Here are the headlines from the Worcester News:
Plans for Worcester to have its own lottery, with a top prize of £25,000, have been backed.
The new weekly lottery, which will cost £1 to play, has been unanimously approved by the council in principle and could be launched later this year.
Image source, GoogleThe council says 60p from the cost of each ticket will go towards supporting charities and other causes in the city, with the rest going on admin costs and the prize fund.
A preferred route has been chosen for Hereford's new £129m Western bypass.
The red route was chosen from a colour-coded shortlist of seven. Five homes will have to be demolished to make way for it.
Image source, Herefordshire CouncilHerefordshire Council says the bypass will divert traffic out of the city and open up land for new homes and businesses to be built.
Opponents say it won't alleviate traffic and will destroy valuable farmland, the county's wildlife and the River Wye corridor.
The number of car-parking spaces being offered at Worcestershire's new railway station could be doubled or even trebled, if there's overwhelming demand for them.
Worcestershire Parkway, near Norton, will initially accommodate 500 spaces, but Worcestershire councillor Ken Pollock said it should be easy to add a second deck if necessary.
Image source, Worcestershire CouncilThe authority says building work should be complete early in 2019 and that the first trains could be stopping there by the time the May timetables are published.
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter
It's going to be a cool start to the day, but it will warm up later, with temperatures up to around 25C (77F).
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The Severn Valley Railway has stopped running steam locomotives to reduce the risk of starting fires.
It took the precaution after the fire service was called out on Sunday to attend a number of small blazes which broke out along the line.
The service said it will run a diesel-only service until at least 18 July but there will be be a small steam locomotive at Bewdley Station operating footplate rides on weekends., external
Here are the headlines from the Hereford Times:
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter
It will be mainly dry tonight with clear spells and lows of 11C (52F).
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Shropshire have beaten Herefordshire by 128 runs in their latest minor counties fixture.
They set their hosts 507 to win at Eastnor, and bowled them out for 378, with Alex Wyatt taking 4-61 and Gurjit Sandhu 3-62.
Barney Morgan was unbeaten on 147 for Herefordshire.
Shropshire claim 24 points and Herefordshire four, meaning that with two games played Shropshire head the Western Division, a point ahead of Berkshire.
The boy was found injured at an address in Malvern, Worcestershire, police say.
Read MoreA Malvern man has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of an 11-year-old boy in the town.
Alexander James Johnson, who is 47 and from West Malvern Road, was arrested after the boy was found injured on 2 May.
He appeared before Worcester Crown Court this morning and a trial is due to start on 15 October.
A Worcester cricket coach who has been fighting deportation to Sri Lanka is flying home today, after losing his appeal to the Home Office.
Hemaka Pathiranage came to the UK from Sri Lanka to study in 2011, but his student visa has expired and he can't get a job with sufficient salary to enable him to stay.
Almost three-and-a-half thousand people signed a petition to try and keep him in the UK, but he lost an appeal to stay on human rights grounds.
Shropshire are closing in on victory over Herefordshire in their minor counties match at Eastnor.
They were set an unlikely victory target of 507 to win the game and are now 251-8.
Alex Wyatt has taken four wickets for Shropshire.
About 40 teachers have left North Bromsgrove High School in the past year.
Read MoreThe interim headteacher of a school placed into special measures has written to parents saying the school "faces a significant challenge".
Lee Gray, of North Bromsgrove High School in Worcestershire, acknowledged the school needed to make rapid improvements to reverse Ofsteds judgements.
Image source, GoogleInspectors said standards have been too low, pupils behaviour is not good enough and leadership has not been cohesive.
Mr Gray has invited all parents and carers to a meeting with himself and the governors where he will discuss the next steps to be taken.
James Pearson
Political reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester
A school which has seen a number of teachers leave recently, has been placed in special measures, external.
A recent Ofsted inspection rated North Bromsgrove High School inadequate saying standards have been too low over time, pupils behaviour is not good enough and leadership is not cohesive.
The school's leaders and governors lack the capacity to bring about the necessary improvements, inspectors added.
Image source, GoogleHeadteacher Angelina Robin-Jones left the school last month, citing "personal reasons".
In a letter to parents the school's interim headteacher, Lee Gray, said the school now faces a "significant challenge".
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter
A mainly dry day with sunny periods but feeling cooler with highs of 24C (75F).
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An inquest hears people tried to rescue 82-year-old Peter Harnwell from his camper van when it was submerged in 6ft of water.
Read MoreSchools and community groups have also decorated the animals featured on a public art trail.
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Andrew Easton
Presenter, BBC Hereford and Worcester
A dropped kerb's been installed to allow wheelchair access to the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works after complaints to BBC Hereford and Worcester.
The new Henry Sandon Hall opened at the end of last month, having been vacant since the factory shut in 2008 and features a new arts centre and studio gallery., external
Image source, Worcestershire County CouncilBut wheelchair users contacted BBC Hereford and Worcester to say they were being forced to risk the road to get in because they couldn't get on the pavement on Severn Street.
Managers at the works promised action and Worcestershire County Council has tweeted that a dropped kerb was now in place on the road., external
