Armistice Day services take place across counties
Centenary of Rotherwas munitions factory marked
Historic memorials granted listed status
Worcestershire's Tom Kohler-Cadmore wins award for fastest century
Updates on Friday 11 November
A plane crashed to the ground and skidded to a halt because the pilot misjudged the landing, a report says.
Read MoreWe'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.
Whatever you have planned this weekend have a good one.
On Midlands Today this evening we'll have powerful scenes from Armistice Day services across the West Midlands, as well as an update on Children in Need.
That and more on Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC One.
Join Nick Owen on BBC One at 1830
Wet and windy weather will arrive overnight. As a result, it'll be less cold than last night - lows of 4C (39F).
Tomorrow will be dull and damp for much of the day and later on it will start to feel a little milder too. Maximum Temperature: 13C (55F).
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Image source, Getty ImagesDepartures, injuries and illness. They've all combined to cause Worcester Wolves head coachPaul James (pictured) a major headache in the club's frustrating start to the British Basketball League season.
Wolves' threadbare squad have lost five of their first eight matches and went out of the BBL Cup last Sunday with James forced to draft a university undergraduate into the matchday set-up to boost the numbers.
But there does appear to be light at the end of the tunnel with James confident a new face will soon be added to the roster.
"We've identified a player and a contract is out," James told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"It's someone who can come in and stop the rot, he'll be a 'big' and hopefully we'll have some good news on at least one player next week."
Council bosses have confirmed today they will create much-needed extra car parking spaces in Bewdley Town Centre, external.
Police have revealed they will work to deport two Romanian nationals jailed for a string of distraction thefts, external.
Bogdan Vranceanu, 31, and Atena Calin, 20, both of no fixed abode, were sentenced to six months and three months respectively after admitting five counts of theft each.
Between 13 September and 26 September this year, 10 people had purses stolen while shopping in supermarkets in Shrewsbury, Malvern, Droitwich, Leominster, Kidderminster, Evesham and Hereford.
West Mercia Police Det Seg Julie Shephard called the pair "skilled fraudsters".
Image source, West Mercia PoliceSome team news as Worcester Warriors travel to West Midlands rivals Wasps on Sunday.
New signing South African lock Wilhelm van der Sluys is straight into the starting line-up, alongside fellow debutant winger Haisila Lokotui.
Flanker Sam Lewis is expected to make his long-awaited return.
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- A two-minute silence is observed around the region in memory of those who have died in conflicts all over the world
- Health bosses in Worcestershire reveal their options to the public as they try to save £229m over the next five years
- Two Victorian engineers are commemorated at Bromsgrove Railway Station
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Education reporter
More than half of head teachers say parents' social media behaviour is an ongoing problem, a new survey suggests.
One primary school head teacher revealed she ended up on anti-depressants after parents used a closed group on Facebook to criticise her.
However Andrew Teale, head of St Paul's Church of England Primary School in Hereford, said that, properly used, social media can be an "enormously positive force" in schools.
He says that blaming social media for bullying "is a bit like blaming a pen for a nasty letter".
Image source, ThinkQuote MessageWhat we don't want is for teachers to run away from social media."
Andrew Teale
Most of those who worked at Rotherwas munitions factory during the two wars were women, and many of them suffered ill health, due to the dangerous substances they were working with.
Former worker Nancy Billings said their roles went largely unrecognised, despite its importance to the war effort.
Image source, Hereford LoreQuote MessageI do think they should have got a lot more recognition. It was a very dangerous job. I do think they should have got a medal for what they did. I've always thought that."
Nancy Billings
Four World War One memorials in Worcester have been granted listed status in recent months.
They are a cross at St Barnabas churchyard, a cross with a carved figure of Christ at St Paul's Church, a stone memorial at St John Baptist Church and a stone cross at Holy Trinity and St Matthew’s Church.
Historic England wants to add 2,500 war memorials to the heritage list between 2014 and 2018, as part of commemorations for the centenary of World War One.
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Image source, Getty ImagesBen Te'o has the ability to bring a new "dynamic" to the England side according to Worcester Warriors head coach Carl Hogg.
New-Zealand born former rugby league convert Te'o, 29, is on the bench for Saturday's international against South Africa at Twickenham.
The centre has scored two tries in four Premiership appearances for Warriors but has not played since the end of October because of concussion.
Now he is fit, Hogg has no doubt Te'o will make an impact if called on by England head coach Eddie Jones.
"He's a great athlete and has real power. He can bring a different dynamic to the England midfield - he can take the ball from the line out and gets his hands free in the back end of tackles," Hogg told BBC Sport.
Two of the county's biggest and most internationally-successful businesses have thrown their support behind the Herefordshire university campaign, external.
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A composer is looking forward to hearing his latest work performed in public for the first time tonight.
Paul Mountford from Chelmarsh, near Bridgnorth, was commissioned to write a piece commemorating World War One and it'll be performed this evening in Feckenham near Droitwich.
Image source, Phil MountfordThe hour-long Suite For The Fallen Soldier mixes music with extracts from imaginary letters of the type that were sent to and from people fighting on the front line.
The stories we're looking at this afternoon include:
- A two-minute silence has been observed around the UK in memory of those who have died in conflicts all over the world
- A plaque is being unveiled at Bromsgrove Railway Station in memory of two Victorian engineers
- The extent of savings facing health bosses in Worcestershire have been laid out at a public meeting in Kidderminster this morning
Thousands of people across the West Midlands mark Armistice Day as towns and cities fall silent.
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It was an innings that kicked off last season's Natwest T20 Blast in explosive fashion.
Tom Kohler-Cadmoreset a club record in smashing 127 from just 54 balls, including five sixes and 13 fours, in Worcestershire Rapids' opening match against Durham Jets at New Road on 20 May.
His century came off only 43 deliveries and has won the 22-year-old the Walter Lawrence Trophy - awarded for the fastest hundred of the season.
Kohler-Cadmore, who is currently playing grade cricket in Perth in Australia, follows former Worcestershire stars Graeme Hick and Vikram Solanki in winning the award.
Image source, Getty ImagesA century ago today the gates of the Rotherwas munitions works in Hereford opened for the first time.
Over the next 30 years, thousands of people would work there producing first shells and then bombs for use by the allied troops.
Tonight the workers will be remembered with a special service at Rotherwas Chapel, followed by the launch of a new exhibition to mark the role the site played in two world wars.
Nancy Billings from Tupsley started there as an 18-year-old.
She remembered an air raid on the factory that claimed the life of 26 women workers.
Quote MessageWe ran down the corridor and as we got out we could see the air raid shelters were locked. All of a sudden this plane came down. It came down so low, you could see the big black cross on it. There was debris flying everywhere."
