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

It's emerged that suspected illegal schools in parts of the Midlands have been issued with warning notes after a special task force was set up last year to uncover them. 

Today the Chief Inspector of Schools announced Ofsted's latest findings - we'll be analysing them on Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.

Herefordshire's Sascha Kindred and Rebecca Redfern, from Droitwich Spa, have both been named in the 31-strong Great Britain para-swimming squad announced today for this summer's Paralympics in Rio.

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The 38-year-old Kindred (pictured) has 12 Paralympic medals to his name and has been to every Games since Atlanta 1996.

Meanwhile, it will be 16-year-old Redfern's first Paralympic Games.

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Athletics legend Colin Jackson is urging men to get on their running shoes for a charity 5k run in Worcester, external.

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Remnants of a dress belonging to Queen Elizabeth I may have been found in an altar cloth in Herefordshire.

The fabric at St Faith's Church in Bacton has been identified by experts as a piece of a 16th Century dress.

Dave Bradley
Cricket commentator

Worcestershire's Jack Shantry has got in among the wickets as visitors Sussex are pegged back to 163-5 at New Road.

Earlier, Worcestershire were bowled out for 491 in their first innings in the County Championship Division Two fixture.

It will be a largely dry and chilly night with some clear spells and a patchy grass frost in rural areas.  Lows of 7C (45F).

Claire Cashmore from Redditch has been named in the 31-strong Great Britain para-swimming squad today for this summer's Paralympics in Rio.

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At London 2012 she won silver medlas in the Women's 100M breaststroke SB8 and as part of the relay team.

A Worcestershire farmer whose tractor nearly caused a major disaster after being stolen and crashed into the wall of a railway bridge says it's fortunate nobody was killed. 

On Friday night, the vehicle was taken from Martyn Icke's farm in Drakes Broughton.

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Gavin Kermack
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- A Worcestershire farmer whose tractor nearly caused a major disaster after being stolen and crashed into the wall of a railway bridge says it's fortunate nobody was killed

- Five nights of work on Worcester's southern link road are due to begin tonight

-Three local swimmers are named in the GB Paralympic squad for the Rio games

Dave Bradley
BBC Hereford & Worcester

"Four wickets in the afternoon session including two in the last three overs before tea have put Worcestershire in a good position.

"Ed Joyce and Chris Nash had 58 on the board before Ed Barnard bowled the former for 58 and Jack Shantry then tied down the batsmen with a fine spell, conceding only seven runs in eight overs, before Matt Henry struck to remove Nash for 31.

"Luke Wells top edged a six and then tried to repeat it, holing out to Shantry at fine leg, and Joe Leach had two in two overs as he trapped Taylor lbw off the last ball before tea."

Five nights of work on Worcester's southern link road are due to begin tonight. 

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The work will involve the removal of overhead power cables, along with the installation of drainage ducts and culverts, on the Norton to Ketch arm of the A4440. 

The work is described as one of the biggest upgrades to the road infrastructure in Worcestershire by the county council and will see the road reduced to one lane between 20:00 and 06:00 to minimise disruption.  

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Hereford FC’s manager, Pete Beadle doesn’t believe the players have yet appreciated the scale of their achievements so far this season.

The Bulls have already won the Midland Football League Championship and League Cup, as well as the County Cup in which they beat Westfields 5-1 in the final.

The will head to Wembley on Sunday, 22 May for the FA Vase final against Morpeth Town and Beadle feels it will be only then that the squad will appreciate just how far they have come in what is the club’s debut season.

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Gavin Kermack
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the stories we're looking at this afternoon:

- A father and son from Tenbury Wells are on trial at Hereford Crown Court accused of running a cannabis factory near Leominster

- Parts of a dress belonging to Queen Elizabeth I may have been found in a church in Herefordshire

- The Regal cinema in Evesham plans to build a "sky bar" with panoramic views over the town

Jerry Chester
BBC News Online

It's a lovely day today, as you can see from this picture taken in Lyonshall, Herefordshire, by BBC Weather Watcher, Johnqa.

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Some trains running between Redditch and Lichfield Trent Valley, external will be running with fewer carriages until December, London Midland say,

The operator says 26 of its trains are having their engines upgraded and rather than cutting a whole service it has decided to shorten some trains.

The busiest departures affected will be:

- 07:50 Lichfield to Longbridge (08:30 arrival at New Street) - 17:16 Four Oaks to Redditch (17:43 departure from New Street)

Dave Bradley
Cricket commentator

Worcestershire were dismissed for 491 before lunch, with the last six wickets going this morning for 109 runs.

Sussex are currently 50-0 in their first innings reply at the New Road ground.

You can listen to ball-by ball commentary and follow the action online.

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A town’s cinema and theatre is in the running to win £25,000 after it made it onto a shortlist for "community initiative of the year, external".

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Read more from BBC News Online on the arrest of a man on suspicion of the attempted murder of a 51-year-old who was stabbed.