Goat's Milk beer is Britain's championpublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Churchend Brewery, an independent craft brewery near Nuneaton, takes the honours at a CAMRA festival.
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Calls for M5 'rethink' after long delays
Help to find work for employees after food firm goes under
Free shuttle bus ends after low take-up
Rapids prepare for Durham T20 clash tonight
Updates on Friday 11 August 2017
Goat's Milk beer is Britain's championpublished at 18:44 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
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.
Poppy Appeal's urgent call for volunteerspublished at 17:59 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
The Royal British Legion is appealing for volunteers across the West Midlands to help with the 2017 Poppy Appeal.
The charity, which sells around 45m poppies across the UK each year, has a particular shortage of help in Coventry, Bedworth, Solihull, Nuneaton and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Some of the existing volunteers are now too old to support the campaign.
Media caption, Poppy Appeal desperately short of volunteers
Coming up on BBC Midlands Today: Moeen Ali's proud dadpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
BBC Midlands TodayMunir Ali is probably the proudest father in Birmingham right now after watching his son be named England's Man of the Series against South Africa.
The Worcestershire all-rounder began his career with Warwickshire.
Munir revealed his lifelong dream - to watch Moeen play a big part in helping England to retain the Ashes against Australia this winter.
Our sports reporter will have more on BBC1 from 18:30.
Your thoughts: Gelpack collapsepublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Plenty of you have been sharing your reaction on Facebook, external to news that 175 staff are to lose their jobs after Hereford-based firm Gelpack collapsed yesterday having called in the administrators last week.
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageBad news for the workers, also bad news for the suppliers who also now won't be paid."
Nigel Woolard
Quote MessageHaving been in a redundancy situation more than once during my long working career I feel really sorry for these folks & can fully understand how they must be feeling."
John K Yarnall
Quote MessageThis is a tragedy for all those people now out of work! All of whom probably have rent or mortgage to pay! Dreadful!"
Adela Whiting
Weather: A dry night and some sunshine tomorrowpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands TodayWe're forecast a dry night and we should see some sunshine tomorrow, with temperatures reaching 22C (73F) in places.
Media caption, Weather forecast for the West Midlands on 9 August 2017
Callous thieves strike in broad daylight to steal wheelchairpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Callous thieves have stolen a wheelchair, external from outside a house in Hollywood.
Man jailed for machete attack at Birmingham family homepublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
A man has been jailed for a machete attack, external at a family home in Hall Green.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceJames Smith, 32, from Malvern, was sentenced to 12 years after pleading guilty to threatening the family-of-four when he broke in and demanded money before fleeing empty handed.
He was initially sentenced to eight years at Birmingham Crown Court last Friday, but four years were added as the judge deemed him to be a dangerous offender.
Outdated GP letters to be reviewed by 'end of September'published at 16:35 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
The trust that runs acute hospitals in Worcestershire says it will take until the "end of September" to review the 22,000 letters that were never sent to GPs in the county following their patients hospital appointments.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has admitted the letters - which date between 2011 and 2017 - were not processed properly due to a computer error.
Quote MessageThe trust is currently working with general practices to review the outdated letters and we anticipate that this will be completed by the end of September. If any evidence emerges over the forthcoming weeks that any impact on patient care is found, the trust will contact patients who have been adversely affected."
Michelle McKay, Chief Executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Appeal for information about Worcestershire armed robberypublished at 16:15 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
A hunt is under way for two men, external after an armed robbery at Catshill Working Men's Club.
The incident, which took place on Tuesday night, saw the unknown men enter the premises on Meadow Road reportedly brandishing an axe and a bladed article.
They demanded money from staff and then left on foot in an unknown direction.
West Mercia Police are now appealing for information.
Worcestershire v Nottinghamshirepublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Follow BBC local radio commentary as Worcestershire host Nottinghamshire in the T20 Blast.
Read MorePatients left hanging over follow-up carepublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Of a backlog of 22,000 letters that were never sent to GPs, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals says in 11,000 of the cases no action was required.
