Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

A dry, bright day with some sunny intervals and highs of 21C (70F).

With the 2017 county season here, keep up to date with the latest signings, departures and rumours ahead of next season.

A full round of day-night County Championship games is to be played for the first time featuring England's Test players.

One practice nurse says she is witnessing the "effect of the cuts" to the NHS on the frontline.

Victoria Carpets, based in Kidderminster for over 100 years, calls it a 'strategic decision'.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.

Keep an eye out here for more updates and breaking news before then.

Members of a drugs gang arrested as part of an operation into the supply of Class A drugs have been jailed for between three and six years.

They were arrested after raids on properties in Malvern and Birmingham in December 2015 when "significant quantities" of Class A drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine, were seized, West Mercia Police said.

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The four admitted conspiring to supply Class A drugs and were sentenced yesterday at Birmingham Crown Court.

They received the following sentences:

• Shane Jonas, 20, of Beaconview Road, West Bromwich was sentenced to five years and seven months
• Kiyan Jones, 19, of Shenstone Road, Edgbaston was sentenced to six years and nine months in a young offenders institution
• Elliot Whittock, 21, of Kendrick Grove, Birmingham, was sentenced to five years and three months
• Neil Bozward, 45, of Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern, was sentenced to three years and five months. In a separate case Bozward was sentenced this week for child prostitution offences at Stafford Crown Court

Some changes to the rail network to be aware of from this weekend and every weekend until Sunday 16 July.

Replacement bus services will operate on the route between Hereford and Shrewsbury due to engineering works.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

After a mainly cloudy day, here's what's in store for the start of this weekend across the West Midlands.

You can stay updated over the next couple of days through the BBC Weather website.

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The family of inspirational Alvechurch boy Finlay Church, who died of cancer in 2015, have donated a state-of-the-art MRI-friendly television in his memory. , external

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Worcestershire County Cricket Club's Joe Clarke has been called up to the England Lions squad for next week's game against South Africa at New Road.

Clarke made a century in each innings of this week's Championship win over Kent.

He will be allowed to play the first two days of Worcestershire's four-day game at Durham before heading back to Worcester to join up with the Lions squad.

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BBC Hereford & Worcester

Sixty jobs could be lost at a Kidderminster carpet firm after the company relocated manufacturing to two other sites.

Staff at Victoria Carpets were told this morning how the firm is expected to cut the jobs, with a letter to the workers calling it "a strategic decision".

A consultation process has started.

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It is another blow for the Kidderminster carpet industry - earlier this month BBC Hereford & Worcester revealed how Brintons, which is also based in the town, confirmed the loss of 60 jobs.

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Journalist, BBC News Online

Wyre Forest MP Mark Garnier has spoken with bosses at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (WAHT) after it was rated as inadequate by government inspectors.

He met with chief executive Michelle McKay following the the Care Quality Commission report.

The trust, which runs Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre and Redditch's Alexandra Hospital is already in special measures and must remain so for at least a further three to six months.

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Mr Garnier said: "I have raised my concerns about the WAHT before and these concerns have, sadly, been confirmed by this report.

"What is of great alarm to me is the fact that Kidderminster Hospital has slipped in standards. It was the case that Kidderminster was seen as more efficient when compared to the county’s other two acute hospitals."

The trust says it accepts the findings and that a new leadership team is "determined to put things right".

A teenage badminton player from Herefordshire says she wants to make her home town proud when she competes in the World Transplant Games.

Kiera Jackson, 14, from Leominster, had a liver transplant in 2010 at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

She said she hoped the games, taking place in Malaga from 25 June to 2 July, would encourage more donors to come forward.

A man was attacked with a machete at a shop in Lye near Dudley this morning, police say.

Officers were alerted to the incident in High Street at about 09:30 and think it was a targeted attack, with no risk to the wider public.

A 36-year-old man was taken to hospital with what police - who shut High Street - described as "serious" but not life-threatening head injuries.

Enquiries are under way to identify those responsible.

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A fundraising page has been set up to help the Hereford family of a two-year-old boy who will need to have his fingers, toes and thumbs amputated. , external

If the River Wye has looked a bit low since the recent heatwave, you might see it being topped up soon, according to the Environment Agency.

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

Coming up on Midlands Today: Chief Constable Dave Thompson on funding challenges.

Plus robots compete with tractors for the future of farming.

Join us for those stories and more from 13:30 on BBC One.

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The results are out from Worcestershire County Council's Shout Out survey specifically for 18 to 24-year-olds to be able to give their views.

The authority said the aim of the survey was to engage with younger residents and get their views on the council and its priorities.