Weather: A foggy startpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
The rain generally light and starting to clear by evening - highs of 10C (50F).
Summary
Officers regain control of prison
Specialist police teams take back all four wings at HMP Birmingham
Injured prisoner earlier 'retrieved' from jail and is conscious
Inmates contact BBC blaming 'poor conditions' for violence
Weather: A foggy startpublished at 11:54 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
Taxi driver jailed for raping passengerpublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
A taxi driver who raped an 18-year-old passenger in a "horrendous" attack is jailed for 10 years.
Read MoreRelive Stourbridge's FA Cup upsetpublished at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
Seventh-tier Stourbridge shock Northampton in the FA Cup and Brighton go top of the Championship - relive the action.
Read MoreFive facing jail over 'booby trapped' £1m cannabis farmpublished at 11:05 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
Five men have been warned they face jail after a £1m cannabis farm was found, external on a Black Country industrial estate.
Man due to be sentenced over terror attacks suspect cashpublished at 10:41 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
A 26-year-old man found guilty of giving £3,000 to a suspect in the Paris and Brussels terror attacks during a meeting in a Birmingham park is due to be sentenced later today.
Last week, a jury convicted Zakaria Boufassil, from Birmingham, of engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism.
A second man, Mohammed Ali Ahmed, 27, pleaded guilty to the same offence and is also due to be sentenced today.
Image source, West Midlands PoliceImage caption, Zakaria Boufassil and Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Sport headlines: Yafai wants to defend his title in Brum; Bruce talking to Grealishpublished at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
BBC WM SportThe top sports headlines for Birmingham and the Black Country this morning include:
- Birmingham's Kal Yafai says he wants to defend his new World Title in his home city
- Albion head coach Tony Pulis has refused to blame Gareth McAuley for the defeat at Chelsea yesterday
- Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce says he's pleased to be talking about Jack Grealish for the right reasons
- Wolves boss Paul Lambert says he'll be looking at add some more senior players to his side next month
Yafai wants to defend boxing title in home city of Birminghampublished at 09:39 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
BBC WM SportBirmingham's Kal Yafai says he wants to defend his new world title in his home city.
Image source, Getty ImagesYafai became Birmingham's first ever World Boxing Champion by beating Luis Concepcion for the WBA super-flyweight title in Manchester on Saturday night.
Quote MessageI can't wait to headline in Birmingham as a world champion. My hands are a bit sore so I might be out for a little bit, but the second I can get in the gym I will be back working and getting ready to defend this belt."
Kal Yafai, WBA super-flyweight champion
Police can't respond to 999 calls after massive computer crashpublished at 09:19 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
Police emergency call takers were forced to make handwritten notes, external of more than 2,500 incidents after its multi-million pound Oasis Command and Control system crashed for nearly eight hours.
The West Midlands is Britain’s 'Brexit capital'published at 08:54 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
Joanne Malin
BBC Midlands TodayIt's claimed decades of unemployment across the West Midlands led to major support for Brexit.
A report by think tank Resolution Foundation says, external the region had a stronger Leave vote than any other in the country.
Man questioned after pedestrian hit by white van and diespublished at 08:34 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
A 58-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a crash in Birmingham in which a man died.
The pedestrian was hit by a van at about 06:25 on Saturday on Aldridge Road, near Perry Barr greyhound stadium.
Watch: Fifty-second weather forecastpublished at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenterVisibility in some areas is below 100 metres due to fog - watch the latest forecast here....
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
Live updates for Birmingham and the Black Countrypublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2016
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local LiveHello and welcome to a new week, or, in other language, 12 days until Christmas.
I'm in the BBC WM newsroom today 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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