Coach Paul James says he is "super proud" of Worcester Wolves after they shock British Basketball League leaders Newcastle Eagles.

A Facebook appeal traced the family of a teenager whose memorial bench which was swept out to sea

The link road has now re-opened, Highways England say.

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

A leading judge is to officially open the University of Worcester's new law school next week, and will cast his eyes over its courtroom, where student will practice their advocacy skills.

Sir Andrew McFarlane, Lord Justice of Appeal, will perform the formal opening on Thursday, 26 January.    

Image source, University of Worcester

The purpose-built mock courtroom, or "moot room", has benches for judges, barristers, defendants, witnesses and public including members of the press, plus a separate jury room to simulate the real court experience.

A new boat will be launched at the weekend by a rescue service, and it will be named after a crew member who died.

Stuart Frost, who was one of the volunteers who help run Severn Area Rescue Association, external (SARA), lost his life in a road accident last year.

SARA is an inshore rescue boat and land search organisation covering the Severn Estuary and the surrounding area.

A driver who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into Mr Frost's car, killing him and injuring his fiancee, was jailed for two years and nine months and banned from driving for five years in November.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

By the evening the cloud will have cleared most places, causing temperatures to drop quickly. It'll be a cold night with a widespread frost and some patchy fog possible. Lows of -2C  (28F).

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

Did you know it was penguin awareness day? The Severn Valley Railway does.

A 40-year-old man has been fined £400 after being caught dumping waste by a CCTV camera installed at a fly-tipping hot-spot.

Edward Power, of Far Wood Road, Northfield pleaded guilty yesterday at Redditch Magistrates' Court to two offences. 

Image source, Bromsgrove District Council

He was caught on two occasions dumping wood, furniture and general waste at Icknield Street, near Kings Norton, on a camera installed by Bromsgrove District Council.

Magistrates also ordered him to pay £120 in compensation for each case.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Here are some of the stories we are looking at today:

- HGV driver in crash that closes the M42 dies at the scene of the accident, the ambulance service says

- Fly-tipper fined by court after being caught on a hidden camera dumping waste

- Worcester Wolves BBL against the Newcastle Eagles is featured live on the BBC Sport website

You can help to preserve the rare butterfly species in Wyre Forest, in north Worcestershire.

A driver has died after an HGV overturned and caught fire on the M42 motorway this morning, the ambulance service says.  

West Midlands Ambulance Service says its crews were called to the M42, near to the link with the M5, shortly before 11:50.  

Image source, Lynne George

Paramedics had to wait until fire crews has brought the blaze under control before they could get to the driver.

Image source, PA/Thinkstock

Last year we reported on plans to boost the low numbers of shad, King Henry III's favourite fish, in the River Severn.

A number of charities and agencies, including the Severn Rivers Trust and the Environment Agency, are working on a £20m project to build fish passes and help boost the local economy.

Since October, design work has got under way for fish passes which are being placed along the river.

Mike Morris from the Severn Rivers Trust said: "Every pass is different, they vary in cost from £300,000 to £400,000.

"The most expensive wil be £2m to £3m and the largest is about 80-90m long and about 20m wide so they are quite large and take a long time to construct."

He added that the design work would be completed by the summer and building work for the first fish passes would begin next March, with the last one completed by 2020.

BBL action returns to the BBC this evening as Newcastle Eagles welcome Worcester Wolves to Sport Central.

The Newcastle Eagles go in to the game top of the table and as clear favourites whilst Worcester have lost their last three matches. 

You can watch all the action live on the BBC Sport website, app and selected connected TV's from 19:30 GMT by clicking here and if you want to learn more about the BBC's coverage from the BBL and WBBL in 2016/2017 click here.

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The good news - the number of historic buildings on the Historic England "at risk" register in Worcester has fallen - from 28 in 2012 to 22 last year.

The bad news - that's still a lot of Worcester landmarks under threat due to "deterioration, neglect, decay and unsympathetic development".

Here's a slideshow of some of them: The Edgar Tower at one of the entrances to Worcester cathedral; The Scala Theatre, a former cinema; The remains of Worcester's city walls; St Helen's church, near the Guildhall; The Litchfield Avenue war memorial, Ronkswood.

Pictures from Google

You can find the full list of at risk building, externals on the Worcester City Council website.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Worcester Warriors' head coach Carl Hogg has praised his players' work ethic during their narrow defeat at Brive. 

He's also looking forward the arrival of new signing Ethan Waller.  

BBC Hereford and Worcester

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

- Lorry fire closes the link between the M42 and M5 in Worcestershire "for the rest of the day" says Highways England

- A 999 call handler from Worcestershire has helped to trace the home of a four-year-old boy who phoned after his mum collapsed

- The family of a teenage boy from Worcester will pick up his memorial bench that was washed up on a beach

Worcester News

A serial burglar who targeted commercial properties in Worcester "out of desperation" on his release from prison has been sent back to jail, external.  

The link between the M42 and M5 is expected to stay closed southbound for the rest of the day, Highways England says.

An HGV caught fire after overturning near J1.

Diversions are in place, but there are reports of long queues in the area. The carriageway is expected to reopen at about 05:30 on Saturday, Highways England says.

Image source, Highways England

The friend of a Hereford man who's been flown back to the UK from Peru after suffering a serious accident has praised British Airways staff for the way they looked after him during his flight. 

Will Welch was left in a coma after falling from a roof while volunteering in the South American country.

Image source, Family

He's now being treated at the East Surrey Hospital.