Summary

  • 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

  1. Worcestershire v Sussexpublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Listen to live Hereford and Worcester commentary as Worcestershire host Sussex in division two of the County Championship

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  2. Child arrests fall in West Mercia areapublished at 09:02 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Arrests of children by West Mercia Police have fallen by 77% in the last six years.

    Research by the Prison Reform charity the Howard League found the force made just over 1,200 arrests of children aged 17 and under last year.

    Child in handcuffsImage source, Thinkstock

    Across England and Wales, the number of children in prison has also dropped by 58% since 2010.

    The Howard League says research suggests the more contact a child has with the system, the more entrenched they're likely to become - which increases reoffending rates.

  3. Patients waiting longer for cancer diagnosispublished at 08:42 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Patients in Herefordshire and Worcestershire who are suspected of having cancer are more likely to wait longer for treatment and diagnosis than elsewhere in the country.

    According to the latest NHS figures for May, acute hospitals in the counties have been failing to meet a key NHS target - that 85% of patients wait no longer than 62 days for treatment, from the time they're referred.

    It means many patients won't yet know if they have cancer or not, or could be waiting for potentially life-saving treatment.

    Cancer cellImage source, Science Photo Library
  4. Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:22 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    After a cloudy start with some outbreaks of rain, it should be a brighter afternoon with highs of around 19C (66F).

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    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  5. Welcome to our live updates for the daypublished at 08:02 British Summer Time 7 August 2017

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