Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

Cloud will thin through the evening allowing a dry and warm night with lows of 16C (61F).

Daz Hale
BBC WM

An Oldbury man waiting for a new prosthetic leg on the NHS has built his own replacement - out of Lego.

Complications from Marc Cronin's diabetes led to the amputation of his limb earlier this year. 

The 32-year-old told us his daughter came up with the idea of the Lego alternative. 

Ayo Akinwolere
Presenter, BBC Inside Out

A West Midlands paramedic is helping to set up a trekking business in Nepal - as people there rebuild their lives eighteen months after a devastating earthquake. 

More than 8,000 people died in the Himalayan country after the earthquake in April last year. 

Phil Llewellyn has raised thousands of pounds for the community and is trying to give local people jobs too. 

There's more on Phil's story on tonight's Inside Out on BBC1 at 19:30. 

BBC Sport

Aldridge's Ellie Simmonds is going for gold at the Rio Paralympics later. 

The heats in her 200m Individual Medley class are taking place this afternoon at 15:20.

The 21-year-old won four swimming medals including two golds at London 2012, but finished sixth in the 50m freestyle on Saturday. 

Keep up to date with all the Paralympics action here. 

An emaciated dog abandoned in a wood, tied to a tree, with a bucket of water left next to him is at the centre of an RSPCA, external information appeal. 

The male brindle Staffordshire bull terrier-type was found by a dog-walker in Warley Woods, Smethwick, on Thursday 8 September.

He has been named Abe, thought to be aged about three, and is now in the RSPCA's care.

Image source, RSPCA

Four people have been injured in what police describe, external as a hit and run.

Police want to trace the driver of a red Ford Focus C-Max in connection with the crash outside a school in Stourbridge.

Two women and two children, a boy and girl both aged three, were hurt when they were struck on Hob Green Road just before 09:00. Their injuries are not said to be serious.

Police say the incident is unconnected to the school.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Workers at a Jaguar plant have welcomed news that the company's XE sports car will be built at the site.

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A woman who was told she would not live past her seventh birthday is enjoying a new lease of life, external aged 46.

Image source, Walsall Advertiser

Girls growing up in parts of England have a much lower quality of life than others, according to analysis of official statistics.

It has been a rollercoaster week for Helen Titchener in The Archers who has been on trial accused of attempted murder. The storyline has shone a light on the workings of British courts.

BBC Weather

Mainly dry this afternoon with some hazy sunshine and just a few light showers around. Highs of 22C (72F).

Remaining dry tonight with a few mist or fog patches developing. Low 16C (61F).

Relive live text of the final of the One-Day Cup from Lord's as Warwickshire beat Surrey by eight wickets.

Express and Star

Since 2013 West Midlands Police has investigated 2,026 crimes involving knives in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, with the number of incidents rising by 33 per cent since 2013, external – just three years. 

Joanne Malin
BBC Midlands Today

A total of £100m is to be invested at Jaguar Land Rover's factory in Castle Bromwich. 

It follows high demand for its latest two Jaguar models, the XE and the F-Pace, with production of the XE moving to Birmingham from Solihull. 

It takes the total invested in the Castle Bromwich site to more than £500m over the last two years. 

Our Business Correspondent Peter Plisner will be there for us on our lunchtime programme at 13:30 on BBC1.

BBC Weather Watchers

BBC Weather Watcher Di's Walk sent in this lovely picture from Sutton Coldfield. 

Image source, Di's walk

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More than 20 people from the West Midlands are being honoured at a special ceremony in Birmingham today for their services to the community. 

Shazad Saleem, 50, from Dudley is among them. The former world champion of the ancient sport of stone-lifting has spent more than two decades inspiring other young men to take it up. 

He'll be presented with the British Empire Medal. 

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

The latest headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country are: 

- Jaguar Land Rover has announced a £100m investment in its Castle Bromwich factory

- A Black Country mum who lost three family members in a terror attack says she's been overwhelmed by the support at an event in their memory, external

- Police are continuing to question a 25-year-old man on suspicion of murder after a man was fatally stabbed in Birmingham

Paralympic cyclist Jon-Allan Butterworth has become the first British serviceman or woman injured in Iraq or Afghanistan to win Paralympic gold. 

The 30-year-old from Sutton Coldfield triumphed in the C1-5 mixed team sprint at the Rio Paralympics yesterday alongside Jody Cundy and Louis Rolfe.

Butterworth, a former RAF weapons technician who lost his left arm in 2007 following a rocket attack in Basra, Iraq, had previously claimed three silver medals at London 2012. 

After taking the top prize for the first time at a Paralympics he said it was an "amazing" feeling. 

Henri Lansbury's 87th-minute goal rescues a draw for Nottingham Forest at Aston Villa in the Championship.

Elton John has announced a show at Birmingham’s Genting Arena next year as part of his worldwide Wonderful Crazy Night Tour. 

The announcement follows his performance at BBC Radio 2's Live in Hyde Park event yesterday.