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Updates on Friday 10 March 2017
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
Our region will stay mostly cloudy and damp today , though Shropshire and Staffordshire will probably stay dry.
It will feel milder with temperatures up a few degrees compared with yesterday. Highs of 11C ( 52F).
Weather for the West Midlands.
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Wednesday morning.
We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens.
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An investigation is launched after Callum Cartlidge, 8, died after developing suspected sepsis.
Read MoreWe'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 Wednesday.
Keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.
Police say they are treating the death of a man whose body was found in a canal in Worcester this morning as unexplained.
Emergency services were sent to Spring Lane at around 07:30 after a passer-by saw a body in the water.
A post-mortem is taking place tomorrow and West Mercia Police, external is asking anyone who saw anything suspicious to contact the force.
Another wonderful picture courtesy of our BBC Weather Watchers .
This one was sent in by Detective_Miller from Cofton Hackett.
Image source, Detective_MillerRacing pigeons that are kept on a farm in south Worcestershire have been recruited by scientists from the University of Birmingham to help measure levels of pollution.
Tiny sensors are attached to the birds to collect pollution data.
University experts attach tiny sensors to birds
A Kidderminster campaign group has launched an appeal to fund the legal costs of a sacked NHS , external “whistle-blower” who is taking his case to the High Court.
Broad Street in Kidderminster has reopened.
It was closed due to damage caused by Storm Doris
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Liam Barnes
BBC News Online
Karen Morris, 33, a former farm worker from Hereford, was transferred to HMP Foston Hall in Derbyshire on 9 October 2014, and died at Royal Derby Hospital on 10 January 2015.
A post-mortem found the cause of death of as Tramadol drug toxicity.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceThe inquest opened at Derby Coroner's Court on Monday, and is set to run for more than a week.
The BBC Weather Watchers are not disappointing with the calibre of pictures today.
The deep blue sky of this picture from j at Severn Ridge looks more Mediterranean than Severn Stoke.
Image source, j at Severn RidgeThis picture of the rolling hills in Doddenham was sent in by Toppo.
You can share your pictures here .
Image source, ToppoBritish Transport Police says a man is assisting officers with their enquiries into an incident on board a train in Worcestershire during which a 14-year-old boy was reportedly rugby-tackled to the ground and punched after accidentally stepping on a man's dog.
Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
An ambulance called to a boy who went into cardiac arrest bypassed a nearby hospital for a site 18 miles further away at which he died.
Alexandra Hospital in Redditch is about a two-minute drive from Callum Cartlidge's home where he was taken ill, but it has not been accepting ambulances that are dealing with paediatric emergencies since September last year.
The eight-year-old's journey to Worcestershire Royal Hospital - 18 miles further away than the Alexandra - took 23 minutes during Friday's rush hour, sources say.
Image source, Family pictureLast Thursday, Callum was discharged from Worcestershire Royal Hospital to which he had been sent by a GP, his mother Stacey said, having got more poorly following an earlier diagnosis of tonsilitis.
Following a cardiac arrest on Friday afternoon he returned and died, the trust running both sites confirmed.
The trust says it cannot comment further while "a full external SUDIC (Sudden Unexpected Death In Infants And Children) investigation as well as our own internal processes" are under way.
A woman from Kidderminster who was targeted by telephone scammers in an organised con is warning other people to be on their guard.
The BBC has found TalkTalk customers in the UK have been called from India as part of an industrial-scale fraud network in a bid to trick them into handing over personal details.
Image source, ReutersWhen Maria Smith was phoned she realised something was wrong as she was no longer a TalkTalk customer.
Talk Talk says it has launched a campaign called 'Beat the Scammers' and it proactively blocks more than 90 million scam and nuisance calls a month.
Police forces in England and Wales received one call every 90 seconds last year about a missing person, official figures show.
In the West Mercia Police area, the number of children going missing rose by 15% in 2015/16, while the number of adults missing is up by 18% compared to the previous year.
Image source, Getty ImagesData from the National Crime Agency, external (NCA) reveals more than 335,000 missing person calls were made in 2015/16.
Listen to live BBC local radio commentary from Saturday's action in the National League, National League North, FA Trophy and FA Vase semi-final.
Read MoreWorcestershire County Cricket Club has revealed Moeen Ali may be available to them for the new season.
Moeen Ali has been in action with the national team, but director of cricket Steve Rhodes said there was a "good chance" Ali would be available to play some early season cricket for Worcestershire.
Image source, APHe added any decision would be made when Ali returned from current England duty in the West Indies.
England is next in international action against Ireland in May.
A waterlogged pitch at Stalybridge Celtic has postponed tonight's match against Kidderminster Harriers.
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Hereford FC have said they will make no further comment on events at Didcot Town until the FA and Southern League publish the results of their enquiries.
Crowd trouble , external towards the end of Saturday's game led to its abandonment.
Image source, Bulls NewsThe Bulls confirmed they have submitted a report, including video footage, to the authorities.
Malvern Observer
Malvern Civic Society is putting out a final call for entries to its prestigious Civic Award which recognises buildings , external which add ‘something special’ to the built environment of the area.
