Local Live has finished for the day. We're back with more news, sport, travel and weather updates from 08:00 on Wednesday. Join us then.

Mel Coles
BBC Weather

It will be a mostly cloudy and dry night across the region. However, where any breaks in the cloud do occur, the temperatures will drop accordingly and it will turn chilly.

BBC Travel
BBC Travel

There is slow traffic on the A45 Coventry Road eastbound in Elmdon between the Damson Parkway junction and the B4438 Catherine De Barnes Lane junction around the roadworks, drivers are warned.

Satnam Rana
Arts reporter, BBC Midlands Today

Fans of the BBC daytime soap Doctors are in for a treat later as I'm going on set to meet some potential award winners.

I met up with Laura Rollins (right) and Lorna Laidlaw ahead of this weekend's Screen Nation TV and Film Awards, otherwise known as the "Black Oscars".

Catch my full report at 18:30 on Midlands Today on BBC One.

Every day we use a different image as the background to our updates on Local Live.

Today we kicked off with a picture showing the canals in Birmingham city centre, before changing it to the exterior metal lattice on the Library of Birmingham, after news of the reductions in its opening hours broke this morning.

Image source, Thinkstock

If you'd like to see your pictures on BBC Local Live please send them to us.

A former Birmingham PE teacher is facing jail after being found guilty of carrying out a string of sex attacks on boys between 1957 and 1978.

Marcus Marcussen, 91, described during a three-week trial as a "sadistic bully", was unanimously convicted by a jury of 23 counts of indecent assault relating to 12 victims.

Image source, PA

Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court also found the pensioner guilty of indecently assaulting two other boys by majority 10-2 verdicts.

Marcussen, of Rochford, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, had denied committing the offences while he was employed at Ilmington Road comprehensive school in Weoley Castle.

BBC Sport

Walsall are still without top scorer Tom Bradshaw for tonight's visit of Rochdale because of a hamstring injury.

Image source, Empics

Midfielder Sam Mantom (knee) and defender James Chambers (cramp) could also miss the game.

Rob Mayor
Journalist, BBC WM

A 91-year-old man has been found guilty of sexual assaulting school boys when he was a teacher more than 40 years ago.

We've more on this story in the 17:00 news.

Tom Richardson
BBC News Online

Birmingham City Council announced this morning it would save a handful of jobs at the Library of Birmingham, after it originally proposed the removal of 100 posts in December.

Penny Holbrook, cabinet member for skills, learning and culture, said the vast majority of feedback the council received during a consultation into its plans for the £189m building had concerned its photographic archives.

She said a staff consultation was still ongoing but the council expected the number of lost jobs will decrease slightly.

"We're not talking significant numbers of posts," she said. "It's less than 10."

BBC Sport

Aston Villa defender Jores Okore says scoring the team's first Premier League goal for nearly 11 hours was a relief and hopes the side can now kick-on.

Image source, Getty Images

Okore's 48th-minute header - his first goal for the club - in their 2-1 home defeat by leaders Chelsea on Saturday was Villa's first for 659 minutes.

Rob Mayor
Journalist, BBC WM

Police are investigating an allegation of fraud in Birmingham involving funeral pre-paid plans.

More on this and Birmingham City Council's budget proposals in the news at 16:00 on BBC WM.

Birmingham Mail

A drink-driver has been banned from the roads, external after he was caught speeding on the Aston Expressway at 100mph.

Triston Hamilton, 30, was clocked at more than three times the 30mph limit through roadworks when he undertook officers on the A38 heading out of the city on 25 January.

Susana Mendonca
BBC West Midlands political reporter

Local government has become about what you have to do, rather than what you want to do. That's the leader of Birmingham City Council's take on why the new library would not be spared from shorter opening hours and job cuts in this budget.

Image source, PA

Other things like protecting children and road safety are just more important, says Sir Albert Bore. But councillors also get a lot more criticism when they get those things wrong and Birmingham has got plenty wrong. Hence perhaps the incentive to spend what money it does have, on getting things like child protection right.

As for lollipop ladies and gentlemen, a certain Eric Pickles MP slated Birmingham last week for planning to cut them and, hey presto, this week the city council's keeping 190 of busiest crossings patrolled.

Relatives of a man who recently died are asked to get in touch with the City of Wolverhampton Council so that his funeral can be arranged.

Roy Eaton, who lived in Penn Fields in Wolverhampton, was 63. He is believed to have been born in Wednesfield.

Anyone who is related to Mr Eaton, or has any information which may help trace his relatives, is asked to email, external Elaine Thursfield.

Rob Mayor
Journalist, BBC WM

At 15:00 we hear from Birmingham Councillor Brigid Jones after school crossing patrols on busy roads were spared the axe.

Listen live to BBC WM here.

Clare Lissaman
BBC News Online

Penny Holbrook, Birmingham City Council's cabinet member for skills, learning and culture, said most consultation responses relating to the library had focussed on the potential loss of its specialist photographic archives.

Image source, BBC/Getty Images

She said the council had been able to "put some capacity back" into the service - saving jobs - following feedback from the public.

"Unfortunately, the vast majority of spend we are going to have to cut is on the opening hours," she said.

Bob Adams has been in touch over the cut to opening hours at the Library of Birmingham.

He writes: "How much has been spent by the thousands of visitors who have just been [to Birmingham] to see the library and museum?

"These cuts are stupid and short sighted. Why don't the people in charge make the library a charitable trust like the museum which, talking to people at the museum, has been a big success.

"Wake up Brum, At the moment people in Scotland, Australia and other parts of the world think we are stupid to waste such a beautiful and useful resource."

Mike Taylor
BBC WM Sport

Kenny Jackett says there are no new injuries in his squad in advance of tonight's game at Huddersfield, which is live on BBC WM on DAB and Freeview channel 722.

Image source, Getty Images

Scott Golbourne is still troubled by his foot injury, but was on the bench on Saturday. Carl Ikeme (pictured) has broken the second metatarsal bone in his foot and could be out for up to eight weeks. Tomasz Kuszczak will take over in goal.

Andrew Dawkins
BBC News

A car has hit a house in West Bromwich leaving two people in the vehicle with minor injuries.

Image source, @OFFICIALWMAS

The car struck a wall outside the house in Francis Street, West Bromwich, at about 10:55 GMT.

One person was taken by ambulance to Sandwell General Hospital, while the other was treated at the scene before being discharged.

Rob Mayor
Journalist, BBC WM

Birmingham City Council has announced most school crossing patrols on busy roads are to be saved, with talks to happen with schools on how they are funded in future.

That's been welcomed by Avril Child, whose daughter was killed after being hit by a car on Walsall Road.

We will hear from her on BBC WM on 14:00.