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Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

Experts tell us today - Cyber Monday - is the busiest internet shopping day of the year and our reporter Giles Latcham is at Europe's biggest automated parcel delivery depot finding out why.

And Dean Smith was the fourth longest-serving manager in English football. Until today, when he left Walsall and joined Brentford. Ian Winter is live at the Banks's Stadium.

Join us for the Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

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A controversial application for an alcohol licence at a Black Country supermarket has been approved, external.  

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes has blasted a quickfire 37 in England's innings against Pakistan in the third Twenty20 International.

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The daughter of a man who died from injuries he suffered as a car reversed into him on a hospital car park has paid tribute to him.

Ivan Tranter, from Kingswinford, parked his car on 3 November and was walking across the car park of Russells Hall Hospital when he was struck by a car reversing into a space, said West Midlands Police, which is appealing for more information, external.

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His daughter Christine, said: "My dad was a very loving father to me and a loving husband to my mum Beatrice. He was the light of my life."  

It's wet, windy and feels fairly cool. Find out what's in store for us this evening and tomorrow morning.

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Jump The Shark’s latest release clearly demonstrates the band’s ability to mix rock and infectious pop. The Wolverhampton four piece confidently step out of the shadows to give us something new and refreshing, external.  

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here is a recap of the stories we've been reporting:

- The family of a man who died after suffering serious head injuries at a charity function have paid tribute to the "kindest soul on the planet" 

- Walsall FC has confirmed Dean Smith has agreed to join Brentford, and his assistant Richard O'Kelly will be going with him, with immediate effect

- The HS2 link between Birmingham and Crewe will be a "bitter blow" to Staffordshire communities, a councillor warns

The HS2 link between Birmingham and Crewe is set to open six years earlier than originally anticipated but it will be a "bitter blow" to Staffordshire communities, a councillor has warned.

Mark Winnington, county council member for the economy, environment and transport, said the route will cut through miles of countryside and be a blow to communities.

The HS2 line from Birmingham to Crewe is set to open in 2027.

A woman was subjected to racial abuse and threats she would be set on fire in what police have dubbed a “racist and Islamophobic” attack.

A 22-year-old woman was travelling on the number 50 bus along Alcester Road, Moseley at 13:50 on 24 November, when West Midlands Police said she was subjected to racist verbal abuse, external from another passenger.

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After half an hour, officers said "the situation escalated as he repeatedly lit a lighter and intimated that he would set her on fire". The force is appealing for information.  

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Residents face £70 fines if they do not provide Sandwell council with information to back up their claims for council tax discounts or provide false information.

The authority awards a 25% council tax discount to more than 45,000 households with only one adult. In the past financial year, more than £15m was awarded in discounts.

Now the Labour-led council is cracking down on any residents who are claiming benefits to which they are not entitled. 

In 2014, the council said a company acting for it, Northgate, had helped it collect an extra £347,421 and two residents who had been fraudulently claiming the discount have been fined since it began the exercise afresh earlier this month, external.  

Walsall FC has now confirmed the news we brought you earlier - that Dean Smith has agreed to join Brentford subject to contract, and that his assistant Richard O'Kelly will be going with him.

The Saddlers said they received an approach from Brentford ahead of their game against Bradford City on Saturday.

The club said a compensation package for both Smith and O'Kelly had been agreed and the pair would leave with immediate effect. 

"We are disappointed to lose Dean," said chairman Jeff Bonser. 

"We categorically did not want him to leave this football club and did all we could to keep him at the helm."

Dudley council is set to make wheelchair tennis star Jordanne Whiley MBE an Honorary Freewoman of the Borough, external.

Whiley, from Halesowen, is already an MBE and has already achieved a Calendar Grand Slam with her doubles partner, Yui Kamiji of Japan.

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In September, Whiley also won her first Grand Slam singles title by beating her doubles partner in the US Open women's wheelchair final.  

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Dean Smith is leaving League One club Walsall to take over as Brentford head coach, the BBC understands.

He will succeed Dutchman Marinus Dijkhuizen, who was sacked on 28 September after just eight matches at the helm of the Bees.  

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Pooja Dhariwal said the legacy of her father Inderjit Singh Dhariwal would live on and would never be forgotten, after he died from the serious head injuries he suffered at an Oldbury function.

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Nicolas Salhan, 36, of Haybridge Avenue, Stourbridge, and Jonathan Davies, 42, from Old Bridge Walk, Rowley Regis, are set to appear at Wolverhampton Crown Court charged with his murder.

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An anti-discrimination charity has called on Muslims living in the Black Country to report abuse after new figures showed hate crimes in the West Midlands almost doubled, external in the space of two years.  

Dan Pallett
BBC Midlands Today Sport

The Aston Villa manager Remi Garde says being bottom of the Premier league is affecting the players' confidence. 

Villa are now seven points from safety in the Premier League after losing 3-2 at home to Watford on Saturday; and it's proving to be a terrible season.

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Paramedics have praised bystanders for coming to the aid of a man, external who suffered a cardiac arrest in Coleshill.

Richard Wilford
Presenter, BBC WM

Birmingham City have confirmed manager Gary Rowett is staying with the club following recent speculation linking him with QPR and Fulham.

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The 41-year-old, who was appointed in October 2014, admitted last week he was "flattered" by interest in him.  

Joanne Malin
BBC Midlands Today

Online retailers are expecting a big boost in sales today as Cyber Monday is predicted to be one of the busiest shopping days before Christmas. 

DPD, one of the Midlands' biggest distribution companies, is expecting to deliver one million packages from its Hinckley site overnight. 

That's an increase of 30% on last year. Nationally the company has taken on 1,000 extra drivers over the past year.