Kidderminster Harriers kick off the new season against Chorley on Saturday.

Manager John Eustace says the team has worked really hard in pre-season and they're "raring to go".

A breast surgeon who intentionally wounded his patients, including a woman from Worcestershire, has had his 15-year jail term increased to 20 years.

Ian Paterson, 59 was found guilty in May at Nottingham Crown Court of 17 counts of wounding with intent.

Lisa Lloyd, 42, from Redditch, Worcestershire, underwent two operations in 2007 to remove her milk ducts, at the private Spire Parkway Hospital, after being told by Paterson they could be pre-cancerous growths.

Image source, Lisa Lloyd

Years later when Mrs Lloyd was pregnant with her second child, she went for a check-up where a scan picked up something in her right breast.

She was advised by Paterson to go under the knife - a procedure, she says, which would have put her unborn child at risk.

An ultrasound after the birth discovered the growth had disappeared. A sonographer put it down to "hormones".

Mrs Lloyd, later discovered that the second milk duct removal procedure and subsequent six-monthly check- ups had been unnecessary.

"Some people said it was acting like God, but I think it was for financial gain," she said. "I just can't believe he would put people at risk.

"What he was prepared to do to me while I was pregnant, I will never forget."

A woman has complained to Tesco after she found a coin stuck to one of its cookies.

Image source, Rian Lecouteur

Rian Lecouteur, from Redditch, Worcestershire, says she discovered a penny stuck to the bottom of the biscuit she bought from the supermarket.

The mum said she wanted to highlight the incident to ensure it did not happen again.

Tesco says it is investigating what happened and will update Ms Lecouteur with its findings.

Kidderminster Shuttle

Here are the stories the Kidderminster Shuttle, external have been working on this week.

The front page is dominated by a protest march against houses on green belt land.

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Meanwhile, the sport pages focus on Kidderminster Harriers.

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We told you earlier about a farmer's calls for tougher laws to penalise owners whose dogs attack and kill livestock.

Fifty-six ewes and lambs belonging to Tom Hadley were killed or had to be destroyed after they were attacked by two dogs owned by Charles Ross Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, south Shropshire, in September last year.

Ross Robertson was given a 12-month community order yesterday and ordered to pay £3,500 compensation over three years, while the dogs were ordered to be destroyed.

Julian Prouse said he couldn't agree more and that one Easter half of his ewes and lambs were killed by a neighbour's dog.

Tracey Farmer commented on the stock value farmers lose from "careless" dog owners.

The A49 in Leominster near to the OK Diner is closed due to a road accident, police say.

A traffic diversion is in place.

A man has been rescued from a trapped car after a crash in Ross-on-Wye.

The 18-year-old suffered pelvic and leg injuries, West Midlands Ambulance Service said.

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It happened in Lea, near the A40 in Ross-on-Wye, yesterday evening at 20:15.

A second patient was also treated for minor injuries.

More than 30 doctors have been recruited to work in Worcestershire's hospitals following a trip to India, as part of the NHS trust's recruitment strategy.

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The week-long trip to New Delhi and Bangalore saw the employment of consultants for the Alexandra, Kidderminster and Worcestershire Royal hospitals.

The trust said a combination of factors including national shortages of medical staff in certain specialties as well as a prolonged period of uncertainty at the trust had impacted on its ability to recruit doctors and nurses.

As disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson is jailed, more of his victims share their stories.

On what would have been his 22nd birthday, the mum of a Worcester University student killed in the Tunisia terror attacks has been speaking about the safety of the country.

Image source, Evans family

Last week the government travel advice for Tunisia was changed and travel firms can now start selling holidays there again.

Joel Richards was studying PE and Sports Coaching at the University of Worcester when he was killed in the 2015 attack.

His mum Suzy Evans, from West Bromwich, also lost her brother Ade and father Patrick and says she is working for better contingencies in the wake of an emergency.

Tonight, Suzy says she's meeting with his friends and raising a glass in his memory and will continue to run the charity Smile for Joel as his legacy., external

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The husband of a Herefordshire woman who died of cancer says he's planning to keep up the fundraising in her memory by continuing to write the children's books they started together.

Jake Coates says he's been inundated with messages of support since the death of 31-year-old Emmy, who was diagnosed last year.

Image source, Jake Coates

They've already raised nearly £140,000 for the Royal Marsden, where Emmy was treated.

Jake says the books, external helped them both cope with her prognosis and the work is now helping him come to terms with her death.

Kidderminster Shuttle

Battling residents are to march through Kidderminster in protest at plans to earmark district green belt , externalsites for housing developments.

BBC Weather Watchers

The weather is more autumn that August at the moment, but with the rain sometimes comes a rainbow, or even a double rainbow, as seen here in Eardisley.

BBC Weather Watcher Border Warrior took this picture.

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Fellow BBC Weather Watcher Janiejane13 took this snap in Hereford.

If you have a picture you'd like to share, you can sign up and become a BBC Weather Watcher here.

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Obsolete shop units in Kidderminster will only be filled if they're converted to restaurants and bars, or houses.

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That's according to the town centre manager Peter Michael, who's responding to calls for more to be done to help fill about 40 empty shops.

He insists Kidderminster is on the up - with new restaurants and regeneration works - but admits there's no retail demand for many parts of the town centre.

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Worcester City have confirmed six of their youth-team squad have signed for the first team for the coming season.

Sam Yeomans, Calum Harper, Sean Dayus, Tyreece Ruddock, Josh Willis and Liam Lockett have all been given their chance after impressing in pre-season.

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A major investment in the county's roads is set to take place after Herefordshire Council was awarded , external£5m from the government.

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A farmer from Herefordshire is asking for tougher laws to penalise owners whose dogs attack and kill livestock.

Fifty-six ewes and lambs belonging to Tom Hadley were killed or had to be destroyed after they were attacked by two dogs owned by Charles Ross Robertson in September last year.

Ross Robertson was given a 12-month community order yesterday and ordered to pay £3,500 compensation over three years, while the dogs were ordered to be destroyed.

But Mr Hadley says people still don't realise what their pets can be capable of.

Space for 81 extra beds could be created at Worcestershire Royal Hospital to help ease the pressure at the A&E department.

Image source, Worcestershire Royal Hospital

Heath bosses want to refurbish the Aconbury East ward to turn it into a high dependency unit.

The changes could also see a pedestrian bridge created, linking the new ward to the rest of the site.

A planning application has been submitted to Worcester City Council while funding would come from the £29m recently awarded to Worcestershire's two main hospitals by NHS England.

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

A windy day with blustery showers, but sunny spells developing this afternoon with highs of 21C (70F).

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

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