BBC Local Live: Herefordshire & Worcestershire

Some of us may see the odd shower at first this evening, although these will soon ease.

Minimum Temperature: 13C (55F).

It'll be a cloudy start across Hereford and Worcestershire tomorrow, with the odd spot of drizzle possible at first. However, the cloud will thin and brighten later.

A Worcester busker went from singing for her supper on the streets of Mancester to singing in front of thousands of people at a sell out Seal concert. 

Kidderminster student Sam Thomas is celebrating after she brought home a silver medal from the European Karate Championships in Germany. 

Sam, 21, is a student at the University of Worcester and she competes in women's Kata - a non-combat form of karate - in which competitors perform patterns of karate movements and are marked on their power, speed and style.    

In February, one of the overhead gantries ended up blocking the road after installation problems overnight - causing massive disruption on the motorway and prompting a huge backlash on social media from drivers stuck in jams.  

The northbound carriageway between junction 5 at Droitwich and 4a at Bromsgrove was due to reopen at 06:00 on 5 Feb following overnight works. However there was difficulty removing the gantry from the carriageway as the available equipment could not lift it. 

It eventually reopened more than 10 hours later.

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Work to install gantries over the M5 motorway could take several months longer than expected.

The £120m Smart Motorway project, between junctions 4a and 6 will see gantries carrying variable speed and other electronic signs built over the road. By opening up the hard shoulder at busy times, the intention is to increase capacity on the network.

Narrow lanes and 50mph speed limits are in place.

The scheme was originally expected to be completed by October. However it could run into early 2017, Andrew Hitch, senior project manager for Highways England said.

He said the delays were due to "unforeseen" problems, such as badger sets being discovered by construction teams.

Here are our latest headlines: 

- Herefordshire Council is being urged to reassure the public why more than £8m was missed off from accounts 

-The number of salmon in the River Wye is at one of the highest levels in 20 years.

-Kidderminster student Sam Thomas is celebrating after she brought home a silver medal from the European Karate Championships in Germany

Worcestershire are 140-3 at New Road, chasing Leicestershire's 407.

Tom Fell is the latest to go, caught off the bowling of Raine for 61. 

Fell, in his first innings since being diagnosed with cancer and completing chemotherapy treatment, hit 11 fours in his 114-ball innings  

Earlier captain Daryl Mitchell was run out after a mix-up with Fell on 52.

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Karen Lumley is so far the only MP in Herefordshire and Worcestershire to back Andrea Leadsom. 

Bromsgrove MP and Business Secretary Sajid Javid is backing Stephen Crabb. 

The five other Conserviative MPs, who have declared who they are supporting, are all backing Home Secretary, Theresa May. 

An ex-Marine will climb the equivalent of Mount Everest in order to raise awareness of a rare disorder which affects a friend's son. 

Anglers fishing on the River Wye have recorded more than 500 spring catches.

It's good news, as it means we're seeing salmon return in numbers not seen in 20 years. 

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The Wye and Usk Foundation says projects to restore habitats on the river and combat pollution were behind the recovery.

 In two days' time doctors in England will vote on whether to accept a new contract.

Doctors have been out on strike six times - two of them all-out stoppages - over the terms and conditions that were on offer before it was announced in May that union and government negotiators had finally reached a deal.  

Even if British Medical Association members vote no, it's quite possible it will not matter. The will to continue the fight has all but evaporated since the Brexit vote.

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Accounts that seemed to show more than £8m missing from a Herefordshire Council budget are purely due to an administrative error, the local authority says.

Back in 2015 councillors listed £19m for the first stages of building the new city link road between Commercial Road and Edgar Street. 

Those were signed off but then by February of this year, when the next accounts were due to be signed off, it had become £10.66m.  

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The council has reassured people that the figures themselves were accurate but they were put in the wrong column of accounts and that no money has gone missing and that the overall accounts are correct.

This afternoon's headlines: 

- The former West Midlands UKIP MEP Nikki Sinclaire has broken down in tears as she gave evidence at her fraud trial at Birmingham Crown Court. Ms Sinclaire denies falsely claiming travel expenses

 - Herefordshire Council is being urged to reassure the public about why more than £8m was missed off from tables of figures which were signed off more than a year ago

 - A busker from Worcester got the opportunity of a lifetime this weekend when she was talent spotted by pop star Seal

Five out of eight Conservative MPs in Herefordshire and Worcestershire are backing Theresa May to be the next leader of the party.

This is despite the Home Secretary supporting the Remain campaign in the EU referendum. 

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Quote Message: Sooner we get over Brexiter and Remain labels the better." from Nigel Huddleston Conservative MP for Mid-Worcestershire

Sooner we get over Brexiter and Remain labels the better."

Misconceptions about frozen food are contributing to the seven million tonnes of waste thrown out by UK households every year, the Food Standards Agency says.

A survey for the FSA found 43% of people wrongly thought food could only be frozen on the day it was bought, suggesting confusion over food safety.

Some 38% incorrectly said food could become unsafe to eat in the freezer.

In fact, "the freezer is like a pause button", the FSA's Steve Wearne said.

Hereford Cathedral School is hoping to build a boarding house on the site of the council's former records office.  

Hundreds of children are taking part in the Worcestershire Schools Regatta on the River Severn today. 

It is part of a series of races taking place across the county this summer. 

The next one is this Thursday in Stourport, followed by Upton Warren near Bromsgrove next week.    

UK Independence Party MEP for the West Midlands James Carver says he's not surprised Nigel Farage has stood down as party leader.

"He's still going to lead our group in the European Parliament, which is an extremely powerful position to be in.

"He's been a great leader but there's plenty of talent within UKIP."

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It's a bright and beautiful day in Worcestershire. 

Thank you to our BBC Weather Watchers for sending in these lovely pictures of sunny Kidderminster and Lindrige. 

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