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A plaque dedicated to a World War One hero was unveiled as part of the celebrations.

The 31-year-old was stabbed as he walked towards his car in the Northfield area of Birmingham.

There's going to be a crackdown on the fraudulent use of disabled parking permits in Worcestershire.

County council staff will be sent out to inspect blue badges in car parks and on-street parking areas, looking for people who are using them illegally.

Figures from the government suggest misuse of the permits costs the UK economy £46m a year.

The names of more than 70 men from Hereford who died in the First World War have been restored on a war memorial.

Hereford City Council paid a stonemason to carry out the work on the plinth at Widemarsh Common after being contacted by RAF veteran David Williams.

He said he was sad to see the names fade.

Today, local residents and relatives of servicemen gathered there for a service of re-dedication.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

A cloudy night ahead with a band of rain moving north, which could be heavy at times and lows of 10C (50F).

The weekend is looking cloudy and windy, with blustery showers, as Storm Brian passes through.

Hereford Times

Three stories featuring on the Hereford Times website:

• Car crashes into flat near roundabout, external
• Deputy headteacher feared a man was going to burn down special education needs school, external
• Schoolchildren place poppies at war memorial at rededication service, external

The Avoncroft open air museum, external, near Bromsgrove, is taking part in a national study of dialects.

Researchers at Leeds University have spent four years examining how different words are used to describe the same thing around the country.

Image source, Google

Some of their work so far will go on display at the museum.

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

The death of a Herefordshire woman who died after being hit by a motorboat whilst snorkeling in Malaysia in 2013 was an accident, the county coroner has recorded.

Madaline Cole, a 25-year-old conservationist from Bodenham, had worked on whale-shark and turtle conservation programmes and was a qualified diving instructor.

The inquest heard how she was hit by the boat near Perhentian Besar Island and was taken to a health clinic but no doctors were there to help her.

A Malaysian police investigation concluded that her death was an accident, but her parents say other people have been killed in the same way and they feel that justice hasn't been done.

Simon Hawkins, from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, became the first amputee firefighter in Europe more than 10 years ago.

A water pipe that burst in Malvern yesterday, flooding Lower Howsell Road, has been fixed, Severn Trent says.

However, Worcestershire County Council says the road surface has been damaged and it's put up temporary traffic lights while it's fixed.

Image source, Severn Trent Water

The expansion of Worcester's Carrington Bridge is "fantastic news" for the area, the leader of Worcestershire County Council has said.

Simon Geraghty said the road, which will be expanded to four lanes, has been a "really congested route".

Image source, Worcestershire County Council

The government agreed yesterday to put £54m towards the £70m road-widening project, which is due to be complete by 2021.

Worcester News

Three of the headlines in the Worcester News today:

• Teenager stopped for stealing 90p energy bar was carrying knife, external

• Vicar buries rough sleeper, external
• German-style beer festival visits Worcester, external

A Worcester brewer, who has been selling his beer to pubs across the city for the past three years, has opened his own pub.

As well as allowing Robin Wintrip to serve Three Shires beers direct to the public, The Old Basin Brew House on Copenhagen street will be accepting suggestions for future brews.

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Mr Wintrip admitted he didn't know what the reaction would be, but says he's been pleased with the early response from customers.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

It will be a cloudy day with patchy outbreaks of rain, before becoming drier this evening and highs of 15C (59F).

A warning for wind has been issued for Saturday as the effects of Storm Brian are felt.

The Carrington Bridge in Worcester is going to get four lanes, with the government confirming it will fund the project.

It's going to cost £70m to complete, with £54m due to come from the Department for Transport

Work is due to start in 2019 and is expected to be finished by 2021.

Worcestershire County Council will provide the rest of the funding for the bridge, which is used by 30,000 vehicles a day.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

We're forecast more wet weather overnight and Storm Brian is expected to bring high winds to the region at the weekend, but tomorrow should be drier.

Worcester's Carrington Bridge will be turned into a dual carriageway with the Government cash.

The homes of vulnerable teenagers from small towns are being targeted by big city gangs, police say.

A burst water main has flooded Lower Howsell Rd in Malvern.

The good news is that Severn Trent doesn't expect local residents to lose their water supply, external.

The firm said engineers were on site.

Image source, Severn Trent