Adrian Goldberg
Presenter, BBC WM

A former UKIP MEP for the West Midlands says she hasn't worked since losing her seat two years ago because she was accused of expenses fraud. 

It took four years to bring the case to court and Nikki Sinclaire was cleared of the charges last week.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Severn Trent Water says it is investigating water supply issues in Worcestershire which have already closed Clifton-upon-Teme Primary School. 

It's thought up to 200 homes in the Clifton-upon-Teme area could be without water.

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Temperatures across the West Midlands are expected to soar to 33C (91F) today, prompting warnings from health bodies urging people to take care in the sun. 

The hot weather began over the weekend and is expected to continue tomorrow. 

BBC Hereford and Worcester

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

- A former West Midlands MEP says her political career has been wrecked by unfounded allegations of fraud

- Water supply problems hit 200 homes and close a primary school in Worcestershire

- Street cricket tournament takes place in Worcester

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A hot day in store, with largely clear skies and light southerly winds - highs of a scorching 35C (93F).

You can read a full forecast on the the BBC Weather page.

BBC Travel

There's slow moving traffic on the M42 northbound between J2 (Alvechurch) and J3 (Portway).

More from BBC Travel.  

Jerry Chester
BBC News Online

Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Tuesday morning, and it promises to be a hot one. 

This picture was taken in Worcester by BBC Weather Watcher Mikesnapper.

Image source, Mikesnapper

I'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens. 

If you'd like to get in touch you can email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

A muggy and humid night. Minimum Temperature: 14C (57F) 

Tomorrow will be another dry, fine and hot day with any cloud soon clearing away to give widespread sunshine.  

Highs of 33C (91F).

Police hunt a man who waved plastic faeces in the face of a young child and her grandmother in a reportedly racially motivated incident.

David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

More than 1,000 farmers from the Midlands have headed to the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show this week, their first chance to gather in numbers since Britain voted to leave the EU.  

I've been speaking to them to gauge what the mood is like among farmers.

You can see my report on Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC One.

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A Herefordshire schoolgirl has raised nearly £15,000 by paddling 100 miles in a kayak. 

Iona Grahame completed the three-day challenge on the River Wye alongside her friend, Lockie Peters. 

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It was all to raise money for The Tom Grahame Trust - a charity set up in memory of Iona's brother (pictured above right) who died of a brain tumour in 2010.  

The company behind Worcester's Cathedral Square redevelopment (pictured) says the project should be completed by the spring of 2017.

The new shopping and leisure development is set to create 100 new jobs with the new-look square due to include a number of bars and restaurants as well as a new gym.

I hope you're enjoying your two-day summer, because it's hotter in Herefordshire and Worcestershire than it is in Los Angeles, Rio and the Columbian capital, Bogota.

And it's only a little bit cooler than Miami, Istanbul and Rome.

Image source, Getty Images

There's a handy little tool for comparing temperatures here, with those around the world - have a play with it yourself.

Evesham Journal

A Kidderminster man has been charged with drink driving and driving whilst uninsured, following a two-car crash in Kidderminster at the weekend, external.

Here are some of the top stories on BBC Hereford & Worcester this afternoon:

- About £900,000 could be cut from Herefordshire's bus services budget over the next four years

- The Bromsgrove MP and Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has backed the government's move to sell technology firm Arm Holdings to Japanese company SoftBank for more than £24bn

- A Hereford woman with terminal cancer has completed her 2,000-mile charity cycle ride across Europe

Police in Worcester have launched an investigation after a family were believed to have been racially harassed in the city centre. 

It happened on Saturday afternoon as the family, including two young children, were walking past the Royal Exchange pub on Cornmarket. 

A man outside waved plastic faeces in the woman's face, then one of the children's. Police are asking people who may have filmed the incident on their mobile phones to come forward.

Andrew Easton
Presenter, BBC Hereford and Worcester

A Hereford woman with terminal cancer has completed her 2,000-mile charity cycle ride across Europe.

Emma Collett and her fiance Jake Coates (pictured) rode in tandem in a bid to raise £100,000 for the Royal Marsden Hospital in London where she's receiving treatment.

The couple rode through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark to complete their charity mission.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Worcestershire's director of cricket Steve Rhodes says the club's links with the University of Worcester have been a great boost to the club.

Skipper Daryl Mitchell and Rhodes's sons are among those players who have combined their studies with cricket and he says the players have come out of it "better for the experience".

The Redditch MP, Karen Lumley, says she's going to give patients the chance to discuss the change to services at the Alexandra Hospital in the town.

The trust, which runs the hospital, has announced plans which will see some services such as maternity and paediatric overnight care moved to Worcester. Other services, such as breast reconstruction and chemotherapy, will be brought to Redditch.

Ms Lumley told BBC Hereford & Worcester people are "quite rightly anxious" and the meeting will give people the chance to have their say about the hospital's future. 

The date for the public meeting has not yet been set, but is likely to be held in either September or October.