Phil Mackie
Midlands correspondent, BBC News

A 101-year-old man - thought to be the oldest person convicted in British legal history - has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for historical child sex offences.

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Phil Mackie
Midlands correspondent, BBC News

A 101-year-old man - thought to be the oldest person convicted in British legal history - is this morning awaiting sentence for historical child sex offences.    

A juror has been looking at Ralph Clarke's victims and crying. His victims have been crying too and a son of one of them, in the public gallery at Birmingham Crown Court, has also been in tears.

Clarke looks ghostly white.

Image source, West Midlands Police

The Justice Secretary will address MPs on the riot at HMP Birmingham which saw hundreds of inmates wreak havoc in the jail on Friday. 

Image source, Reuters

Liz Truss's speech in the Commons will come after another tough week which ended with the chairman of the Parole Board warning that the prison population must be reduced to avoid further rioting.

There were also warnings that violence could spread to other jails with "simmering tensions" after 240 offenders were transferred from Birmingham.

BBC WM

Today our BBC WM Christmas choir will set off to perform at five destinations across the West Midlands to bring some festive cheer.

We started at New Street Station before heading to Sutton Coldfield, Walsall, Solihull and the Merry Hill centre.   

BBC Travel

A crash near Walsall Police station is causing delays on surrounding roads. 

Check BBC Travel for more details. 

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

This morning's headlines across Birmingham and the Black Country:

- Gary Rowett says he is already looking forward to his next managerial job after being sacked by Birmingham City

- An 84-year-old jogger says he had a knife held to his throat by attackers who stole his car keys on park land

- The future of Dudley Hippodrome has been secured after a long battle to save it from demolition

Andy Murray might have scooped BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time, but let's not forget our very own winner.

David Finney, who has been coaching at the Bridge Swimming Club in Redditch for 40 years, won the BBC Sports Unsung Hero award in the West Midlands.

The energetic 83-year-old has also coached Redditch Swimming Club since 1972, oversaw a badminton club on Sundays and has helped out at Stonehouse Gang Youth Club in Birmingham since his teens in the 1940s.

An 84-year-old jogger said he had a knife held to his throat by attackers who stole his car keys on parkland.

Michael Sheehan said he had been kicked in the head, shoulders and ribs and robbed at knifepoint in Moseley, Birmingham.  

He said he was very angry and it was now difficult to sleep.

Police said they had reports a man had been approached on Thursday morning by up to four men who had taken his keys to steal his Skoda Octavia from a car park, but it had since been recovered.

BBC Midlands Today

The future of Dudley Hippodrome has been secured after a long battle to save it from demolition. 

The keys are being handed over to Black Country Hippodrome Limited after the council agreed a five-year lease on the building. 

The art-deco theatre opened in 1938 and then closed seven years ago. 

Campaigners say they're confident they can make it financially viable.

BBC Weather

A fog warning has been issued, external by the Met Office.

It says dense patches of fog could create hazardous driving conditions until 10:00.

Image source, Met Office

BBC Weather

It's a misty and foggy start to what will be a dull and cloudy day with some light rain possible, particularly this afternoon. Highs of 8C (46F). 

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

Good morning and welcome to local live for Birmingham and the Black Country.

I'll be bringing you all the latest news, sport, weather and travel between now and 18:00.