That means another 11,000 did require "action" - in many cases follow-up care that may or may not have been provided. At the moment, the hospital simply does not know.
Image source, PAThe trust says it is working to "urgently review the individual cases of these patients and to ensure, where appropriate, patients receive the necessary follow-up care quickly".
The trust was placed in special measures in December 2015 and the latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission, released yesterday, was highly critical of the organisation.
Thousands of letters 'never sent' to GPs due to computer errorpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
BreakingThe trust that runs acute hospitals in Worcestershire says an issue with its computer system has meant more than 20,000 letters were never sent to GPs in the county following their patients' hospital appointments.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has admitted the letters - which date between 2011 and 2017 - were not processed properly due to the error.
It means some patients may not have received the follow-up care that they should have.
Quote MessageWe are sorry that some letters within the trust’s document management system have not been processed properly. We regret that this means some patients may not have received the follow-up care they should have."
Michelle McKay, Chief Executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Football: Drainage improvements made at Edgar Streetpublished at 14:55 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Hereford FC says it's worked throughout the summer, external to improve pitch drainage at Edgar Street.
Image source, Hereford FCA channel has been dug at both ends of the club's home ground to alleviate standing water.
Quote MessageThe ground at the ends of the pitch was rock hard and didn’t drain at all. We’ve dug a trench and filled it with stone to increase the drainage and stop the ends from flooding after downpours.
Paul Quarrell, Stadium Director at Edgar Street
Composer's revamped birthplace to reopen next monthpublished at 14:35 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
The birthplace of a world-famous composer from Worcestershire is to reopen in September following a major renovation project.
It was Sir Edward Elgar's wish that the Lower Broadheath home that he was born in would become a focal point for his music.
The National Trust took over the lease on the building from the Elgar Foundation in December and have nearly completed a revamp which has seen a new tea room built and exhibition space extended.
County ins & outs 2017published at 14:13 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.
Read MoreVictim of convicted rapist forced to drive around after attackpublished at 13:56 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
A 77-year-old woman raped by a sex offender just a month after being released from prison was forced to drive around the county for two hours after the attack, a court heard.
Ashley Shuck, 24, from Worcester, sexually assaulted two women in Kidderminster in June.
He was jailed for life and will serve a minimum of 10 and a half years.
Image source, GoogleShuck had been released on licence in May after being convicted in 2012 of raping an 18-year-old woman.
A serious case review will now be carried out and the case has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
Delivery firm commits future to Worcestershirepublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Delivery company Arrow XL says it has a strong future in Worcestershire, despite disruption caused by a devastating fire almost four months ago.
Arrow XL has opened a new distribution centre in Droitwich Spa as well as promising to rebuild a warehouse in Worcester after the existing building was destroyed by fire in April.
The two-year project will create up to 50 new jobs once the reconstruction is complete.
Quote MessageArrow XL has a strong affiliation with Worcester and the surrounding area, with hundreds of employees living across the region. Our first choice has always been to remain in the city, whilst continuing to support the local economy."
Ian Howell, Arrow XL CEO
On Midlands Today from 13:30: Urgent call for poppy sellerspublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
BBC Midlands TodayOn Midlands Today this lunchtime, we'll have more on an urgent appeal which has been launched for more people across the West Midlands to sell poppies.
The Royal British Legion says it desperately needs more volunteers as some are no longer able to help due to poor health or because they're simply too old.
We'll have more from 13:30 on BBC One.
Football: Harriers boss says second defeat is 'wake up call'published at 12:56 British Summer Time 9 August 2017
Kidderminster Harriers manager John Eustace has described his side's 1-0 defeat, external to Nuneaton Town as a "wake-up call".
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Worcestershire club conceded an injury-time goal to Town in their Vanarama North match last night.
It means the Harriers are without a win or a goal so far this season.
Quote MessageIt is a massive wake-up call for us all, really. That first-half performance wasn’t good enough and conceding right at the end was disappointing."
John Eustace, Kidderminster Harriers Manager
