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Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

The likelihood of an EU Referendum on Thursday 23 June 2016 seems to fluctuate by the day, but at the time of writing it looks more probable than ever.

So in as little as four months time, we could find ourselves making the most important political decision of our lives: to leave or to remain in the European Union.

For this week's Sunday Politics programme, our BBC Shropshire Political Reporter Joanne Gallacher has been taking soundings on both sides of the issue in her county.

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Look out for a few showers over the next few hours and it is a lot colder than yesterday. Lows of 7C (45F).

Find out more about the outlook tonight.

Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

I'll be on BBC One with Midlands Today from 18:30 - and here's a look ahead to the main stories we'll be covering.  

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here are the top stories we have been reporting this afternoon:

- The body of a missing Smethwick music shop owner has been found in the boot of his car parked in Edgbaston 

- Just one in five Wolverhampton people said they were happy in a nationwide survey

- A police officer thanked Andrew Mitchell for his "candour" at a meeting to discuss the "plebgate" row, but the following day told a radio station he had been evasive, a tribunal has heard

Six screenwriters have come together to write a short film to try to boost the profile of film-making across Birmingham and the Black Country. 

Each writer has written a minute of a short film set in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter, which is hoped will tour the festival circuit.

The Health Ombudsman is to look again at whether the death of a Walsall woman was avoidable.  

Audrey Humpage, aged 70, died in January 2014 after doctors at Walsall Manor Hospital withdrew treatment. They said that she was terminally ill with cancer when in fact she had a pelvic abscess. 

Daniel Wainwright
Data unit - English regions

Official statistics have shown the smallest proportion of happy people in England are living in Wolverhampton. 

Despite its low happiness rating, however, Wolverhampton has also emerged as the place where people feel the least anxious, with 58.5% rating themselves at zero or one out of 10 for anxiety.

Birmingham Mail

The claret and blues have found various ways to experience January transfer window frustration, external.

West Midlands Police has released a picture of Smethwick music shop owner Tanveer Iqbal, whose body was found in the boot of his car in Portland Road, Edgbaston.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Birmingham's NEC was the site of the first outside broadcast since the BBC's former Birmingham base Pebble Mill opened.

When it opened 40 years ago, it was seen as Britain's shop window to the rest of the World.

Great Barr Observer

A fleet of high-tech driverless cars are set to hit the streets of Birmingham next year following the approval of a £2.2m funding package, external.  

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Today marks Birmingham National Exhibiton Centre's 40th year.

It was unveiled in a blaze of glory, comparable to the best exhibition centres in the World, to showcase the best of Britain's wares.

Network Rail says it's working to clear the Birmingham to Walsall line after a tree fell on it this lunchtime.

Handsworth fire station said there were reports earlier that the tree was on fire.

Three trains are stuck on a track and passengers are having to stay inside the carriages after a fallen tree took down power lines and narrowly missed a house.  

It happened near the junction of Wellington Road and Upper Grosvenor Road in Handsworth Wood, blocking the Birmingham to Walsall line, Handsworth fire station said.

The fire service says the line could be closed all day for repairs.

The largest proportion of happy people in England are living in Mid Sussex, the smallest in Wolverhampton, according to official statistics, external.

Data collected over three years has been used to measure the wellbeing of more than 300,000 people across the UK.

On average, people rated their happiness between seven and eight out of 10.

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A police officer accused of giving a misleading account of a "Plebgate" meeting praised Sutton Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell for his "candour" before telling the media the politician had been evasive, a tribunal has heard.

Detective Sergeant Stuart Hinton (pictured in the beige coat) and two other Police Federation representatives met the Tory MP at his constituency offices in October 2012, three weeks after the then cabinet minister Mr Mitchell was refused permission to cycle through the main gates at Downing Street and accused of insulting officers.

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Serving Warwickshire Police officer Mr Hinton is alleged to have made misleading comments about what was said at that meeting in an interview on BBC Radio Five Live on October 13. 

A misconduct panel has been convened at the force headquarters to hear an allegation that the officer - who denies any wrongdoing - breached the force's professional standards of honesty, integrity and conduct. 

Mike Taylor
BBC WM

Newspaper stories today suggesting that Remi Garde might consider his future as Villa manager, external following their failure to improve the squad in the transfer window may attract some sympathy from Villa supporters.  

Garde told us yesterday that any signings the club did manage to make on deadline day would not be his first choices.  

Villa’s League position didn’t make the task easier, but any slight lift in morale from the recent brief unbeaten run now appears to have been lost.  Without reinforcements, and ten points from safety with 15 games to play, Villa head to West Ham tonight.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here is a recap of the stories we have been covering in the past few hours:

- The body of a missing Smethwick music shop owner has been found in the boot of his car parked in Edgbaston 

- The National Exhibition Centre could expand further, its chief executive has said as the venue turns 40 years old

- Tanzanian police have arrested three suspects over the death of a UK pilot, who grew up in Birmingham, and had been working for a conservation fund when his helicopter was shot down by poachers

The body of a 33-year-old missing music shop owner has been found in the boot of his car parked in Birmingham.

Police say they are working "around the clock" to try to piece together Tanveer Iqbal's last movements.