A round-up of Sunday's T20 Blast action, including Aaron Finch scoring a century to maintain Surrey's quarter-final hopes.

A round-up of Friday's T20 Blast action, including Yorkshire Vikings' win over Lancashire Lightning in the Roses match.

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

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Worcester Show, external organisers are hoping to attract their best ever crowds this weekend.

Gheluvelt Park will host the 12th annual Worcester Show, which brought in 12,000 visitors last year.

Image source, Worcester Show

From stunning blooms to cakes, organisers say there is "something for everybody" this weekend.

Trevor Owens
Sports Editor, BBC Hereford & Worcester

Worcester Warriors take on newly promoted Hartpury RFC in a pre-season friendly at Sixways tomorrow.

The Warriors will look to give up to 37 players a run-out during the match, external, which will include debut appearances for new signings David Denton, Peter Stringer and Ethan Waller.

Kick-off is at 16:00.

Diamond Buses say they may have to cut the number one bus in Kidderminster, because not enough people are using it.

The circular route, external, which runs from Kidderminster bus station, Stourport Road and Rifle Range before returning to the bus station every half an hour during the day is said to be no longer financially viable.

Diamond Buses say passenger numbers have plummeted in recent months.

Image source, Diamond Buses

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You've been giving us your thoughts on the M5 delays as repairs are carried out by Highways England.

Local MPs are urging the government agency to consider making changes after thousands of drivers are getting caught in delays on the roads.

Tony Pearce writes on the BBC Midlands Facebook page:, external "They cannot have thought about this, they urge motorists to go the M42/M6 route, without a thought of travel time, extra emisions, inconvenience."

Kevin Ward says:, external "I tried M6 Toll the other day instead. It was as clear as a bell up at the ferry in wales to get home in no time. Would not be cheap for commuters though 👌"

Roger Johnstone adds:, external "Highways England are a bit of a joke. Accountable to nobody. Always coning off far more miles than they are capable of actually working on."

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

After a mix of sunshine and some outbreaks of rain today, here's how tonight and the weekend is looking across the West Midlands.

Keep yourself updated with the latest forecasts on the BBC Weather website.

A man has been jailed for five years after admitting six child sex offences.

Christopher Pennington, 39, of Chapel Lane, Aldington, Evesham pleaded guilty at Worcester Crown Court to the sexual assault of a girl under the age of 13.

He also admitted attempting to arrange a meeting, external with the intention of sexually assaulting a child, three counts of making indecent images of children, and distributing indecent images of a child.

Image source, West Mercia Police

Pennington will remain on the sex offenders register for life.

The Worcestershire NHS trust says it is assessing 11,000 letters after a computer glitch failed to send follow-up letters to some 22,000 GPs, after hospital appointments.

A spokeswoman for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust says the error, which dates back to 2011, has affected less than 1% of its patients and a senior medical officer is now reviewing files.

Highways England says it will continue to assess traffic on the M5 and M42 before making any decisions on changing its areas of roadworks.

MPs in Birmingham and Worcester, including Robin Walker have "joined forces" to put pressure on the government department to consider changes to ease congestion along the motorway.

Mr Twarowski added: "In the meantime, we’re continuing to work with partners like local councils as we try to balance the flow of traffic across the region to minimise wider disruption. We’d ask for people’s continued patience while this essential work takes place."

More additional road signs are being considered "to inform drivers of real time traffic conditions so they can make a more informed choice" about their route.

Plans have been submitted to turn the old Co-op in Worcester city centre into a Victorian style bar.

Amber Taverns, external have applied for a licence for a Hogarths Gin Palace in Angel Place.

If approved, the North West based pub company says it will invest £1.4m in redeveloping the former supermarket building.

Image source, Google

Last year, the firm spent about £750,000 on the refurbishment of the Old Hope Pole on Commercial Road in Hereford, as part of the company's gin chains.

An investigation's under way after a row between two motorists in Alvechurch ended up with one driving their car into the other.

Police say they received reports, external at about 08:00 yesterday after a small grey Volkwagen was seen deliberately crashing into a white BMW on Lea End Lane.

Worcestershire Rapids will be back T20 Blast action this evening, external when they will make the long trip to the north east for a game against Durham Jets.

Alex Hepburn will again feature for the Rapids, who have named their 12-strong squad.

You can hear full commentary on tonight's game on BBC Hereford and Worcester 738 AM and online.

Play is due to get under way from 18:30 - follow the scorecard on BBC Sport.

Worcester News

Warriors will look to use up to 37 players during their pre-season, external opener against Hartpury College at Sixways tomorrow.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

The trust in charge of Worcestershire’s three main hospitals says it expect to spend about a £100,000 dealing with a backlog of 22,000 letters to GPs.

The trust is under fire after they admitted a computer error meant thousands of letters about follow-up appointments weren’t sent to GPs, dating back to 2011.

It says the backlog clearing should be completed by September.

We are awaiting more details from the hospital on what the £100,000 will be spent on.

A spokeswoman for the trust said its chief medical officer was in the process of reviewing the letters of patients after half were deemed that further medical action was required.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust which runs runs the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, Kidderminster Hospital & Treatment Centre and Worcestershire Royal Hospital has been rated inadequate since December 2015 and was heavily criticised earlier this week by the Care Quality Commission.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Calls to Crimestoppers by people in the West Mercia Police force area have gone up by nearly 30%, according to latest figures.

Between April 2016 and March 2017, Crimestoppers handled more than 220,000 annonymous reports from people living in our area.

That's an increase of 28% on the previous year.

We've been asking you for your thoughts on the M5 and M42 after thousands of motorists are getting caught up in delays due to lane closures.

Laura Schirrmacher posts on Facebook: , external First sensible remarks from our local MP. The economy of the 2 counties must be suffering as a result of the endless chaos caused by The Highways Agency. There has to be a serious rethink and action to resolve this. There have been major roadworks on the M5/M42 for nearly 4 years. This must be enough to put off people investing in the area."

Michael Leighton adds: "Two much traffic on the road that's the problem!"

One of the fastest growing festivals in the UK is back in Herefordshire this weekend.

Lakefest, external, which is being held at Eastnor Castle for the second year running, is set to be bigger than ever.

Headline acts this weekend include Feeder, The Charlatans and Imelda May, with about 8,000 music fans expected.

Image source, Lakefest

You can see more on the festival on Midlands Today at 18:30 on BBC One as reporter Ben Sidwell takes a look at the weekend ahead.

Kidderminster Shuttle

Residents at a care home in Stourport , externalare inviting visitors to embark on a "virtual" summer cruise during two open days.