A man found unconscious on a canal towpath, external may have been followed through the town before he was attacked.

The victim was taken to hospital with facial, shoulder and arm injuries.

Police say he may have been followed from the library in Kidderminster, through the Market Street car park, along the small footbridge over the river, or as he was passing Tesco.

They are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened between 16:30 and 17:00 on Monday, 5 September, to come forward.

Adrian Harms
BBC Sussex sports reporter

Not a cloud in the sky at Hove but Sussex are toiling against Worcestershire. The visitors are 166-5 in their second innings - a lead of 243.

Listen live here.

Trains could be delayed or cancelled.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- MPs from Herefordshire and Worcestershire face a fight for seats under reform plans

- Time restriction floated for business waste on city's streets 

- Worcestershire look to build on first innings lead in match against Sussex

More rain and thunder on the way.

The public are being asked to stay out of streams in the Wyre Forest by Natural England to help save the native crayfish.

Natural England say dead native crayfish have been found in local streams, external and is investigating to see if this is an outbreak of crayfish plague.

The disease was introduced into this country by imported American crayfish, and can be spread by walking or mountain biking in streams.

This rainfall chart from the Met Office shows how heavy rain has spread into north Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Image source, Met Office

Worcester News

A well-known councillor who suffered horrifying burns in a bonfire accident earlier this year will run the Worcester City10k in aid of the charity which helped save his life, external.  

Joe Clarke made the runs as Worcestershire look to build on their first innings lead.

Image source, Getty Images

Two brothers have built owl boxes to go in nature reserves in Worcestershire to help encourage birds to nest in the area.

Jake Blackmore, who's 11, and his 14-year-old brother, Joshua, who are from Bromsgrove, were inspired by the BBC’s Springwatch programme.  

Image source, Wendy Carter

They made and put up a tawny owl box for Chaddesley Woods nature reserve and a barn owl box for Eades Meadow nature reserve.    

Claudia Berry
Producer, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A proposal to limit the time when businesses in Worcester can put out their rubbish will be discussed later.

The council is considering restricting businesses to putting out rubbish between 06:00 and 09:30.  

It will make the streets look tidier and discourage vermin and gulls, the council says.

A 53-year-old mother-of-two has represented Great Britain for the first time in an international triathlon event.

Liz Davies-Ward, who's an academic at the University of Worcster, completed the 1.9km lake swim, a 90km cycle and a 21km run at the Middle Distance Triathlon European Championships in Austria.

Her finishing time was 6 hours 10 minutes and 56 seconds.

Image source, University of Worcester

New proposals would see the number of MPs cut and consitiuency boundaries changed.

Here's how the Wyre Forest seat would look.

Image source, Boundary Commission of England

One moment you're inviting people for a picnic, the next you're watching the rain pour down. Welcome to Autumn.

There could be torrential rain as well as thunder and lightning.

Here's a map showing the proposed new Worcester constituency under reforms that would cut the number of MPs.

Image source, Boundary Commission of England

This map shows where the lightning is striking - the storm has got as far as Hereford.

If you have any photos of the storm I'd love to see them - but don't take any risks - you can email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Herefordshire and Worcestershire:

- Changes to parliamentary boundaries could see some voters sharing their MP with people in Shropshire and Warwickshire

- Veteran Paralympian Sascha Kindred is bringing a seventh gold medal home to Hereford

- Restrictions on when Worcester businesses can put out their rubbish are voted on by the council

Listen to live BBC local radio commentary from Saturday's action in the National League and National League North.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

You can read a full forecast on the the BBC Weather page.