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Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

I'm in the BBC WM newsroom bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather for Birmingham and the Black Country between now and 18:00.

If you'd like to get in touch you can email, tweet us on @bbwm, external or message via Facebook, external.

The brother of a boy who vanished 20 years ago alongside a friend in Chelmsley Wood, Solihull, has said his family want closure.

We'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow with our usual mix of live updates, but keep an eye out here for more news, sport and travel.    

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

It will be dry with clear skies this evening and tonight. This will allow temperatures to fall close to or below freezing in some rural areas, leading to patchy frost in places. We may see some mist patches forming towards dawn, particularly through Sandwell Valley. Lows of 0C (32F). 

Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

On the programme this evening:  

Image source, Reuters

G4S, the company that runs Birmingham prison, says it was "surprised" by last week's riots at the jail. 

A fresh appeal has been launched into the disappearance of two boys who were last seen alive 20 years ago.

And two youth football teams in Birmingham have been banned from wearing their new shirts, because they're sponsored by a tattoo parlour and a nightclub. 

Join me for BBC Midlands Today at 18:30 on BBC One.

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM

A derelict pub in Oldbury is going to be fenced off because of safety concerns. 

Image source, Google Maps

Sandwell Council, external is taking the action after another fire at the former The Doll's House, in Newbury Lane.

It says it's also trying to contact the owners to serve a notice on them calling for action for the building to be made safe.

Express and Star

Men who finished the last ever shift yesterday at the Goodyear plant in Bushbury Lane, Wolverhampton, spoke of their sadness, external.

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

A young girl with cerebral palsy received the ultimate Christmas present when Wolves, external players clubbed together to give her £8,000 towards a life-changing operation. 

Image source, Sam Bagnall/Wolves FC

Image source, Sam Bagnall/Wolves FC

Four-year-old Jessie-Leigh Smith was born with the condition and her parents have been trying to raise £16,000 for an operation that could help her walk. 

They had raised half the money themselves and Wolves players were so touched by Jessie-Leigh when she was a mascot for a game against Barnsley in September that they decided to stump up the rest of the cash between them.

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM

Today's headlines include:

- The cost to repair damage caused by a riot at HMP Birmingham will be in the region of £2m, the BBC understands

- Two men from Birmingham and two from Stoke-on-Trent have denied plotting to carry out a terror attack earlier this year

- A derelict pub in Oldbury is going to be fenced off because of safety concerns

BBC WM Sport

Birmingham City, external winger Jacques Maghoma has been named in the Democratic Republic Of Congo squad for the Africa Cup of Nations. 

Depending on his country's progress, Maghoma could miss five Blues matches, starting with Nottingham Forest at home on 14 January. 

Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

More than 460 prisoners have been moved out of Birmingham prison since the riot on Friday. 

Image source, AFP/Getty

The final figure is expected to be about 550, which represents one third of the total number of prisoners held there. 

The accommodation, electrical and alarm systems are more badly damaged than was first thought.  

Birmingham Mail

The landmark Apple store in Birmingham city centre was this morning evacuated over the discovery of a suspicious package. Later it was business as usual, external. 

BBC WM Sport

West Bromwich Albion, external defender Allan Nyom could be threatened with a Fifa ban for turning down a call-up to the Africa Cup of Nations. 

He wants to keep his place rather than miss up to a month with Cameroon.

He is one of seven Cameroon players who have said they do not want to go to the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on 14 January.

Cameroon coach Hugo Broos (pictured above) said: "These players have put personal interest above those of the national team and the federation reserves the right to take action against the players in accordance with Fifa regulations."

Tamworth Herald

A former Royal Marine is urging the police to catch criminals who burgled and threated his 92-year-old mother in-law, external before he does, after they stole nearly £1,000 in cash and irreplaceable possessions, during a terrifying ordeal.

BBC WM Sport

Wolves, external boss Paul Lambert has rubbished reports he could be set to sell up to six players next month.  

Image source, Rex Features

A number of last summer's signings have been linked with moves away, but Lambert says he hasn't made any decisions yet and wants to see everybody play first.

There has been more media interest in a set of quadruplets born 10 weeks premature, who have been reunited at home in time for Christmas.  

Follow live text commentary from the Premier League as Southampton host West Brom at St Mary's.

Birmingham Mail

CCTV footage shows the unbelievable moment a Mercedes being driven slowly on the wrong side of the road shunts into a parked vehicle before driving away, external.  

BBC WM

Today's headlines include:

- The cost to repair damage caused by a riot at HMP Birmingham will be in the region of £2m, the BBC understands

- Two men from Birmingham and two from Stoke-on-Trent have denied plotting to carry out a terror attack earlier this year

- Hollywood actors Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw will be performing in Wolverhampton next year