Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

Some cooler weather ahead - find out what the next few days have in store.

Worcester News

The Worcester city centre store of Debenhams could face an uncertain future, external after the new boss unveiled plans to review the future of 10 stores nationally.  

BBC Sport

Worcestershire are expected to name a 13-man squad for their first County Championship home game of the season – which starts tomorrow against Northamptonshire (11:00).

England all-rounder Moeen Ali (pictured), who has been made available for one appearance by the ECB, is added to the 12 players picked for last weekend’s eight-wicket win in Cardiff against Glamorgan.

Image source, Rex Features

In Joe Leach’s first home game since being made county captain, overseas signing John Hastings will also make his home debut. 

You can here full commentary on the game on BBC Hereford & Worcester's on 738 AM frequency and online.

BBC Midlands Today

BBC Midlands Today has moved into a temporary studio at the moment , externalas a brand new studio is prepared.

Here's a timelapse look at how work's going.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC Local Live

The Conservative MP for Stratford-upon-Avon, Nadhim Zahawi says he'll be reporting a racist and abusive letter, addressed to him, to police.

In the correspondence, sent to his constituency office, the Iraqi-born politician is described as a "criminal", "offender" and "gangster", as well as a racial slur on his background.

The MP tweeted he'd be passing in on to the police for investigation.

Work to restore an 11th Century castle which has been on the Heritage at Risk Register since 1998 will begin next week, Historic England says.

The organisation has given a grant of £474,000 to carry out the work on Snodhill Castle in Herefordshire.

Image source, Historic England

The work will include urgent stabilisation and consolidation of the remains of the keep, gatehouse, flanking walls on the castle motte, north tower of the castle bailey and south bastion in the bailey wall.

Last summer, ownership of the castle was transferred to the newly established Snodhill Castle Preservation Trust, external.

The Salvation Army had their mobile canteen at the scene of this morning's massive fire on the Blackpole East Industrial Estate in Worcester - at its peak there were 18 fire crews to take care of.

The Rapid Relief Team were also on hand.

Adders are being tagged to help slow down their declining population.

The number of crews at the scene of this morning's fire at a delivery company's warehouse has been cut to six, the fire service say - at it's peak there were 18 crews tackling the blaze, the smoke from which could be seen in Malvern.

Hereford & Worcester Fire Service says their crews are "damping down" the remains of the 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sq m) warehouse, belonging to ArrowXL.

Image source, Richard Widdowson

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Tiny radio transmitters could be the key to helping to save Britain's only venomous snake. 

The adder is under such threat in Herefordshire and Worcestershire that the species could soon disappear from the two counties forever. 

I've been to meet snake expert Nigel Hands to find out how they are trying to save the snake.

A man from Herefordshire has been arrested on suspicion of organising the illegal dumping of waste in Liverpool and several other parts of the country.

Forty police and Environment Agency officers raided houses and businesses in Herefordshire, Hertfordshire and Staffordshire.

Hereford Times

A gathering to discuss tree support networks around the county, external is to take place in Hereford tonight.  

Contaminated water caused by run-off from the Blackpole fire has entered Barbourne Brook, the Environment Agency has warned.

Dave Throup said staff were working to minimise the impact on wildlife.

Image source, Dave Throup

Smoke from the warehouse fire could be seen from up to ten miles away

These drone shots from West Mercia Police show the fire at a warehouse in Worcester, the smoke from which could be seen 10 miles away. 

ArrowXL, the firm which has run the warehouse since 1994, says all its staff are "safe and well". 

Ten fire crews from across Worcestershire tackled the blaze, which broke out just after 08:30.  

Ten fire crews tackle the blaze at a Worcester warehouse belonging to a delivery company.

The national delivery company whose warehouse caught fire on the Blackpole Industrial Estate in Worcester this morning have been at the site for 23 years.  

A massive warehouse fire on an industrial estate in Worcester has thrown a massive smoke plume into the air, visible from as far away as Malvern.

The delivery firm which operates the warehouse that has been the scene of a massive fire says all its employees are "safe and well".

ArrowXL say the 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sq m) building was evacuated once the fire started at just after 08:30 this morning.

The company says its disaster recovery plan is in now place and plans are being finalised to move operations from Worcester to "a group owned site".

Up to 200 people were employed at the warehouse on the Blackpole East Industrial Estate.

There have been no reported casualties in the massive fire at a delivery company's warehouse on the Blackpole East Trading Estate in Worcester.

Depite that, West Midlands Ambulance Service says it is continuing to keep units at the scene of the fire, which broke out just after 08:30 this morning