Former Leeds United, Birmingham City and Wales goalkeeper Gary Sprake dies at the age of 71.

Our Local Live service has finished for the day, but we're back from 08:00 tomorrow with more news, sport, travel and weather for Birmingham and the Black Country.

You can keep an eye out here for updates this evening and into the morning.  

BBC Midlands Today

As we've been reporting, a Christmas grotto manufacturer has been identified as one of three businesses ruined by a "severe" fire on an industrial estate.

More than 70 firefighters were sent to Clearwater Industrial Estate, in Wolverhampton yesterday evening. 

Image source, West Midlands Fire Service pic by Nigel Gooding

We'll have the latest on this story on BBC1 from 18:30.   

BBC Weather

After a fine end to the day, it will be dry overnight with clear spells and lighter winds. 

This will result in a patchy grass frost forming in rural parts of the west, such as the Sandwell Valley, as well as some fog. Lows of 8C (46F).  

More than 70 firefighters were sent to Clearwater Industrial Estate, in Wolverhampton, on Tuesday evening to tackle the "severe" fire.  

Andy Burnham, the Labour MP for Leigh, has called for legal funding for the families of the Birmingham pub bombing victims, as inquests open soon and West Midlands Police have funding set aside. 

At Prime Minister's Questions, Theresa May said she and the home secretary are hopeful help will be granted through an "exceptional funds" application which has been made.  

BBC WM Sport

Here are the big sporting stories of the day:

• Villa look like they will be without Tommy Elphick and Micah Richards again for Saturday's game with Fulham. Both are currently nursing calf injuries
• After their 4-2 defeat to Blues last night, Rotherham United have sacked manager Alan Stubbs after one win in 13 Championship games
• Walsall winger Kieron Morris has signed a new deal with The Saddlers - the 22-year-old has signed with the club until 2019

Laura Mcmullan
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

A Staffordshire junior football scheme that started 50 years ago has won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, external.

Lads and Dads, external was founded in the county in 1967 by the late Doug Brown, who himself was a former Stoke City physiotherapist and Lord Mayor.   

Every weekend more than 2,500 children play for teams across the county and, in the last 50 years, more than 150,000 youngsters have been involved.

The Chairman of Staffordshire Lads and Dads, Clive Dean, told BBC Midlands Today he hopes the group's around for at least another 50 years.

Express and Star

A major transport scheme which should ease congestion and improve safety on a notorious stretch of the M6 in Walsall, external is likely to get the go ahead from councillors in December.

BBC Weather Watchers

Image source, Di's Walk

BBC Weather Watcher Di's Walk has sent in these two brilliant pictures - it's looking very autumnal in Sutton Coldfield. 

If you have a picture you'd like to share, you can do so via email, tweeting @bbcwm, external or visiting the BBC WM Facebook page, external.

Image source, Di's Walk

Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM

Walsall Council has released details of plans to cut almost £90m from its budget by 2020.

This is on top of more than £100m that’s been cut since 2010.

The number of libraries could be reduced from 16 to just one.

As well as removing funding from the town’s flagship art gallery (pictured), there would also be charges for green waste collections alongside a 12% increase in council tax over the next four years.

Image source, Google

The Prime Minister says she hopes legal aid will be extended to the families of the victims of the 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings.

Khia Lewis-Todd
BBC Local Live

The centre officially opens to the public on Friday, external and those behind it say it'll let people explore "how the practice of remembrance has evolved over time".

It also hosts films, exhibitions and learning facilities, external and has been paid for through money from donors, individuals, and groups. 

The 150-acre (61-hectare) site in Alrewas contains more than 300 memorials dedicated to all the armed forces, emergency services and civilians.

A West Midlands motor racing team is looking to win the F3 Cup driver's championship next year, after narrowly missing out in their debut season.

The University of Wolverhampton Racing team works out of the new, £10m, Telford Innovation Campus, external and lecturer David Tucker described it as a "proving ground for the drivers" and for the young engineers of the future.

Driver Shane Kelly missed out on taking the title, external by a single point earlier this month.

He showed us the car, which the team says won four races and achieved more fastest laps than any other.

Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce believes England Under-21 international Jack Grealish's three-match ban for violent conduct was on the harsh side.

Grealish was punished by the Football Association after video evidence showed that his boot made contact with Conor Coady in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Wolves.

Image source, Rex Features

Bruce told BBC WM: "It's something we'll have a conversation about.

"But I feel he's been a bit hard done by. It's because it's Jack Grealish."

Grealish apologised with a handshake as the players left the pitch at half-time, which was accepted by Coady, while Bruce dismissed it as "handbags" in his post-match press conference, suggesting that Saturday's match referee David Coote had "got it spot on and handled it well".  

A man has died after a stabbing in Birmingham, police say.

The 28-year-old was dropped off at Heartlands Hospital A&E in a car by a member of the public at around 19:40 with a serious stab wound to the chest.

West Midlands Police say, external he is believed to have been attacked in the Kingshurst area of Birmingham. 

A 27-year-old man from Shard End was arrested last night in connection with the incident and is currently being held in police custody.

Caroline Gall
BBC News Online

A Christmas grotto manufacturer has been identified as one of three businesses ruined by a "severe" fire on an industrial estate.

More than 70 firefighters were sent to Clearwater Industrial Estate, in Wolverhampton, on Tuesday evening. 

West Midlands Fire Service said they managed to contain the fire by about 02:00 and stop it spreading to two other businesses.  

Image source, West Midlands Fire Service pic by Nigel Gooding

Bromsgrove Advertiser

A school in Rubery has received a grant from the Big Lottery Fund to support its mental health awareness project, external.

The former shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, has described the stories of the families who lost loved ones in the Birmingham pub bombings as "harrowing". 

He met relatives of some of those who died in the 1974 blasts in London yesterday and says he's backing their fight for answers. 

The families still don't know what kind of financial aid they will have for the fresh inquests, something Andy Burnham says is "disgraceful."

A Home Office spokesperson said: "It is right that the families bereaved by the Birmingham pub bombings are represented at the forthcoming inquests, and legal aid exceptional funding will enable this. However, it is for the Legal Aid Agency to approve legal aid applications." 

BBC Weather

Mainly dry and bright today, but feeling chilly. A chance of an isolated shower later. Highs of 14C (57F).