Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

I can only imagine the term "wear and tear" is used a lot at Hereford Cathedral, which dates back to 1079.

Here's the stonemason busy at work repairing broken tiles.

Worcester News

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Andy Giddings
BBC Online

For the first time in over a thousand years, Herefordshire is going to get a new burial mound.

The round barrow is going to be built just outside the village of Hail Weston and work is due to start in March.

Image source, Sacred Stones

The company behind it, Sacred Stones, has built a similar barrow in Cambridgeshire and has plans to build another in Shropshire later in the year.

The stone chamber will be covered in earth to look like an ancient burial mound, and would contain a memorial spaces to store people's ashes.

It'll be a rather cloudy and cooler feeling day. 

Most places will be dry, but the odd spot of light rain is possible. Some brighter spells are also likely, mainly in the south later - highs of 6C (43F).

BBC Hereford and Worcester

The top stories for Herefordshire and Worcestershire this lunchtime include:

• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is being criticised for setting aside around £20,000 to help the new chief executive settle into the county, once she's moved from Australia 
• Plans to bring sheep back to the Bromyard Downs have been met with mixed opinions, with fears that it could spoil the 114 hectares of open space 
• The line-up for the Borderlines Film Festival has been announced which will feature screenings at the Malvern Theatres for the first time   

Worcester City picked up a battling point from last night's away trip to Curzon Ashton where the game ended in a 1-1 draw. 

Goalkeeper Ethan Ross was City's first-half hero as he saved a penalty - Colby Bishop then put them ahead. 

Andy Gallinagh turned the ball into his own net for the Curzon equaliser.

Phil Maiden
Journalist, BBC Hereford & Worcester

The Tax Payers' Alliance say the trust that runs Worcestershire's hospitals must be held to account over setting aside around £20,000 to help its new chief executive move to the county. 

Michelle McKay is moving from Australia in March and will be able to use the money to pay for relocation costs.

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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is being criticised for setting aside around £20,000 to help its new chief executive settle into the county. 

Michelle McKay, who is moving from Australia for the new job, will be able to claim the money for help with moving costs. 

The trust is currently in special measures and has been struggling to keep A&E waiting times down after two patients recently died while waiting for treatment. 

Image source, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust

Who is Michelle?

The former nurse and hospital manager from Australia was appointed last month after a long-running search to fill the top job.

She starts work in March and joins the hospital trust at a tough time, facing a large deficit and is currently in special measures.

The trust said good work has seen a deficit of £59.9m in 2015-16 on target to be reduced to £35m by the end of the financial year.  

One of Worcestershire County Cricket's former captains is to become its new president, the club announces.

Norman Gifford, who's 76, will takeover from Lord King of Lothbury in March for two years.

Gifford skippered Worcestershire to the 1974 County Championship after being a key member of the 1964 and 1965 championship winning sides.

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The club thanked the out-going president saying: "During the last past two years, the club have been fortunate to be able to tap into the vast business acumen and knowledge of Mervyn (Lord King) who is a lifelong supporter of the club."

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Three Kidderminster Harriers, external fans have been slapped with banning orders by the club.  

The top stories for Herefordshire and Worcestershire that we're looking at this morning include:

• People who use a women's protection centre in Worcestershire say victims of domestic violence and those with mental health problems will be left without help, if it isn't kept open
• The Tax Payers' Alliance say the trust that runs Worcestershire's hospitals must be held to account over setting aside around £20,000 to help its new chief executive move from Austrialia
• Worcester City picked up a battling point from last night's away trip to Curzon Ashton where the game ended in a 1-1 draw

BBC Hereford and Worcester

People who use a women's protection centre in Worcestershire say victims of domestic violence and those with mental health problems will be left without help if it isn't kept open.

The Asha Centre, external says it is is closing because of a lack of funding from the local NHS and councils. 

Since 1994 the centre has helped thousands of women, but from next month only a voluntary service will continue.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Another dull, cloudy and overcast day ahead - highs of 6C (43F). On a positive it doesn't look like it will be as wet as yesterday.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

Welcome to Herefordshire and Worcestershire Live on Monday morning. 

I'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens, between now and 18:00. 

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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

It will be cloudy tonight, with some fog possible over higher ground. Lows of 4C (39F).

Tomorrow will be similar to today, but it will feel cooler. 

Maximum Temperature: 6C (43F).

BBC Midlands Today

On Midlands Today this evening, you'll hear from a holidaymaker who "thought she would die" in the Tunisia massacre of 2015.

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You'll also see the story of a couple whose baby was born in the back of a police car and who've been reunited with the officers who came to their aid. 

Both those stories and more, including a round-up of all the region's sports news and your weather forecast, on BBC One from 18:30.

The Hereford and South Herefordshire Labour Party has called for the chairman of Wye Valley NHS Trust to step down over "conflicting interests".

Russell Hardy and chief executive Glen Burley were brought in to help turn around fortunes at the Wye Valley NHS Trust as part of an alliance with the South Warwickshire Trust unveiled in November - the same month that the Herefordshire trust was brought out of special measures.

The alliance has attracted criticism from some MPs, among others, for a lack of local consultation.

Gary Marlowe, a GP from Ross-on-Wye who spoke at the Labour party meeting, said a lack of consultation, coupled with Mr Hardy's involvement with a number of private healthcare providers made him unsuitable for the role at Wye Valley.  

As well as the current chairman of the South Warwickshire NHS Trust, he is a former board member at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

In a statement, Wye Valley NHS Trust chief executive Glen Burley said Mr Hardy had "already demonstrated his contribution to the NHS".