BREAKING NEWS

The dog that died after competing at Crufts appeared to have ingested poison in Belgium, the Kennel Club says.

Halesowen News

Recycling has never been easier in Sandwell after the council extended the opening hours, external of Oldbury's Shidas Lane waste disposal facility.

Until the end of October the centre will be open from 8am until 8pm during the week and between 7am and 6pm during the weekend.

Chris Blakemore
News editor, BBC WM

The news team at BBC WM are busy working on our Drivetime show with Paul Franks.

Stories are coming in all the time and we are reacting to those to make sure the show is an accurate representation of today's events, locally, nationally and internationally.

Gareth Ford-Lloyd
BBC WM

In the 16:00 news bulletin: An investigation has begun after anti-Islamic graffiti was found on campus at the University of Birmingham.

West Midlands Police is classing it as a hate crime.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

A blaze at Wednesfield garage, Kenyons, is "believed to have been started deliberately", external according to Det Con Andrew Higgins.

A 200m cordon was put in place as the flames burned after it was confirmed gas canisters were stores inside. Restaurants, the cinema and other entertainment venues on Bentley Bridge Retail Park were evacuated while visitors to and from New Cross Hospital were diverted away from the main entrance on Wednesfield Road.

Customers were allowed to return to Bentley Bridge shortly before 22:00, according to police.

Gareth Ford-Lloyd
BBC WM

John Patton, 75, from Coventry, had admitted four indecent assaults on three 15-year-old boys and was sentenced today at the Warwickshire Justice Centre.

It happened when he taught at Kingshurst Comprehensive in the 1980s.

Sunny and Shay's programme on BBC WM is being streamed while they broadcast live as part our digital open house at BBC Birmingham. In case you missed it, Shay was playing a bit of "air trumpet" during the music earlier.

Express and Star

A car left the road and hit a house in Walsall, external this lunchtime.

Gareth Ford-Lloyd
BBC WM

A teacher has been jailed for three years and 11 months after indecently assaulting three 15-year-old boys while at a Chelmsley Wood school.

More on this in our 15:00 bulletin.

BBC Sport

Defeat by Aston Villa 0-4 proved the final nail in the coffin of Gus Poyet's time as Sunderland manager.

Image source, Getty Images

Defeat left the Black Cats one point above the relegation zone following a run of just one victory in 12 Premier League games and Poyet was sacked today.

Jay Vydelingum
BBC Local Live

The aim of BBC Local Live is to bring you the latest news, sport, travel and weather all in one place.

Here is the handover between our early writer Stephanie Barnard and Alex Homer who'll be writing updates through this afternoon and this evening for Birmingham and the Black Country.

Tell us what you think about BBC Local Live, external.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

Since 1950 BBC Birmingham has been home to The Archers - the world's longest running radio drama.

One of the staircases at The Mailbox is dedicated to a timeline of Ambridge history.

If you ever come on a tour of BBC Birmingham - it's one of the places you can see it up close. A must for any fan!

As part of Access All Areas we've got a behind the scenes tour. Take a look now.

Charlie Slater
Weather Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

Often cloudy but generally dry once again today, although still bright with some sunny periods.

Feeling cool under cloudier skies, with a few showers likely. High of 8C (46F).

BBC WM

A teacher's been jailed for almost four years after indecently assaulting three 15-year-old boys while at a Chelmsley Wood school in the 1980s.

Listen live for more details in the news at 14:00.

Chris Blakemore
News editor, BBC WM

A teacher's been jailed for three years 11 months after indecently assaulting three 15-year-old boys while at a Chelmsley Wood school.

John Patton, 75, was sentenced today at the Warwickshire Justice Centre.

The offences happened when he taught at Kingshurst School in the 1980s.

Jo Tidman
Midlands Today

An 18-year-old man from Birmingham's been arrested on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to join the Islamic state.

Join me for more details on Midlands Today at 13:40 on BBC One.

Joanne Malin
Presenter, Midlands Today

Access All Areas day is showing a different side to what happens here at BBC Birmingham. This is my view of the autocue when I read the news on Midlands Today.

Watch to find out how Midlands Today is put together.

BBC Sport

England striker Karen Carney says becoming the first woman inducted into Birmingham City's Hall of Fame was a momentous occasion for the game.

Image source, Ville Vuorinen

The 27-year-old, who is the youngest England international of either sex to earn 100 caps, was added to the Hall of Fame before Birmingham's draw with Huddersfield on Saturday.

BBC WM

A man from Birmingham has been arrested on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to join IS. More details in the news at 13:00

Three men have been arrested in Birmingham after a teeenager was stabbed to death outside a nightclub in Coventry.

18 year old Daniel Kirkwood was attacked at the Society club in the city centre in the early hours of Sunday morning - he'd been stabbed in the neck.

Four other men, arrested shortly after the attack are also still being questioned.