People living near rivers and streams in Herefordshire and Worcestershire can get the latest updates on water levels via the Environment Agency, external.

A plus-sized model from Bromsgrove has been included in the BBC's 100 most inspirational and influential women for 2016.

Earlier this year Iskra Lawrence, 26, launched Iskra's Army to promote more positive body image among young people. 

BBC Travel

Drivers in Worcestershire are being warned of a number of road closures due to flooding. 

The ford in Walcot Lane near Pershore, Houndsfield Lane in Wythall, Draycott Lane in Kempsey, and Stocks Lane in Malvern are all impassable, say Worcestershire County Council Highways Department. 

Several other roads including a number in Herefordshire are flooded but passable with care, external.

Malvern Gazette

The founder of the Morgan statue appeal , externalhas handed over a cheque for £11,000 to the Malvern Museum of Local History.  

Members of the public have been exploring an archaeological site near Broadway in Worcestershire, where Roman and Saxon remains have been found. 

Visitors have been able to handle some of the artefacts uncovered by experts excavating near Badsey Brook, as part of a flood risk management scheme by the Environment Agency.  

Some of the main stories we're looking at this afternoon across Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- The new head of the Wye Valley NHS Trust is promising more doctors and nurses will be employed at Hereford County Hospital to expand services 

- A military expert believes it's likely at least one more bomb will be discovered at a site in Worcester where two were found last week 

- A Worcestershire breast cancer patient is preparing to shave her head to help raise awareness of the symptoms to look out for

West Mercia Police are hoping to reduce the number of thefts from HGVs, external over the Christmas period.

As part of Operation Axle - they'll be increasing patrols around motorway service areas, truck stops and lay-bys.

The aim is to deter thieves who typically take advantage of the increased number of lorries parked up overnight at this time of year, police say. 

The new head of the Wye Valley NHS Trust wants more services to be provided at Hereford County Hospital.

Herefordshire is now sharing a chief executive with Warwickshire as part of plans to improve standards.

The Environment Agency in Herefordshire is concerned the recent heavy rain is damaging the soil in many parts of the county. 

A national bomb expert is predicting at least one more shell will be found near the old Norton barracks at Worcester. 

Two shells were discovered at the site last week by rail workers and destroyed by controlled explosions. 

A full ground survey is being carried out to check for any more unexploded devices 

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

The rain's expected to get worse this afternoon, which could lead to some tricky driving conditions.

Highs of 9C (48F).

Plenty of rain around today and more to come, as the Environment Agency highlights the risks of flooding.

Hundreds of people gathered in the streets of the Herefordshire market town of Bromyard over the weekend to see the town's Christmas lights switched on for the first time. 

In Bromsgrove the crowds turned out to see their local sporting hero switch on the lights. 

Lauren Rowles, won gold at this year's Paralympics in Rio, coming first in the trunk and arms mixed double sculls. 

Some of the stories we're looking at this lunchtime across Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- Rail services through Hereford and Worcester are being disrupted because of severe flooding near Bristol 

- The new head of the Wye Valley NHS wants more services to be provided at Hereford County Hospital  

- A leading bomb expert is predicting at least one more shell will be found at the Norton army barracks near Worcester 

BBC Travel

Rail travellers in Herefordshire and Worcestershire are being warned of disruption to services because of heavy flooding. 

Great Western Trains says services from London and Cardiff have been cancelled, because of flooding between Bristol and Swindon. 

It means that some services through Hereford and Worcester are being delayed or diverted. 

A Worcestershire businessman says it's too soon to tell whether Brexit has affected people's shopping habits this Christmas. 

Dean Attwell, who runs a food distribution centre in Redditch, says people appear to be spending as normal and they won't know until the New Year whether shoppers are less confident.   

A Worcestershire woman who has breast cancer is getting ready to have her head shaved for charity, before then having chemotherapy. 

Helen Wilson, 43, from Fernhill Heath is urging others to learn the signs of the disease, after doctors found she had cancerous lumps in both her breasts. 

She hopes the head-shave will help to raise awareness and she's also donating the hair to the Little Princess Trust to be made into a wig. 

Image source, Helen Wilson

BBC Travel

Drivers are being warned of long delays on the A44 in Herefordshire at the turn off for the Bromyard Downs.

BBC Sport

England's women lost 25-20 to top-ranked New Zealand as Worcester Valkyries' Rochelle Clark set a new international caps record.

The 35-year-old prop surpassed the record held by Scotland's Donna Kennedy after she came off the bench on Saturday for her 116th cap. 

Hereford Times

A frustrated couple are willing to remortgage their home to pay for their daughter's spinal surgery in the USA after the NHS said a planned operation could not go ahead here because of an administration problem, external.