestershire County Council says is yet to make a final decision on closing the county's sexual health and counselling team. 

It says it is working with providers to ensure services can continue.

Felicity Sanderson
Journalist

A Kidderminster woman is raising £40,000 in order to undergo treatment for multiple sclerosis in Moscow because she's been told she isn't ill enough to qualify for it on the NHS. 

Janet Voyce was diagnosed last year in June with the nervous system condition and has so far raised £9,000 of the total she needs to get the treatment from a specialist clinic.

Hereford Times

Freemasons have donated £2,500 to their local community first responders to help them buy the most up-to-date defibrillators, external.  

More people now die from illegal drugs in Worcestershire than on the roads. 

Between 2013 and 2015, 59 people died from misusing illegal drugs in Worcestershire, and 19 in Herefordshire.

The number of people dying because of illegal drugs in England and Wales has now reached its highest level since records began.

Image source, Thinkstock

Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- A Kidderminster woman is raising £40,000 in order to undergo treatment for multiple sclerosis in Moscow

- More people now die from illegal drugs in Worcestershire than on the roads

- Tourism boom as the number of overnight stays in the region jump by 22%

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

It'll be a grey and damp start to the day for most with patchy light rain and drizzle. By midday, it will be mainly dry, then brighter conditions will move in with some sunshine and it will feel pleasant. Highs of 20C ( 68F) 

Jerry Chester
BBC News Online

Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Tuesday 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.

The Local Live team is back from 08:00 with more news, sport, travel and weather, but keep an eye out here for breaking news during the evening and into the morning.

Have a great evening.

A baker from Worcester has made it to the final of PETA's Great Vegan Bake Off contest. 

Natalie Clince impressed judges with her triple-layered caramel shortbread.

Image source, PETA

Now the public will help the judges decide whom out of the 12 finalists should be crowned the Great Vegan Bake Off champion. 

Here's a recap of some of our top stories this afternoon: 

- A teenager has suffered a serious head injury after he was hit by a car in the centre of Hereford  

- Student is a circus knife thrower's new assistant 

- The dad of a Worcestershire supermodel, who's fronting a BBC Hereford & Worcester campaign about body confidence, says mechanisms for reporting online abuse aren't up to scratch  

A dog who's starred in Midsomer Murders is to hang up his lead after more than a decade in the entertainment industry. 

His trainer, Ashley Foster, from Herefordshire, says he's a happy and healthy dog but is getting older, slower and little bit deafer.

A teenager has suffered a serious head injury after he was hit by a car in the centre of Hereford in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The 19-year-old was struck as he crossed Bath Street at 00:15.

 A 70-year-old woman who was driving was not hurt.    

Image source, Google

Police are asking, external anybody who saw the collision, or the teenager at any time on Saturday evening, to make contact.  

Worcestershire councillor Fran Oborski says the government is to blame for rural primary schools being forced to ask parents to help pay for basic equipment such as books. 

Headteachers have told BBC Hereford and Worcester that low numbers of new pupils, as well as additional costs like funding free school meals for infants, mean there's little left in their budgets for anything other than staff salaries. 

A fairer funding formula, which would ensure every school has the money to match its needs, doesn't come into effect until 2018.   

Hereford Times

Serious concerns raised about council finances, external have been addressed by an external auditor.  

A Worcestershire campaigner says the government needs to do more to ensure rural schools have enough money to pay for equipment such as books.

Schools in the county are getting around £2,000 less per pupil than in other parts of the country.

A fairer funding formula, which will ensure every school has funding matched to its needs, is being introduced in 2018, but Fizz Bewley, who is from the Fair Pupil Funding campaign, says more needs to be done in the immediate term.   

There's a pot of gold on top of the Malvern Hills. 

Thanks to Toppo for sending in this beautiful picture taken in Great Malvern. 

You can send us your pictures using Facebook, external, Twitter, external, email or by joining BBC Weather Watchers. 

A fish and chip shop in Hereford is in the running to be named the best new fish and chip shop in the country.

Edwards Plaice is up against nine other shops in the category at this year's National Fish and Chip Awards. 

Three Worcestershire shops are in the final 20 for the Independent Takeaway category - Catchems End in Bewdley, plus The Golden Carp and Winyates Chippy in Redditch.  

Hereford Times

A drug user who had gone clean in order to get custody of his son was found dead in his flat after taking a multiple drugs including 'street' heroin.  

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

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