Firefighters battle a "major fire" at a derelict hotel in Solihull overnight.

A man carrying a toddler and another thief barge their way inside a 90-year-old woman's house before stealing her purse.

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Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

We'll take you on board the famous steam train The Flying Scotsman on the programme tonight.

One of the main roads through Coventry is to be renamed after one of the city's footballing legends and we hear about a court case involving a brothel which had been running in Birmingham.

Join us for more on these stories and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

Warwickshire left-armer Keith Barker takes 4-30 to help earn a 67-run first-innings lead over Lancashire at Edgbaston.

Two thieves, one of whom was carrying a toddler in his arms,, external barged their way inside a 90-year-old woman’s house before stealing her purse.

The men forced their way past the lady in Loynells Road, Rubery, last night having rang the doorbell.

Initially the pensioner, who is partially blind, thought the men were family members but began screaming when she realised what had happened.

The men are thought to be in their 40s and spoke with Irish accents.

Sian Grzeszczyk
Staffordshire Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

The new Bishop of Lichfield is touring the Midlands as he starts his new job.

Michael Ipgrave spent a year as a labourer in a car factory in Dudley Road in Birmingham before training to become a vicar.

He's now decided to walk a pilgrimage from Stoke-on-Trent to Lichfield to mark his arrival in the role

His diocese covers the Black Country, Staffordshire and much of Shropshire.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here are your headlines on Wednesday afternoon:

- Six people have admitted running a brothel in Birmingham

- Post has been suspended in part of West Bromwich for more than two weeks due to fears about a "roaming" dog

- Gunshots were fired in a Birmingham street last night, sparking an investigation

Three men and three women plead guilty to running a brothel in Birmingham.

A golf club says it has stopped culling foxes after thousands of people signed a petition opposing the practice.

Moseley Golf Club initially defended itself when a local councillor passed on complaints he had received, saying shooting the animals was a "necessary evil" because they left their faeces on the course and burrow in the sandbanks.

Neighbour Lisa Blackburn, who started the petition, said she had been "heartbroken to think of the unnecessary suffering of these animals".

But after a petition was signed by nearly 25,000 people, the club said it had stopped.

It said it was now "exploring alternative solutions to the problem" and apologised for "distress" it had caused.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

We start to see a cold front come in from the west tonight, leaving lows of 13C (55F).

BBC Sport

Warwickshire have given themselves a first innings lead after bowling out Lancashire for 152 in reply to the Bears' own 219.

Both teams have left the field due to a rain delay but follow the game's progress online.

A lottery winner who bought their ticket in the West Bromwich West constituency has only a few hours to claim their prize of £1m and a US holiday, or faces losing out.

The ticket was for the draw on Friday 25 March. A spokeswoman said this local winner had yet to claim their prize.

Image source, National lottery

The winning selection was JDG845603 and the  ticket holder has until the end of today to claim.

If no-one comes forward, the prize money and all the interest it has generated, will go to help National Lottery-funded projects across the UK. 

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A fire at a Staffordshire farm that's been burning for over two weeks is to be capped with soil "immediately". 

Cannock Chase District Council says it will take up to four days to cover the site at Slitting Mill in Rugeley and although it won't put the wood waste fire out, it will reduce the amount of smoke. 

Air quality monitoring will be undertaken on site to ensure any smoke that is released once the capping work has been completed, remains a low risk to local residents.

David Lumb
BBC News Online

The woman who says she owns the dog at the centre of Royal Mail's decision to suspend post deliveries to a West Bromwich street has said her dog, named Shylo, is "harmless"

Ilona Welch said she had not been contacted by Royal Mail, which has stopped delivering to Cardigan Close, Hateley Heath.

"I just found out no-one has been receiving their letters because of my dog," she said.

Image source, Google

She said she understood the concerns but said the four-year-old dog, which she described as a Staffie/Rotweiller cross was "harmless". 

"Come-on it's not like she can get his hand," she said.

"She's just grabbing post off him from the inside of the door."

The six defendants in The Libra Club brothel case have all pleaded guilty to the same charge - keeping a brothel used for prostitution.

They include:

- Marilyn Egan, aged 55, of Elmwood Court, Edgbaston, Birmingham

- Achilleos Neophytou, aged 66

- Stefanos Neophytou, aged 25

- Anita O'Donnell, aged 55, of Slade Lane, Hall Green, Birmingham

- Ogun Olufunlola, aged 30, of Roseby Street, Springhill, Birmingham

- Martin Tierney, 50, of Sheffield Road, Sutton Coldfield

Image source, Google

The prosecution dropped a case against a seventh defendant.

Sentencing will take place on 17 October. All six defendants were granted bail.

BBC Midlands Today

Gunshots were fired near a house in a residential street last night.

Police were called to Manor Park Grove in Northfield, Birmingham, to reports of shots being fired. No-one was injured, the West Midlands force said.

Forensic experts are there now and the road is closed.

Warwickshire's Keith Barker has removed Lancashire's captain Steven Croft to leave the relegation decider evenly poised.

Follow the action here.

Image source, Getty Images

Peter Wilson
BBC Midlands Today Special Correspondent

Three men and three women have pleaded guilty to running a brothel in Birmingham - The Libra club on Summer Hill Road.

West Midlands Police raided the brothel in February 2015.

Post is suspended in part of West Bromwich for more than two weeks owing to fears about a "roaming" dog.