Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Officers believe a blaze at a garage in Wednesfield may be linked to a fire at Kenyons the previous Sunday, 8 March, during which offenders attempted to set fire to the garage but it failed to ignite.

Image source, Nathan Cleary

At this stage of the inquiry, the fires at Kenyons are not considered to be linked to previous arson attacks at St Alban's Primary School (pictured) and Charter Care, in Wednesfield, last month, say police, external.

Birmingham Post

City MP Gisela Stuart has called for regional commissioners, external to correct the "extraordinary mismatch" in BBC spending which is hitting the Midlands hard.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

West Midlands Police's Insp Paul Bennett said specialist officers would be supporting the family of the one-year-old boy who died in Stechford and an investigation had begun into the circumstances.

Amy Cole
Reporter, Midlands Today

I will be reporting from Stechford for Midlands Today at 22:25 where a crash has claimed the life of a one-year-old boy.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

Our Access All Areas day at #BBCBrum, external is part of Birmingham Digital Week.

Events are taking place across the city aimed at developing digital skills, sharing knowledge and creating networking opportunities.

You can find out more information and book tickets to sessions via the BBC Academy.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

The boy, whose name has not yet been released, suffered a serious head injury and died at the scene, West Midlands Police says.

The road is likely to be closed for some considerable time between Sedgemere and Broadstone Roads, police say, external, while investigators work to find out what happened.

Insp Paul Bennett said: "This is a very tragic set of circumstances - words cannot describe what his family are going through and our thoughts are with them at this time."

Gareth Ford-Lloyd
BBC WM

We will have more on the death of a toddler in Stechford in our 19:00 bulletin.

Officers were called to Queens Road at about 5pm today following a report a recovery truck had hit a wall, which had then fallen on the child.

BREAKING NEWS

A one-year-old boy has died after a recovery truck crashed into a wall, which fell on to the toddler, external in Stechford.

BBC Travel

One lane is closed and there is queuing traffic on the M42 southbound between J5 for the A41 at Solihull and J4 for the A34 at Shirley because of a crash involving three cars and a lorry, drivers are warned.

Nick Clitheroe
Sports editor, BBC Midlands Today

How do Walsall FC manage to turn a profit so often? Well the reality is the club's income is split down the middle between the football side and commercial deals.

The biggest source of revenue is the Bescot Sunday market, which they've been hosting for 20 years. Walsall's location right next to the M6/M5 junction means the stadium is a popular venue for companies to host conferences and training sessions.

They also generate income from the massive electronic advertising hoardings which dominate one of the club car parks.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

If you're watching the production gallery live during Midlands Today you will hear people talking about "Astons".

These are the words in the red and white banner along the bottom of the screen - a picture caption explaining who is speaking.

You can also hear the producers counting down the seconds as they switch between the packages for the various stories, so viewers at home see the programme transition seamlessly.

Nick Owen
Presenter, Midlands Today

Police are treating the daubing of anti-Islamic graffiti at the University of Birmingham as a hate crime. Staff found the slogan over the weekend and an investigation is under way.

And organisers of Birmingham's St Patrick's Day celebrations say they are confident the parade will take place next year despite funding cuts. An estimated 90,000 people turned out yesterday and you will find dozens of images on our Facebook page, external.

John Bray
Access All Areas

You can watch Midlands Today's "mission control", its production gallery, live as the programme goes out tonight, if you visit this link and click the watch/listen button.

BBC Travel

There's slow traffic on the A461 Dudley southern bypass between Cinder Bank island and the Blackacre Road junction because of an accident.

Gareth Ford-Lloyd
BBC WM

At 18:00 we hear from one of the victims of a teacher who abused teenage boys at school in Chelmsley Wood, who says people will believe him now that the paedophile has been jailed.

Listen live here.

Nick Clitheroe
Sports editor, BBC Midlands Today

All week long we're previewing Walsall's Johnstone's Paint Trophy final at Wembley.

Today we are looking at just how well run the Saddlers are - they must be one of the best in English football.

They've made a profit in each of the past nine years and 23 out of the past 26.

David Jennings
Head of BBC West Midlands

From 18:25, for the first time ever, watch Midlands Today as it's seen from our mission control - the production gallery.

It's a director's-eye view of the programme. You'll even hear what Nick and Mary are told in their earpieces while on air.

Caroline Kisko, from the Kennel Club, said: "There has been a lot of concern about whether the poisoning happened at Crufts and we are now able to reassure all dog lovers who came to Crufts that this could not have been possible."

Image source, Aleksandra Lauwers

"We have had confirmation, including from independent toxicologists, that the poisons identified in the toxicology report - carbofuran and aldicarb - are fast acting. Severe clinical symptoms would usually occur within half an hour to three hours."

Timeframes indicate Irish setter Jagger, who died after competing in Crufts, ingested poison in Belgium, a theory supported by an independent toxicologist.

Gareth Ford-Lloyd
BBC WM

Police in Birmingham have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to join Islamic State. At 17:00 we hear from Rafaello Pantucci, an international security expert and who has written a book on Jihadis.

He thinks that police would have been monitoring the man in Birmingham for some time.