BBC Local Live: Herefordshire & Worcestershire Friday 6 January 2017

Summary

Investigation call after hospital corridor deaths
MP to raise hospital funding with health secretary
Save the Alex campaign group disbands
Man exposes himself to 11-year-old girl
Details emerge of a panto staged by munitions workers 100 years ago
Updates on Friday 6 January 2017

Live Reporting

Jerry Chester

Hospital units reopen after increase in demand sees staff divertedpublished at 09:25 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
BBC Hereford and Worcester
The minor injuries units in Brosmgrove, Evesham and Tenbury are due to reopen as normal from 9:00 - after being closed for a second day yesterday.
The Health and Care Trust which run the units say staff had been diverted to the accident and emergency departments at the Worcestershire Royal and the Alexandra hospital to deal with an increase in demand there.
The chair of Health Watch Worcestershire - Peter Pinfield - says the minor injuries units are vital.
Holiday rush threatens to overwhelm A and E departmentpublished at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Worcester News
A woman spent more than 24 hours on a trolley at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after being admitted in the early hours of New Year's Day., external
Weather warning for ice issuedpublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
A weather warning for ice, external remains in place until 10:00 says the Met Office.
Untreated pavement and minor roads are likely to be very slippery with a few freezing fog patches also likely.
Image source, Met Office
Author 'banned' from launching new book from nuclear shelterpublished at 08:41 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Hereford Times
A Leominster author who hoped to be the first to launch a novel from a nuclear bunker in the town says she has been banned from doing so by the property owner., external
Weather: Frosty start to the morningpublished at 08:16 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January 2017
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
A chance of ice to start with and here's my look at the rest of this morning's weather.
You can also get latest forecasts from the BBC Weather website.
Media caption,
Weather forecast for the Midlands with Sara Blizzard
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