The River Severn could be used to heat buildings in Worcester after the city council agreed to investigate the idea.

Councillors backed plans to spend up to £7,000 on studying whether a heat network could be created in the city and at ways the river could be used for energy.
The proposal would see water drawn through a network of pipes from either the river or the ground and pumped around many of the buildings.
A report to the city council's environment committee on 21 July said the heat produced by the river would be the equivalent of 10,000 gas boilers.