Emergency services are a dealing with a lorry fire on the A49 in Ludlow.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call at 6:51am reporting a lorry fire on the A49 near the turning for Ludlow Racecourse.
Firefighters are dealing with a HGV carrying timber which "well alight".
Two crews are using 4 breathing apparatus, 3 hose reel jets and a thermal imaging camera.
UPDATE: The road is now fully open.
Appeal following Tesco burglary in Worcester
Police are appealing for information following a burglary at the Tesco petrol station on Mill Wood Drive in Worcester.
Shropshire Council shows racism the red card to mark Hate Crime Awareness Week
Shropshire Council is supporting local and national efforts to Show Racism the Red Card through Wear Red Day today (Friday 16 October 2026), which comes at the end of Hate Crime Awareness Week.
Tenbury Road in Cleobury Mortimer to be resurfaced
Tenbury Road in Cleobury Mortimer is to be resurfaced from Monday 2 to Friday 6 November [2026] as part of Shropshire Council’s 2026/27 resurfacing programme.
Hospitals vow to end corridor care by November
NHS bosses have vowed to end corridor care in Worcestershire’s hospitals by November 17.
Sheds housing nearly 200,000 broiler chickens at a Herefordshire farm are to be demolished and rebuilt to a higher standard.
A planning application by Avara Foods, one of the county’s largest employers, says the replacement sheds at Parkway Farm, Madley west of Hereford would have the same footprint as the current eight within the two-hectare site, and “will not result in any increase in floor area, bird numbers, or operational intensity”.
