People are being asked to consider if they are really helping homeless people by giving them cash, refreshments and clothes in a "hard-hitting" campaign by a council.

Redditch Borough Council says it is putting up posters around the town and on social media after the appearance of a makeshift camp in the borough.

Image source, Redditch Borough Council

Worcester News

Children from across the city are travelling to Dines Green to cause trouble and get into fights, external , according to a concerned charity chief.  

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The pupils at Tudor Grange Academy in Worcester have been taking to the airwaves as part of the BBC's School Report Day .

Ben and Tom have been having a go at reading a sports bulletin.

Jacob and Poppy have been getting to grips with reporting live from BBC Hereford & Worcester's radio car.

Bromsgrove Advertiser

Bromsgrove school children have created a piece of eye-catching artwork to brighten up the building site of the town's newest care home, external .  

Alistair Binney
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

I've been to meet David John Poole, the Hereford man who has set up a group to hunt paedophiles.

He poses as a 14-year-old girl online and says he receives hundreds of suggestive and indecent texts and messages.

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

We've been searching for the mystery artists who created their own tribute to the Rotherwas "canary girls" in the middle of a farmer's field.

A tree decorated with yellow dusters appeared just after we'd launched our campaign to get national recognition for the men and women who worked in munitions factories like Rotherwas, in Hereford, and Blackpole, in Worcester. 

The women who worked there during WW1 had their skin died yellow by the chemicals they used, and were nicknamed "canary girls".

After much searching I've tracked down the artists.  

Vigilante groups who hunt paedophiles by posing as underage girls claim success in several high profile court cases:

-   Mark McKenna, 38 , who sent explicit photos, a video and many messages to someone he believed was an 11-year-old girl  

-  Paul Platten, 38 , who sent naked pictures of himself to a vigilante posing as a 13-year-old girl,

-   Andrew Sealey, 39 , who was caught in a sting operation in a theme park after telling one fake teenager: "It's OK you being a virgin and 15, I don't mind."  

All were convicted in court with evidence from the vigilantes forming part of the prosecution.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

A widow from Kidderminster says many deaths could be prevented if more people were vaccinated against meningitis. 

Di Spalding lost her husband John, who was a GP,  to a rare form of the condition in 2014 at the age of only 55, just hours after he became ill.

She wants younger people in particular to protect themselves.

Alistair Binney
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A Hereford man who has set up a group who hunt paedophiles says he is not trying to "do the police's work".

David John Poole poses as a 14-year-old girl online and says he gets sent hundreds of suggestive messages and explicit pictures sent to him.

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He also carries out "stings", where he has arranged to meet the alleged paedophiles in person, before calling the police with his evidence.

West Mercia Police say they "do not encourage members of the public to pursue their own investigations". The force says it can "compromise ongoing police investigations".  

Richard Johnson is gearing up for his attempt at a second Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival. 

The Pembridge-based rider is flying high after yesterday, winning the Fred Winter Juvenile Handicap Hurdle on Flying Tiger - at odds of 33-1.

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Johnson says there are just a handful of horses he thinks are able to win the Gold Cup - but he stands a good chance tomorrow with Native Rider.

Alistair Binney
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A Hereford man has told me he set up a group hunting paedophiles because the police are "too stretched to cope". 

David John Poole formed an organisation he calls "H Division" about four weeks ago - he poses as a 14-year-old girl online. He's since been sent hundreds of suggestive messages and explicit pictures.

He's also performed several "sting" operations, where he meets the alleged paedophiles in person, before calling the police with his evidence.

West Mercia Police say identifying alleged paedophiles is best left to them as they can ensure vulnerable victims are protected. 

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Not as nice as yesterday, with some fog around first thing, then a cloudy day with the potential for drizzle later on with highs of 11C (52F).

You can find a full forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

Jerry Chester
BBC News Online

Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Thursday morning. It's a cloudy start to the day, as this photo from BBC Weather Watcher Happysnapper71 shows.

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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 .

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

That's it from our coverage on Wednesday. Please join us again from 08:00 on Thursday for more news, sport, travel and weather updates.

Any breaking news will be posted here overnight.

BBC Weather Watchers

Frogs, sheep, birds and blossom - they've all provided great subjects for this selection of photos from BBC Weather Watchers .

Thanks to Morning Amble, Lounik, Postman Les, and J at Severn Ridge for the snaps.

Bromsgrove Standard

The revamp of Rubery village centre, which will cost £100,000 , external , has been confirmed and is set to get under way in the coming weeks.  

Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

A vision of the future of Wolverhampton has gone on show on the French Riviera, at a conference for developers from around the world.

BMW workers in Coleshill could be going out on strike, in protest at the car maker's plans to end their final salary pension scheme.   

And a total of 261 drivers have been given new heavier fines for using mobile phones at the wheel in one week, including one on the M5 motorway who had a bank statement in their hand and who was trying to access online banking on their phone at the same time.

More on these stories and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.

BBC Sport

Worcester Valkyries prop forward Rochelle Clark will win her 121st cap for England Women as they go in search of the grand slam against Ireland in Dublin on Friday evening. 

Her Worcester team mates Laura Keates, Bianca Blackburn and Lydia Thompson are all on the replacements bench.

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A domestic abuser has become the first man in Worcestershire to be jailed for engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour, according to police.

Image source, West Mercia Police

Kyle Scott, 23, from Lincoln, was jailed for 20 months and made the subject of a restraining order lasting five years or until further order at Worcester Crown Court after admitting the charge.

Scott subjected his victim to weeks of threatening and violent behaviour including using a knife to assault her, damaging her property, blocking her social media accounts, taking her car keys and using psychological abuse,  West Mercia Police said, external .