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The fire happened on the southbound carriageway between J4a (M42) and J4 (Bromsgrove).

The front of the post office in Barnards Green in Malvern has been smashed in by theives who used a JCB to steal a cash machine.

The JCB was abandoned at the scene after the raid in the early hours of this morning.

Image source, Malvern Cops

A Herefordshire man is celebrating his 60th birthday a year after a near fatal fall that put him in a coma. 

Will Welch was volunteering in Peru when he fell off a roof and was given three days to live. 

Friends raised thousands of pounds to pay for his treatment as he didn't have insurance.

Image source, Welch family

His friend Chris Marchington says Will is now getting physically stronger but still requires a lot more treatment.

A JCB has been used to steal a cash machine from a post office in Malvern.

West Mercia Police say the theft took place in the early hours of this morning in Barnards Green.

Image source, Malvern Cops

Police are appealing anyone who witnessed the theft to contact them.

Image source, Malvern Cops

There's disruption and slow traffic on the M5 after a car caught fire, Highways England say.

The fire service is tackling the blaze on the southbound carriageway between J4 (Bromsgrove) and J4a (M42).

Image source, Highways England

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC weather presenter

A mixture of sunshine and shower over the next few days. Find out what the Easter weather has in store.

Jerry Chester
BBC News Online

Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Thursday morning.

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.

BBC Weather's Rebecca Wood looks at the impact weather has on batting and bowling.

Live updates for Herefordshire and Worcestershire have finished for the day but local stories will be added automatically through the night.

Hereford Times

Town councillors approved spending £3,000 to carry out repair work at the popular skate park off Wilton Road, external.  

A historic house in Worcester that once played host to "Good Queen Bess" has been given a £15,000 facelift by the city council.

The Queen Elizabeth House, dating beck to the 1570s, was moved to one side of Trinity Street to the other in 1890 to save it from a road widening scheme.

Incredibly it's not the only historic building to have been moved lock stock and barrel from one place to another. 

In 1965, a 17th Century black and white building in Hereford's High Town was moved on rollers to allow a new shop to be built. British Pathe have a film of the whole operation, external.

Image source, Pathe

The house had once been part of Marchants Grocers, and had to be moved to make way for a new £300,000 store.

The city council insisted that the 17th Century timber-framed building was incorporated into the front of the new store.

This meant that the whole structure had to be moved to allow the building work to be carried out, and then moved back again.

It can still be seen today.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

Some clear spells overnight, allowing temperatures to fall, leading to a chilly night for many, especially out in the countryside, with a grass frost possible by dawn. 

Some may see an occasional shower, though it will remain dry for many - lows of 3C (37F).

Tomorrow will be generally dry and bright at first, but we could see the odd spot of rain on the hills.

The audience at a special drama production will learn about some of the key moments in Worcester's history, as well as getting a guided tour of the city.

Drama students from the University of Worcester will be staging a drama at three museums in the city, and taking the audience with them.

The production will start the medical museum in what was once the Royal Infirmary (pictured below in the late 1800s) but is now part of the university's city campus.

Image source, Charles Hastings Education Centre

Students will bring to life the work of Charles Hastings, who founded the BMA in the hospital and of surgical pioneer Henry Carden.

Cast and audience will then move on to The Commandery and the Museum of Royal Worcester.

The Remnants of Worcester performance takes plave on 9 May.

A house dating back to 1570 which is said to have played host to by Queen Elizabeth I has been restored to its former glory.

Worcester City Council invested £15,000 refurbishing Queen Elizabeth House in Trinity Street in the city.

Image source, Worcester City Council

Loose areas of render have been fixed, the timber frame has been repaired and it has been repainted in the original Tudor style, with dark brown timbers and off-white panels.

In 1890 the 400-year-old house was moved from one side of the road to the other on specially laid railway tracks to save it from a road-widening scheme.

A woman from Worcester who suffers from liver disease after being given contaminated blood is calling for a public inquiry after the National Haemophilia Society admitted it's given her and other victims wrong information. 

The admission comes decades after the scandal of bad blood being given to NHS patients, which saw some patients lose their lives

Image source, PA

Collette Wintle, who has haemophilia, says she's glad admissions are finally being made.

A positive report on West Mercia Police's performance from Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary reflects the "the hard work and commitment" of staff, according to the chief constable.

The report rated the force as "Good" at keeping people safe and reducing crime, providing value for money and treating people with fairness and respect.

Hereford Times

There is going to be a crack-down on dog owners who do not clean up after their pets in Ross-on-Wye, external.  

The number of unemployed people across the West Midlands is down by 2,000. 

Between December and February 159,000 were out of work. 

Nationally, the unemployment rate has remained at 4.7% as inflation starts to wipe out wage growth, official figures show.

The number of people unemployed fell by 45,000 to 1.56 million in the three months to February, said the Office for National Statistics.  

BBC Weather Watchers

The day has been sunny but with cloud about so far, as you can see from these images taken by BBC Weather Watchers.

Thanks to Jaffa, Toppo, Solar-power and Mikesnapper for the photos.

Two Worcestershire entrepreneurs who've designed a new search engine say they're not intimidated by the competition of internet giants like Google. 

Andy Curran and Francesco Pertruzzelli, from Evesham, have designed WhaleSlide, which helps you track down items to buy while raising money for charity at the same time.

Image source, PA