Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands Today

Police are expected to name a third person from the Midlands who is thought to have drowned off the Welsh coast at the weekend.

The 23-year-old man went missing off Mwnt beach, on the Ceredigion coast, on Sunday afternoon.

Milford Haven Coastguard received a 999 call reporting a man had fallen into the water after he and another man were cut off by the tide in rough seas and near gale force winds.

Yesterday, the search for two Birmingham teenagers who on Sunday disappeared in the sea off Barmouth beach, in Gwynedd, after getting into difficulty was called off.  

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A campaign to try to save a Wolverhampton-based sitcom from being cancelled has been launched by the writer.

Channel 4 announced it won't be broadcasting a third series of Raised By Wolves, external - which first aired in 2013. 

Caitlin Moran, who was born and bred in the city, says she's started a campaign on social media and hopes Birmingham MP Jess Phillips will raise the issue in the House of Commons.

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The family of a Tamworth teenager who died from a rare brain condition, external have paid tribute to their 'gentle giant'.

Image source, Tamworth Herald

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

It will feel fresh and we could see the odd shower through the day as well.

Fear not though as we will see temperatures rise towards the end of the week.

Mikey Burrows
BBC WM Sport

Carlos Sanchez (pictured) is leaving Villa.

Italian side Fiorentina have agreed to take the midfielder on a season-long deal, external, with an option to buy.

Defender Joe Bennett is reportedly close to sealing a switch to Sheffield Wednesday.

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A man's been charged with the murder of a woman who died 35 years ago in Birmingham., external

Nova Welsh, 24, was found dead in a utility cupboard at flats in Lighthorne Avenue, Ladywood, on 18 August, 1981.  

Osmond Bell, 59, from Handsworth is due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates' Court later this morning.

BBC Midlands Today

Six museums across the West Midlands are to receive a share of £415,000 from Arts Council England.

Compton Verney Art Gallery, in Warwickshire, will get £56,000.

Other beneficiaries include the Museum of Cannock Chase and the Lapworth Geology Museum. 

The money will be used to maintain collections.

BBC Weather

It's a largely bright and dry start to the day before cloud thickens from the west and patchy outbreaks of rain arrive through the late afternoon. 

It will feel cooler than yesterday under the cloud, with highs of 17C (63F).

BBC Travel

There's stop-start traffic on the M42 southbound between J10, at the A5 (Tamworth) and J8, for the M6, in the roadworks area.  

BBC Travel

On the M42, a lane is blocked on the exit slip road southbound at J6, for the A45 (Birmingham Airport), because of a broken down vehicle.  

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

I'm in the newsroom bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country between now and 18:00.

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Liam Sercombe grabs the extra-time winner as League One Oxford knock 2011 winners Birmingham City out of the EFL Cup.

Yeovil's Matthew Dolan scores from inside his own half as Darren Way's side win at Walsall in the EFL Cup first round.

Conor Coady scores the winner as Championship side Wolves squeeze past League Two Crawley in the EFL Cup first round.

A company director died after being shot in the mouth at point blank range outside his business premises by armed robbers, a court hears.

A search for two Birmingham teenagers who went missing off the Gwynedd coast is called off.

A football fan suffered brain injuries after he was allegedly attacked by a group of youths, a court hears.

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

We're back at 08:00 on Wednesday with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather, but keep an eye out here for updates through the evening and into the morning. 

BBC Travel

The A38 is closed northbound between Bassetts Pole near Birmingham and M6 Toll J3 for Tamworth Grove in Staffordshire.

Traffic is very slow southbound due to a car crash.

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

Andy Sutton, father of teenage fundraiser and cancer patient Stephen Sutton, says more NHS hospitals should screen for a rare genetic condition that's affected four generations of their family. 

Stephen died in 2014 after battling bowel cancer. His fundraising has brought in £5m for cancer charities.

Tests revealed father and son both had Lynch Syndrome which makes cancer 80% more likely. But a third of NHS hospitals don't automatically test for it:

You can see my story on BBC One at 13:30 and 18:30 - Midlands Today.