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About 5,000 properties were left without power while firefighters tackle the blaze.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

It should be dry and cold tonight before rain moves in tomorrow.

There's a yellow weather warning for snow and ice from 00:05 on Sunday morning.

A murderer who beat his wife to death during a row over tickets to an Elvis tribute act took his own life in jail, an inquest in Worcester has concluded.

Paul Abbott, 57, battered wife Jacqueline with a hammer in 2015 and was given a life sentence in 2016.

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He was found dead at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, exactly a year after killing his wife.

Worcester City Council is launching an investigation into the death of a 74-year-old rough sleeper who died on the streets two years ago.

Cardon Banfield was found dead in his tent near the New Road cricket ground and a friend of his claimed he'd applied for housing benefit before he died.

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The council says it's bringing in an independent expert to establish whether or not he "slipped through" the safeguarding net.

USA hooker Joe Taufete’e and South African centre Wynand Olivier sign new deals with Premiership side Worcester.

About 6,000 homes are without power after a fire at an electrical substation in Bromsgrove.

Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said it was called out at 12:52 and one man had to be taken to hospital.

Western Power Distribution says it's had to cut off power to a number of unaffected properties for safety reasons, and it doesn't yet know when it will be able to restore it.

Let the games begin... The Winter Olympics are now under way after the opening ceremony took place this morning.

Seven athletes from the West Midlands will take part in the South Korea games over the next fortnight.

Here's who to keep an eye out for:

• Charlotte Gilmartin from Redditch - Short track speed skating
• Farrell Treacy from Henley in Arden - Short track speed skating
• Izzy Atkin, American but has family from Birmingham - freestyle skiing
• Rowan Cheshire from Stoke-on-Trent - Freestyle skiing
• Joel Fearon Coventry - Bobsleigh
• Ben Simons, Shropshire - Bobsleigh
• Amanda Lightfootfrom, Coventry - Biathlon

About 5,000 properties are without power while firefighters tackle the blaze.

The sanction is the maximum which can be imposed on a government body.

The Ministry of Defence has been criticised after a Royal Navy technician from Kidderminster was killed during lift maintenance work.

Leading Engineering Technician Neal Edmonds, who was 42, was crushed between a moving lift and the lift shaft in June 2014 while on board HMS Bulwark.

A Health and Safety Executive investigation found the MoD failed to ensure there was a safe system of work to control the risks associated with lift maintenance.

The MoD can't face prosecution in the same way as private or commercial organisations and a Crown Censure is the maximum sanction a government body can receive.

A 19-year-old arrested by police in Worcester investigating child grooming and drugs trafficking, has been released while enquiries continue.

Five men in their 20s are still being questioned by officers after 10 properties in the Bath Road area were raided early yesterday morning.

All five are being held on suspicion of multiple offences relating to child sexual exploitation.

Worcestershire sign Australia batsman Travis Head as their "main overseas player" for the 2018 county season.

Residents of Kings Acre Road say they only realised the situation when they saw plans online.

The deaths follow reports of illegal animal trapping in the area around the Herefordshire reserve.

A former British banker has lost an appeal against his conviction for the murders of two Indonesian women in Hong Kong.

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Rurik Jutting, a former pupil at Abberley Hall in Worcestershire, was given a mandatory life sentence in 2016 after their mutilated bodies were found in his apartment.

The former Cambridge University graduate had sought to appeal against his conviction, with his representatives claiming the trial judge had misled the jury on points relating to his defence of diminished responsibility.

Appeal Court judges in Hong Kong said there was "no merit" in the grounds of appeal and dismissed the application.

It's snowing in parts of the West Midlands.

A reminder that a yellow warning for snow and ice came into force shortly after midnight covering most of the region.

The outlook for the weekend doesn't look good with heavy rain forecast tomorrow and a colder day on Sunday again with the chance of snow.

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BBC Hereford and Worcester

Herefordshire Council says an "administration error" meant people whose homes could be demolished to make way for a new city bypass weren't given any notice that they were on the proposed routes.

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The residents of Kings Acre Road only received letters late last week and many only realised when they saw the possible routes online.

The council has apologised for the mistake which they say was down to "human error".

In a statement they say it "wasn't acceptable" for residents to find out through the press or social media.

Seven athletes from the West Midlands will parade in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Over 17 days, more than 3,000 of the world's best athletes will compete in 102 medal events in 15 sports.

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Charlotte Gilmartin from Redditch in Worcestershire will become the first from our region to compete, when she races in the short-track speed skating tomorrow.

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Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be breezy and cloudy today with some sunshine but also wintry showers with top temperatures of 7C (45F).