The HFA County Challenge Cup derby game between Pegasus Juniors and Hereford FC has been brought forward to Wednesday, 15, February - kick off at 19:45.

A petition to bring a man found wandering around Hereford back to this country is gathering support and a crowdfunding page has been started to raise money for him.

Roger Curry was found in the city in November 2015 - he wasn't able to reveal his identity because he had dementia. He was looked after by Herefordshire Council before being returned to the USA.

Image source, Herefordshire Council

A BBC Panaroma investigation tracked down Mr Curry's family, and also found he was now living in a nursing home "dishevelled - unwashed and thinner".

A petition to bring him back to this county, external had attracted more than 850 signatures by Friday.

Renna Mubarak, a member of whose family had Alzheimer's, has set up a Go Fund Me page to raise money to help with Mr Curry's care, which has so far raised £555 of its £10,000 target.

Will Butler and Joe Morris will start for the England Under-20s against France in their Six Nations opener on Saturday.

Justin Clegg has been named as one of the replacements. 

Malvern Gazette

Tourism in Malvern will collapse if a district council proposal to relocate the tourist information centre is successful, external, councillors have warned.  

The MP for Worcester and Brexit minister Robin Walker believes Britain will have a deal with Europe by the time it leaves the EU. 

The government has published a white paper setting out the aims for Brexit after MPs overwhelmingly voted to begin the process. 

Mr Walker says as well as Britain, Europe will also be determined to finalise a deal by March 2019.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Rain will begin to push in during the afternoon, with some heavy bursts likely at times, and it will become increasingly windy. Highs of 9C ( 48F)

The number of recorded sex offences committed by children on other children has doubled in the West Mercia area, a charity has learned.

A freedom of information request by Barnardo's, external shows the number of offences rose by 128% in three years across the whole force area

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BBC Hereford and Worcester

Here are some of the stories we are looking at this afternoon:

- Reports of child-on-child sex offences in the West Mercia force area rise by 128% in three years

- Firm promises to invest £2.5m after brook in Hereford is polluted

- Ribbons tied to tree at former munitions factory, possibly as a tribute to WW1 "canary girls"

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Worcester Warriors’ new Scottish international prop, Ryan Grant, says it will be a steep learning curve for him as he prepares for life in the Aviva Premiership. 

Grant, who was previously with Edinburgh, has joined the Sixways club from Glasgow Warriors.

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

A tree on the former munitions factory site at Rotherwas has been decorated with yellow cloth - possibly as tribute to the people who worked there during two World Wars.

The ribbons have appeared since BBC Hereford & Worcester launched its campaign to get national recognition for muntions workers.

Women who worked in the factories in WW1 had their skin died yellow by the chemicals they used, and were known as "canary girls".

Image source, BBC/Getty Images

Kidderminster Shuttle

Nearly 200 people attended a reception at the House of Lords in support of an appeal to raise funds for the first ever statue of one of Worcestershire’s greatest sons, external.  

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

One of Hereford's biggest employers has promised to invest £2.5m in its Hereford site after a local brook was polluted.

A contractor working on the Bulmers site poured water into a drain which was polluted with ammonia - it fed into the Yazor Brook and killed between 2,000 and 3,000 minnows and juvenile fish.

Image source, Google

Heineken, which runs the site, has also given £160,000 to two local environmental groups.

Phil Maiden
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Here are some of the stories we are looking at this morning:

- The MP for Worcester and Brexit minister Robin Walker believes Britain will have a deal with Europe by the time it leaves the EU

- A yet-to-be-identified body has been found in the River Severn at Holt Heath near Worcester

- A tree at the former munitions factory at Rotherwas in Hereford has been decorated with yellow cloth, possibly as a tribute to workers there

Worcester News

A new £100m campus for the University of Worcester, external could take 10 years to be fully realised, it has emerged.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Warriors' scrum-half Francois Hougaard says he "hates being injured, especially when the team that I play for loses".

The South African international is making his first appearance of the season for the club in Anglo-Welsh Cup at Cardiff Blues, after a long spell in the treatment room. 

You can hear full commentary on that game on BBC Hereford & Worcester from 15:00 on Saturday.

This satellite picture shows the rain clouds coming this way from the south west - to make things worse, the Met Office has issued a weather warning for high winds, external.

Batten down the hatches.

BBC Weather Watchers

The BBC's army of Weather Watchers have been up early photographing the dawn skies.

Here's a selection taken in Severn Stoke, Eaton Bishop and Lyonshall.

Bromsgrove Advertiser

The chairman of a key health watchdog representing county patients, external says Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has been given a "last chance" which is must take, or face government intervention. 

Nicola Goodwin
Reporter, BBC Hereford & Worcester

I've been to the former munitions factory at Rotherwas in Hereford where a tree has been decorated with strips of yellow cloth.

It's happened since we launched our campaign to get national recognition for the men and women who worked at sites like Rotherwas and Blackpole.

The women who worked there had their skin died yellow by the chemicals they used, and were known as "canary girls". 

If you know who decorated the tree we'd love to hear from you - you can email, tweet us on @bbchw, external or message via Facebook, external.

BBC Weather

Strong winds and heavy rain could cause travel disruption and even bring down trees, the Met Office says., external

The warning comes into force at 11:00 and extends into Saturday morning.

Image source, Met Office