A fundraising book has collected Wolves fans' accounts of winning promotion to the Premier League.

We see a lot of destruction through flooding and storms, but here's something a bit different.

Image source, @DaveThroupEA

Environment Agency manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire Dave Throup tweeted, external the "strangest thing" - a picture of "thousands" of apples coming down the River Wye.

He said: "Some getting stuck against the bridge but there's a constant string of them. Anyone know the owner?!"

Storm Callum has caused a weekend of severe weather.

Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has told parliament this afternoon that food banks in the second city have had their "busiest year ever" and said "70% of that demand is due to universal credit".

The Labour MP for Hodge Hill asked the minister to "either pause this crazy roll-out or come to Birmingham and help us raise the tonne and a half of food we need each month".

In response, minister Alok Sharma said the all-party group on hunger had concluded the reasons for food bank use were "myriad and complex" and it would be wrong to "put it down to any single reason".

Tom Edwards
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

There are fears an increasing number of properties in Herefordshire and Worcestershire have been empty so long they've become a magnet for vandalism and anti-social behaviour.

There are more than 1,200 empty homes in Worcester - but it's also a growing problem in places like Kidderminster and Droitwich, as well as market towns in Herefordshire, with 5,000 empty homes across the two counties.

In Wychavon and Malvern landlords are being offered £15,000 to bring uninhabitable properties back into use.

Wyre Forest District Council says it is trying to encourage property owners to get their empty homes back into use.

Neo-Nazi Adam Thomas took photos with his newborn son while wearing the hooded robes, a court hears.

A man has died after being hit by a car near Oswestry, Shropshire.

The crash happened just before 22:45 on Saturday 13 October, on the A5 in Gobowen, close to the junction with the B5009, said West Mercia Police, external.

The 54-year-old was taken to hospital, where he died.

BBC Sport

New Aston Villa manager Dean Smith is giving his first press conference and has been asked about taking on the top job at his boyhood club.

"I suppose when I was a kid I wanted to play for Aston Villa, but I was never good enough and ended up in the lower leagues."

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"So the next best thing is you become the head coach," he said.

"I'm not gonna go dream come true, but it's certainly something I'm looking forward to doing."

Justyn Surrall
BBC Hereford and Worcester

Tributes left at Sabrina Bridge in memory of the University of Worcester student Thomas Jones are to be removed this week.

The Worcester University student went missing last month and his body was later recovered from the River Severn.

Flowers, photographs and messages were left on and around Sabrina Bridge.

Worcestershire County Council said it had met with Mr Jones's parents, who've taken away some mementos and have agreed the remaining tributes will be moved on Wednesday.

Coventry Observer

Some of today's headlines on the Coventry Observer website include:

• Campaigners accuse HS2 bosses of misleading public, external
• Police fail to investigate one in three crimes, external
• Images released of van after Coventry hit-and-run, external

BBC Sport

Dean Smith and John Terry are about to give their first press conference as Aston Villa's management team.

It's just under two weeks since Steve Bruce's spell as Aston Villa manager was brought to an end after a 3-3 draw with Preston, that saw an irate fan throw a cabbage at him.

The duo are speaking to the media for the first time at 16:00 - you can follow all the updates here.

Image source, Getty Images

The body of 28-year-old Durham man Christopher Harm was found in a car park on Saturday.

Alistair Binney
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

An inquest into the deaths of three patients, treated by a surgeon who lied about the number of operations he had carried out, has heard claims that his rise to consultant surgeon was simply "rubber-stamped".

Sudip Sarker, was jailed for six years in February after being convicted of fraud by false representation after his work for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Sarker, 48, formerly of Botany Road, Broadstairs, Kent, appeared at the Worcestershire coroner's court today flanked by guards.

The inquest was told that while he was training to be a consultant, five colleagues wrote to the deanery saying he was a "lost cause".

Later, he was called "the most dangerous sort of individual" but was appointed to an £84,000 job at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

The coroner Geraint Williams said: "I get the impression they just rubber-stamped it."

The inquest is expected to last four weeks.

Three men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of Kristof Zwolinksi.

A post-mortem examination found Mr Zwolinksi, 47, died at a property in Hunters Road, Lozells on 29 July from blunt force injuries.

David Olczyk, 28, of Hunters Road, Marcin Goetzke, 39, and Andrze Padewski, 43, both of no fixed address, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court.

They face a trial beginning 21 January.

One of Hereford's oldest houses is on the market for the first time in centuries.

Image source, Fisher German

The Grade-II listed former Archdeacons House dates back to the 13th Century and features a walled garden, a vaulted hall, stables and Tudor cellars - it carries a guide price of £575,000.

Seen from outside the property is "pretty unassuming," said Tom Dennes, from agents Fisher German, external, "but when you're inside it's another world".

An elderly woman was pinned to the ground beneath the tree and had to be cut free by firefighters.

There has been praise on social media for the manager of Walsall FC after he sent a man with terminal cancer free tickets to an upcoming game.

Dave Williams, 59, from Oldbury, said he was "over the moon" to get the tickets boss Dean Keates after his daughter contacted the club for a card.

Image source, Chloe Williams

Gareth tweeted, external: "Class act by @WFCOfficial, external hope the guy has a great day."

MVPincher added, external: "Fantastic gesture by Walsall f.c and their manager Dean Keates. Hope it goes some way to making you and your family a little happier. Especially your dad."

A Walsall fan for more than 40 years, Mr Williams has only been out of the house twice for leisure activities since he was told he had the condition.

The family are all looking forward to attending the game against Wycombe Wanderers on 27 October.

"I really can't wait to be there," Mr Williams said.

Officers investigating so-called county lines criminals, using trains to bring drugs into Shrewsbury, are being targeted at the town's railway station.

Image source, West Mercia Police

West Mercia Police said dealers from Merseyside, Wolverhampton and Birmingham were targeting the town - although, it said, Shrewsbury accounts for only a "fraction of the national picture".

BBC Weather Watchers

There's plenty of heavy rain about this morning and we love this photo of a sheep taking shelter from the elements in Worcester.

Thanks to BBC Weather Watcher Mitchc1971 for sending it in.

Image source, mitchc1971

Peter Steggles snapped this equally rainy-looking snap in Longnor.

Share your weather pictures here.

Image source, Peter Steggles

There are fears a windmill that collapsed in a suspected gas explosion could fall into a road.

Fire crews were called to the Grade II-listed building on Windmill Lane in the Castlecroft area of Wolverhampton at about 19:40 on Saturday.

Wolverhampton Council said on Twitter , externalthe following road closure was in place:

• Windmill Lane in both directions between its junctions with Castlecroft Lane and The Church of the Good Shepherd

The authority said it was working with the windmill's owner to make safe the building so the road could be reopened as quickly as possible.

Hereford Times

These are some of the headlines on the Hereford Times website this lunchtime:

• Hereford's winter shelter to reopen next month, external
• Planning battle for home for disabled son, external
• Storm Callum washes thousands of apples down river, external