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Kier Highways is carrying out a consultation on installing a toucan crossing 40 metres to the east of the roundabout on the A40, external .  

A hospital trust says it is struggling to recruit enough nurses and junior doctors. 

The trust which runs the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch and the Worcestershire Royal in Worcester, were given a deadline of the 10 March to improve patient care, by the NHS watchdog, the Care Quality Commission .

Richard Beeken, who is in charge until the new permanent chief executive starts later this month, says they are determined to fill all their vacancies.

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There was a cloudy start to the morning, but the sun has now broken through in many places, as these photos from  BBC Weather Watchers show.

Thanks to Mikesnapper, Morning Amble and Johnqa for the photos.

Figures show there were nearly six million fraud and cyber crime cases across the country in a year - including 4,557 in the West Mercia area.

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The cases - many involving online banking - were reported by  Action Fraud in the year prior to September last year. 

But police forces are concerned that most still go unreported - leaving many victims "forgotten".

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BBC Midlands Today

A Staffordshire farmer loses his cattle herd after an outbreak of bovine TB and a warning over internet scams.

All this and more on Midlands Today, BBC One at 13.30.

A derelict Hereford pub is set to be demolished to make way for 35 affordable flats. 

Herefordshire Housing will be building the new homes on the site of The Ship Inn on Ross Road. 

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The pub has been empty for more than a decade and work will begin this week on making the site secure and preparing it for demolition next month.   

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More patients are enduring 12-hour "trolley waits" to be admitted into hospital in Worcestershire than anywhere else in the country, external , shock figures reveal.  

The Cinderella Sports Ground, on Bransfield Road in Worcester, could become "a centre for local cricket and football" under plans being put forward by the city council and a further education college.

The ground was the original home of Worcestershire County Cricket Club.

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- The pavilion dates from 1876 and was used by workers from Willis' Cinderella Shoe Factory, becoming known as the Cinderella Sports Ground

- World-renowned cricketer WG Grace (pictured) played there in 1870, at the age of 20

- It hosted the first Australian touring side in 1878

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Network Rail say a signalling problem between Great Malvern and Worcester Foregate Street , external is delaying trains by up to 30 minutes.

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BBC Weather

When the going gets tough, the tough get checking the weather forecast, or at least those who want to pick a winner at the races do.

As Cheltenham Festival 2017 gets under way, BBC Weather's Rebecca Wood explains about having a flutter in the wind and more. 

The original home of Worcestershire County Cricket Club, where WG Grace once played, could be transformed into "a centre for local cricket and football".

The Cinderella Sports Ground, on Bransford Road in Worcester, has been derelict since it closed in 2007.

The ground’s ornate historic pavilion (pictured) is currently still in place, but has deteriorated to a point where it cannot be restored.     

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The council has been negotiating with Heart of Worcestershire College to jointly refurbish the sports ground and to sublet it to the college on a peppercorn rent.

Funding from the council, the college, Sport England, a private donator and from financial contributions made by developers will "help revive the site", a spokesman says.

If the plan is approved the ground could be back in use by Autumn next year.    

Worcestershire's overseas signing, John Hastings, remains "on schedule"to be fit to play in the first championship match of the season.

The Australian all-rounder is recovering from patella tendon surgery in the winter.

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The county hope the 31-year-old will be able to take the field when they take on Glamorgan at the SWALEC stadium, on 14 April.

Alistair Binney
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

The inquest into the death of eight-year-old from Redditch who died a day after being discharged from hospital has been adjourned until 28 June.  

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Callum Cartlidge suffered a cardiac arrest at home in Redditch after developing suspected sepsis, the BBC has been told. He had been diagnosed with tonsilitis.

Paramedics were allegedly told to take him 18 miles (29km) to Worcestershire Hospital and not nearby Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, which  stopped admitting children to A&E in September.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is investigating what happened.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

The bulk of Hereford FC fans are "excellent ambassadors for the club" and recent crowd troubles have been caused by "a small minority", the club chairman says.

Ken Kinnersley says the club is determined to "rid itself of these elements".   

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The Bulls' Southern League Division One South and West match at Didcot Town in March was abandoned because of crowd trouble. 

A 19-year-old man from Hereford was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence, and a 19-year-old man from Hereford was arrested on suspicion of common assault following the trouble, Thames Valley Police said.

Both men have been bailed until April. 

If you spot a yellow helicopter flying low over Worcester today, it's checking overhead lines for Western Power Distribution.

They love you to photograph it as well, just in case they've forgotten what it looks like.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

The Cheltenham Festival opens today and Herefordshire trainer Venetia Williams will have Vic De Touzaine in the Ultima Handicap Chase.

The Aramstone yard is also due to have both Zamdy Man (pictured) and Burton's Well in the final race of the day – the Novices Handicap Chase.

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These cats, playing among the spring daffodils in Pershore, were photographed by BBC Weather Watcher, Strictlyballroom.

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A scheme to help people in the Wyre Forest save money off their gas and electricity bills could be introduced.

Plans to start at a Collective Energy Switching Scheme will be discussed at a council meeting this evening.

It would see lots of people change to the same energy supplier, chosen by the council, to get a better deal.

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A 64-year-old dog trainer is due to be sentenced later after he admitted allowing his two dogs to kill and injure more than 50 lambs. 

Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, Ludlow, pleaded guilty at Hereford Crown Court in January to allowing his Rotweiller cross dogs to attack the sheep in a field at Risbury near Leominster. 

He's due to appear at Worcester Crown Court today.   

An application has been made for the dogs to be put down.