That's it for live updates today. We'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country.

Sara Thornton
BBC Weather

Overnight scattered showers will continue, perhaps turning wintry on high ground in the north. 

Chilly, with clear spells in between the showers. Later in the night a more persistent spell of rain will push south - lows of 3C (37F).

Another case of flytipping has been identified - this time building materials dumped in Grimley.

Malvern Hills District Council tweets this picture, external of rubble in the middle of the road on a country lane.

Kidderminster Harriers are to take on West Bromwich Albion in a pre-season game, the club has announced., external

The club also says it is to share its training ground with the U21 squad., external

Four pupils abused by a paedophile teacher have received a payout from their former boarding school.

The victims claimed Simon Harris molested them at Shebbear College in Devon where he was a Latin teacher and deputy housemaster in the 1980s.

Harris, of Pudleston near Leominster in Herefordshire, was jailed for 17 years in 2015 for abusing of three of the Shebbear pupils.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

The top stories for Herefordshire and Worcestershire include:

- Four pupils abused by a Herefordshire paedophile have received a payout from the former boarding school where he abused them

- The Worcestershire Acute NHS trust has cancelled 308 outpatient appointments and 12 operations as junior doctors go on a 48-hour strike

- A 17-year-old will appear at crown court later this month accused of the manslaughter of a another teenager who was pulled from a canal in Worcester

Worcester Warriors' young prop Gareth Milasinovich ruptured his Achilles tendon during the Aviva Premiership defeat at Exeter Chiefs on Saturday, the club has confirmed.

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Warriors' director of rugby Dean Ryan said Milasinovich sustained the injury during the 50-12 defeat at Sandy Park and says the 23-year-old faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

The South African prop joined the Sixways club last summer and has so far made four Premiership appearances - all of them off the bench.

A conference to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the death of King John is to be held at Worcester Cathedral this weekend., external

Magna Carta, signalling the end of the conflict between King John and the barons, who were in revolt, was sealed in 1215 and is seen as the cornerstone of the development of constitutional law in England.

King John is entombed in the cathedral. 

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Michael Perkins
BBC Hereford & Worcester

One person has been taken to hospital after a three-car collision on London Road in Worcester. 

The crash happened just after 13:00. 

London Road has now opened in both directions between Wyld's Lane and Spetchley Road.

Redditch United's hopes of winning the Southern League Premier Division title suffered a potentially fatal blow after they were deducted three league points for fielding two suspended players in a match in February.

The pair featured in a 3-1 home victory over St Neots Town on Saturday, 20 February and the Southern Football League has upheld the charges brought against the Reds by the Football Association.

Redditch will not be appealing the decision and, despite the points deduction, they remain in second place in the Premier Division table although they are now six points behind the leaders, Poole Town.

Felicity Sanderson
Journalist, BBC Hereford and Worcester

I've been speaking to 18-year-old Sophie from Worcester, who's name we've changed as she wanted to remain anonymous. 

She was 14 years old when she first realised she had an eating disorder, but is now in recovery.

She is calling for warnings on calorie-counting apps, designed to help you track your daily food intake, saying they can become addictive.

BBC Travel

London Road in Worcester remains closed after a crash involving three vehicles.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

The top stories in the BBC Hereford and Worcester newsroom this afternoon include:

- Four victims of a Herefordshire sex offender have received a pay out from the school where he abused them

- A soldier from Worcester says he's honoured to have been chosen to compete for Great Britain in the Invictus Games in America next month

- Experts are meeting at the University of Warwick for a conference on protecting our bees

Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

Ministers and junior doctors are locked in an increasingly fraught dispute in England. 

Today has seen the start of the latest strike - but what exactly is this row about?

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I've been examining the causes, who it involves and the wider context to this and you can read more here.

Police are appealing for information after a load of scrap wood was found abandoned in Malvern.

Anyone with information about the flytipping in Callow End should contact the community services team via email., external

A £1.25m appeal to complete the "last mile" of a heritage line is being launched by music producer Pete Waterman.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) currently runs between Cheltenham and Laverton but wants to extend to Broadway in Worcestershire.

A public share scheme raised more than £500,000 in 2014, but to complete the extension it now needs to raise £1.25m.

Mr Waterman, GWSR president, said: "There's nothing wrong with the railway now but the jewel was always Broadway."

BBC Travel

The A44 London Road is closed in both directions outside Worcester, after a crash near the Tesco store. 

Police have closed the road between Wyld's Lane and Spetchley Road to help with the clear up.

Four pupils abused by a teacher who went on to prey on Kenyan street children have received a payout from their former boarding school. 

The victims claimed Simon Harris, originally from Puddleston, near Leominster, molested them at Shebbear College in Devon in the 1980s. 

Harris was jailed for more than 17 years in February 2015 for a string of sex offences including abuse of three of the pupils from the school in the late 1980s, and five Kenyan boys between 2002 and 2013. 

Image source, West Mercia Police

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A drunk Worcester woman who had never been behind the wheel crashed her partner’s car into a neighbour’s wall, external then called the police, a court was told.

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

The wind will pick up this afternoon and some sunny spells may develop. However, heavy and thundery blustery showers willcontinue which could be wintry over higher ground.

Maximum Temperature: 11 Deg C (52 Deg F).