That's it for live updates today. We'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country.

A snow leopard from Dudley Zoo is going to India as part of an international breeding programme.  

Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant has told a court hearing the Stairway to Heaven copyright dispute that he has a dim memory of the time it was written.

The West Bromwich born star said he could not remember meeting the band Spirit, who claim the band stole their guitar riff for Stairway to Heaven in the 1970s. 

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"I don't have a recollection of almost anyone I've hung out with," Plant said, causing roars of laughter in the court.  

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

The final stretch at the end of a marathon - tomorrow the West Midlands will go to the polls to decide, along with the rest of the country, whether we should stay in the European Union or leave.

It's the final day of campaigning for both sides and today former London mayor Boris Johnson is visiting Wolverhampton to get across his arguments for the Leave side. Remain has also been fighting hard to convince those last undecided voters.

This morning the Electoral Commission published the number of people who have registered to vote in the wider West Midlands region. 

That number is4,116,119, a rise of 153,842, or 3.9%, from the figure when the last Parliamentary electorate was published in December.

It’s a big jump and clearly shows people are keen to get their voices heard. 

It's still lower than other regions though  - the national total has increased by 4.6%.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Weather

Outbreaks of rain will ease and clear away to the north east through this evening, leaving the rest of the night dry though fairly cloudy. 

Winds remaining light with lows of 13C (55F).

John Bray
BBC Midlands Today

I've been to film a sea of poppies which has sprung up near a school in Kingswinford - it's in Lodge Lane, opposite Summerhill School.

Corinne Wheatley
BBC WM, Journalist

A murder investigation is under way in Redditch after a man died from a serious head injury. 

David McTighe, 43, was found dead at his home on Seymour Drive last week.

A 49-year-old woman is being questioned on suspicion of murder. 

Corinne Wheatley
BBC WM, Journalist

Here are some of the main stories we are looking at in Birmingham and the Black Country:

- A woman who killed her vulnerable friend could face another trial on a charge of raping her

- A court has been hearing how a woman allegedly stabbed her ex-husband after sex and chased him into the street, before battering him with a frying pan

- Staff at Dudley Zoo are saying farewell to their most popular resident today - Makalu the snow leopard

BBC WM Sport

The draw has been made for the first round of next season's League Cup. 

Aston Villa will be away to League Two Luton Town, while the other three clubs are at home. 

Birmingham City host Oxford United at St Andrew's, Wolves face Crawley Town at Molineux and Walsall take on Yeovil Town at the Banks's Stadium. 

Those ties will take place in the first full week of the season, starting 8 August. 

Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM

Boris Johnson seemed relaxed as he visited the The Express and Star Newspaper in Wolverhampton, where he worked as a cub reporter more than 20 years ago.

On the final day of campaigning he told me the 50,000 people employed in the car industry across the region shouldn’t listen to their bosses appeals to vote remain, but instead back a Brexit.

"Business doesn’t like uncertainty, but I think the uncertainty is being locked in the European Union, a federalist project, which is less and less in tune with the needs of the United Kingdom," the former Mayor of London said.

He also rubbished claims that the industry may face tariffs when selling cars to EU countries, describing it as "implausible".

Mr Johnson also backed Britain to come together on Friday, whatever the outcome of the referendum, though he seems confident that Britain will be starting to negotiate its withdrawal from the European Union.

Wolverhampton wheelchair basketball player, Kyle Marsh, has been selected for Team GB for the Paralympic Games in Rio.

Kyle, who's 26, narrowly missed out on qualification for London 2012 but trained in Italy and Spain to improve his game. 

There's just one day to go until polling stations open for the referendum on the European Union.The Bishop of Wolverhampton has come out in support of the Remain campaign, and says he is sharing my views "out of concern for the future welfare of the people of this region should we vote to leave the EU on Thursday". 

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Birmingham graffiti artist, Muhammad Ali, has painted images of the boxing legend around the city.

BBC Travel

One lane is closed on the M6 northbound between J5, A452 (Castle Bromwich) and J6 A38(M) Aston Expressway.

A prison officer has been arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs in a Birmingham prison, say police.

A 35-year-old man from Kingstanding was arrested yesterday, believed to have stored so-called legal highs at HMP Birmingham in Winson Green.

West Midlands Police say, external the man's being questioned on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to supply, supplying a psychoactive substance into a prison and misconduct in a public office.    

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

The top stories in the BBC WM newsroom at 15:00 include:

- A prosecution brought against football veteran Paul Gascoigne after alleged comments he made at a show in Wolverhampton has been adjourned until next week

- The man behind a series of street art tributes to the late boxing legend Mohammed Ali says they are about making people stop and think

- Staff at Dudley zoo are saying farewell to their most popular resident today - Makalu the snow leopard

BBC WM

A criminal prosecution brought against football veteran Paul Gascoigne after comments he made at a stage show in Wolverhampton has been adjourned until next week. 

The former Spurs and England star, who was charged earlier this month with racially abusing a security guard, didn't attend a brief hearing at Dudley Magistrates' Court this morning. 

The 49-year-old is alleged to have used abusive or insulting words, causing racially aggravated harassment and alarm, during the An Evening With Gazza show in November last year.

Wheelchair basketball player, Kyle Marsh, is off to Rio this summer as part of the Great Britain squad for the Paralympics. , external

The 26-year-old, from Wolverhampton, narrowly missed out on qualification for London 2012, but went on to play for teams in Italy and Spain.

Kyle says he's remained committed to the sport and his European experience helped him make the squad. 

An aerial film has revealed a giant painting in Birmingham's Centenary Square created for the city's arts festival.

Entitled Leviathan, the work, which measures 24m by 30m (79ft by 98ft) and took nine days to complete, is made up of more than 100 litres of quick-drying floor paint and anti-slip powder.

The piece is about the moral responsibilities of democracies and will take around a week to disappear as people tread on it while making their way across the city.

It was created by Madrid-based artist An Wei Lu Li as part of the Be Festival, Birmingham's celebration of European theatre and visual arts.  

BBC Midlands Today

Plans to extend the Midland Metro in Wolverhampton have been approved. 

The route will take trams along Pipers Row, stopping directly outside the bus station before continuing on to the railway station.

The move is part of a wider £120m scheme to redevelop the city centre. 

Work is due to be complete in 2019.