Aston Villa boss Remi Garde insists he is 100% committed to the club despite reports of a possible return to Lyon.

A man who posed as a police officer to con his way into the homes of the elderly before stealing cash, is jailed.

A couple found dead in a car were due to face child sex offence charges that day, a court says.

That's it for Local Live for Birmingham and the Black Country on Tuesday.

Join us from 08:00 on Wednesday for more news, sport, travel and weather.

Two men have been jailed after admitting dumping mattresses, sheep carcasses and other items around Birmingham. 

Augustin Dobre and Ionut Muti were caught on CCTV in a Birmingham City Council investigation into illegal dumping on Priory Road in Aston.

They were recorded leaving building rubble, heating pipes and other items. 

Dobre, 23, of Village Road in Aston, was handed a six-month prison sentence at Birmingham Crown Court, while 24-year-old Muti, of Wood Lane in Handsworth, will serve 11 months.

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

Inquests into the deaths of 30 Britons killed in a terrorist attack on a beach in Tunisia have been pushed back to next year as a judge admits there is still an "enormous amount" of work to do.

Adrian Evans, 49, from Tipton, his nephew Joel Richards, 19, from Wednesbury and father Charles (known as Patrick) Evans, 78, died when a gunman opened fire on the beach in Sousse in June.

Also among the dead were former Birmingham City footballer Denis Thwaites, 70, and his wife Elaine, 69.

The next pre-inquest hearing is expected to be held on May 25 this year. A date for the full inquest has been set for January 16 2017.  

Boxing Birmingham brothers - more on this and other stories on BBC One at 18:30.

BBC Travel

There is very slow traffic on the A463 Black Country Route westbound in Bilston, in the roadworks area, drivers are warned.

BBC Weather

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

Here's a look at some of the top stories for Birmingham & the Black Country today:

- Teachers at a Birmingham school strike for 18th time in 10 months

- Fire at a pizza takeaway closes road 

- Inquests delayed for Tunisia terror attack victims

Follow our live coverage of Tuesday's League One game between Walsall and Scunthorpe United.

Great Barr Observer

The demolition firm contracted to the Didcot A Power Station has released a new statement, external one week on from the devastating explosion leaving one person dead and three people still missing.  

Image source, Great Barr Observer

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

Geoff Tristram says he set himself the most difficult artistic challenge - create the first portrait of the Bard in centuries. 

The Stourbridge painter spent two months with oil and canvas creating an extraordinary portrait. 

The work will go on show in Stratford Upon Avon to mark the 400th Anniversary of the death of Shakespeare.

Take a look yourself at 18:30 GMT on Midlands Today.

Joanne Writtle
BBC Midlands Today

As we've been reporting throughout the day, teachers at Small Heath School in Birmingham are striking again - this time over the suspension of English teacher, Simon O'Hara.

David Room, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers in Birmingham, says Mr O'Hara has been "victimised" over his union activities.

Headteacher Tony Wilson denies the claim, saying the teacher has been suspended as part of a "fair and open" conduct and discipline process.

He adds Mr O'Hara's suspension is "a neutral act" with "no presumption of guilt".

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

Suddenly it's politics by numbers: predominantly negative numbers.

The Midlands stands to lose six MPs and 63,400 voters in two separate, but not entirely unconnected, projects to redesign and reconstruct our electoral machinery. 

We are told both are aimed at fairer voting. 

Campaigners warn they could have the opposite effect.

Joanne Writtle
BBC Midlands Today

The head of a school where teachers are on strike for the 18th time in 10 months says pupils grades should not be affected.

Tony Wilson said special consideration should be given to students affected by the strikes.

David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

Over recent years the number of deer killed by cars driving through Cannock Chase has been on the increase. 

In the last year alone more than 160 were knocked down in the Staffordshire beauty spot. 

But now a radical new idea from America to keep deer away from the roads is being tried out. 

A warning, you may find some images in his report upsetting. 

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

Good afternoon, here's the latest headlines from Birmingham and the Black Country

- Road disruption after pizza takeaway fire

- English teacher at centre of strike 'victimised', says union

- Description of 'mystery' stabbing victim released by police

As families celebrated the arrival of leap year day babies, one mum joked that her new arrival would make life cheaper, with a birthday once every four years.

Donna Day gave birth to baby Drew, her third daughter, on 29 February at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham.  

BBC Travel

Traffic has built up around the area where a Birmingham pizza takeaway caught fire earlier today.

The A441 Pershore Road is closed and there's disruption between Mary Vale Road and Hazelwell Road in Stirchley.