Live updates for Herefordshire and Worcestershire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

Worcestershire's director of cricket Steve Rhodes says he feels they could have played some cricket in the abandoned match against Kent at New Road today.

Not a ball was bowled in the Specsavers County Championship game before the umpires called it off just after midday. 

But Rhodes says he feels they they should have got some play in over the four days.

A young boy was told by his father to "brace" moments before the light aircraft he was flying crashed into trees, an inquest has heard.

Lewis Tonkinson, 50, and his wife Sally, 44, from Cookhill, Worcestershire died in the crash in woodland near Popham Airfield, Hampshire, on in January 2015.

Their son, then six years old was badly injured, but survived.

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Mr Tonkinson was "intelligent, confident, reliable" but "not a chancer or someone who would take risks to harm his family", an inquest at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court was told.

The family of a cyclist from Ross on Wye, left paralysed from the neck down after being knocked off his bike, say they wish that drivers could see the effect the accident has had on their lives. 

Leon Hill was hit from behind while he was on his way to work in November 2013.

He's still receiving treatment at a neurological unit in Gloucestershire and he's only able to come home three times a week. 

His wife Amy is urging people to take more care on the roads and slow down.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

There are elections taking place on 5 May but you will only be able to vote if you’ve registered to do so - and the deadline is next Monday.

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If you are not already registered, you can do so by visiting the following website: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote, external.

And, if you want to find out more about the elections then you can visit the voter information website here: http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/, external or the BBC News elections homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2016.

A football-loving rescue dog has been nicknamed Ronaldog by his owners on account of his impressive ball skills.

The two-year-old cross-breed, who was adopted from the Dogs Trust in Evesham two years ago, has now been rehomed in Gloucestershire where he is happy to show off his skills.

- A Worcestershire woman has appeared in court after being caught driving 26 times over the drug-driving limit

- Worcestershire's clash against Kent is declared a draw after their first complete abandonment since New Road's great flood of 2007

- A football-loving dog rescued in Evesham, has been nicknamed Ronaldog by his owners on account of his impressive ball skills

BBC Travel

There's slow traffic on the A438 New Market Street westbound, between The Herdsman traffic lights and the A49 Victoria Street junction.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

Tonight will be largely dry with broken cloud. Lows of 7C (45F).

Find out what tomorrow holds.

Hereford Times

The Midland Football League has confirmed that Hereford FC's away match at Shepshed Dynamo will be played on 30 April and not 7 May, external.

Obesity is behind a rise in womb cancer, according to Cancer Research UK. 

Cases have risen by 28% over the last decade.

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About 840 women are diagnosed with womb cancer every year in the West Midlands and around 180 die from the disease. 

There's evidence extra fat in the body can raise cancer risks, the charity says.

A national magazine for Gypsies and travellers that's published in Hereford, has received a major funding boost. 

The Rural Media Company, publishers of Travellers' Times, has been awarded nearly £150,000 by the independent grant-making body the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.

Findings by the Equality and Human Rights Commission reveal Gypsies and travellers are among the country's most disadvantaged groups falling behind the rest of the population.

Jo Rideal, from the foundation, said: "The committee felt that Rural Media's application was a good match to our social change priorities to support work with marginalised groups and activities that address injustice and inequality."

Here's what we're covering today:

- BBC investigation reveals the number of so-called dangerous dogs seized by West Mercia Police has more than doubled in the past two years

- Size 14 model Iskra Lawrence says she is hitting back at 'body-shamers'

- Worcestershire's opening County Championship game of the season against Kent is called off

Worcestershire have suffered their first complete abandonment since New Road's great flood of 2007.

After three lost days due to heavy rain, their opening County Championship game of the season against Kent has been called off as a draw.

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It is the first time New Road has seen a complete washout in the County Championship in nine years, when Worcestershire lost successive games against Kent and Lancashire.

Tim Race
Producer, BBC Hereford & Worcester

The Fratellis will be headlining the Livestock Festival, external in Worcestershire later this year. They join acts including Reef, Jason Donovan and Chesney Hawkes on the bill.

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The number of dangerous dogs being seized by West Mercia Police has doubled in the past two years, a BBC investigation shows.

More than 130 were captured between 2013 and 2015.

In England and Wales, almost 5,000 dogs suspected of being banned breeds have been seized by police over the past three years.

Evesham Journal

An event to remember Herefordshire soldiers killed in the First World War has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, external.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A risk of some heavy showers this afternoon.

Highs of 15C (59F).

BBC Midlands Today

We'll have the latest on a football fan getting compensation after being "repeatedly kneed in the head" by a police officer - and where Citizen Khan will be appearing in the Midlands as part of a comedy tour.

Plenty to get stuck into, you can see it all from 13:30 on BBC One.

Malcolm Boyden
Presenter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Iskra Lawrence told me she's keen to show "there's more than one type of beauty".

"I had no idea I'd have so much success. I'm enjoying modelling because before it was very shallow, now I'm challenged mentally," she said.

"And, now I'm educating others so they don't have to go through what I did.

"What I see, is that women want this and I'm trying to open doors to others so they can break boundaries."