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Updates on Friday 16 June
The legendary drummer of Led Zeppelin, John Bonham, is to be honoured with a blue plaque outside his birthplace in Redditch.
Forty-seven plaques will be unveiled on BBC Music Day this Thursday, recognising pioneering musicians and music venues around the UK.
A new £165m waste incinerator, which will generate power for thousands of homes in Worcestershire, is being officially unveiled today by the Duke of Gloucester.
The EnviRecover facility, being funded by councils in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, covers eight acres of land at the Hartlebury Trading Estate near Kidderminster.
Image source, EnviRecoverThe Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham will be honoured by BBC Hereford & Worcester with a blue plaque.
It will be unveiled tomorrow outside his birthplace in Headless Cross in Redditch.
The drummer died in 1980 at the age of 32 and is buried at Rushock parish church in Worcestershire
As part of BBC Music Day, 47 new blue plaques are being launched commemorating people or places that have influenced the musical landscape across the country.
A project tackling homelessness in Worcestershire is to receive £332,000 in Big Lottery funding.
The grant to the South Worcestershire Nightstop Mediation Service will help provide emergency accommodation to young homeless people.
As well as somewhere to sleep, the 16 to 25-year-olds will get food and access to a shower, washing facilities and counselling.
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
The whole region will have another fine day with plenty of sunshine.
Some fair weather cloud will develop during the afternoon but even then we will see a lot of the sun. It will be significantly warmer than yesterday - highs of 25C (77F).
Latest weather forecast for the West Midlands
Jerry Chester
BBC News Online
Welcome to the Local Live service for Herefordshire and Worcestershire on Wednesday morning. There was a bit of early morning mist around, as you can see from this picture by BBC Weather Watcher, Solar Power, but it looks like being a sunny day.
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Yorkshire cricket's new star makes move from Worcestershire
We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Wednesday, but keep an eye out here for more updates and breaking news before then.
Morgan motor company has always been based in Malvern, buying their present factory site in 1913.
The firm sold the land in 2006 to an investment company to fund product development and have just bought it back.
Image source, BBC/MorganAs the day has brightened up BBC Weather Watchers have been out and about with their cameras.
Thanks to Vicki's View, Duckysworld, Postman Les and Toppo for this selection.
Fields, flowers and ruins
A crowdfunder campaign has launched to help raise funds to ensure Bewdley Carnival continues next year, external.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
We're forecast a largely clear night and lots of sun tomorrow, with temperatures of up to 25C (77F) in parts of the region.
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BBC News Travel
Signalling work means there will be no trains at Worcester Foregate Street on Sunday, 25 June and Sunday, 2 July.
Buses will call at all stations between Worcester Shrub Hill and Herefor, externald, external.
All trains between Birmingham and Worcester will start and terminate at Worcester Shrub Hill.
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Concern has been raised about the high number of burglaries and van break-ins taking place in Ross-on-Wye , externaland the surrounding area.
The agents selling farms and smallholdings owned by Herefordshire Council say they expect to have had more than 1,000 viewings by the time the sale ends on 5 July.
More than 4,000 acres of land is up for sale, and agents, Fisher German, say the 59 lots range in value from £175,000 to £2m.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageWe have local farmers wanting to expand or relocate their operations, investors, residential purchasers and ‘lifestyle’ buyers who are interested in a move to the area."
Stuart Flint, Fisher German
A public consultation has been launched by Herefordshire Council about the future use of the county's children's centres.
There are 10 children’s centre buildings across the county which support children under the age of five and their families.
Image source, ThinkstockThe council is looking to reuse the buildings because of an increased need for nursery places and for school use.
Many of the current facilities for health visitors and midwife clinics will still be available at the children centres or different locations, a spokesman said.
Investigations continue after the victim was knifed in the stomach and chest, police say.
Read MoreA maximum fine of £30,000 could be imposed on rogue landlords, if Worcester City Council plans are approved.
Councillors will vote on whether to introduce the suggested civil penalty charges when the new Communities Committee meets for the first time on 20 June.
Image source, PAQuote MessageWe want to support good landlords who provide decent, well-maintained homes. However if introduced, these new powers would strengthen our hand to crack down on rogue landlords who knowingly rent out unsafe and substandard accommodation, and care little about the standards of service they offer to tenants.”
Mike Johnson, Chairman of the communities committee
With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.
Read MoreChildren and staff at Catshill First School and Nursery are celebrating another 'good' rating in their latest Ofsted inspection, external.
