Joanne Malin
BBC Midlands Today

Bees in the Midlands overcame summer starvation threats to provide more honey per hive than last year, according to figures released by the British Beekeepers Association. , external

The cold and windy spring meant bee keepers had to feed their colonies to keep them alive. 

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But the industry says its members' hives were saved by a long, warm autumn.     

Worcester News

A woman in her 40s has been taken to hospital with a chest injury after a two-car crash, external.

Harlequins scored five tries in a bonus-point Premiership win over Worcester at The Stoop at the weekend.

Danny Care's early Quins score and Jackson Willison's try for Warriors saw the sides level at 7-7 at half-time.

But James Horwill, Mike Brown, Joe Marchant and Tim Visser crossed for the dominant hosts after the break.

Warriors, whose last away league win came at Harlequins in March, have lost four straight games in all competitions and have only one win this term.

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A former Worcestershire schoolboy accused of killing two women in Hong Kong had been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder and sexual sadism, the court has heard.

A medical witness for the defence said ex-banker Rurik Jutting also suffered from the effects of cocaine and alcohol abuse.

Mr Jutting has pleaded not guilty to murdering Sumarti Ningsih and Seneng Mujasih in 2014 on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

He did plead guilty to manslaughter, but the prosecution rejected that.

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Defence witness Richard Latham, a consulting forensic psychiatrist in the UK's National Health Service, said Mr Jutting's disorders had progressed to the "most severe end of the spectrum" by the time of the killings.

His ability to control his behaviour was "substantially impaired", Mr Latham said.

Here are some of the stories we're looking at this morning:

- The defence has started to give evidence at the trial of a former Worcestershire schoolboy accused of murdering two women in Hong Kong

- Three top jobs at Herefordshire's hospitals are being lined up for NHS bosses in Warwickshire, with current chief executive Richard Beeken soon set to depart

- Tests continue on land in Ipsley, Redditch, earmarked as the site of a new cemetery 

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BBC Weather

Early low cloud, mist and fog patches should very gradually clear most areas to reveal a dry day with some sunny intervals.

Maximum Temperature: 14C (57F).

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