Swansea City are the only academy side to make it through to the last eight of the EFL Trophy as four under-21 teams exit.

A Birmingham secondary school which hundreds of residents campaigned to save is set to close, it is revealed.

Warwickshire's new coach Jim Troughton says he wants to take some responsibility off captain Ian Bell next season.

That's it from us on Tuesday. We're back from 08:00 on Wednesday with more news, sport, travel and weather updates, join us again then.

Keep an eye out here for updated stories.

Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

More than 40 years after 21 people were killed in the Birmingham pub bombings, the victims have been honoured today by being given the freedom of the city. 

Another attempt to get dairy farmers a better deal has been launched at a meeting in Birmingham. "Black top" milk is the idea of the Free Range Milk Marketing Board.

And firefighters have helped rescue a cat in Walsall, but this time, it hadn't got stuck up a tree.

We'll have more on these stories and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

A man who killed an 18-year-old motorist in a crash that split her car in two has been jailed for six years.

Kuba Oles was travelling at a minimum of 80mph (129km/h) when he hit Georgie Ann Evans' car in Dudley on 27 October.

Oles, 25, who had sped down Priory Road, suffered minor leg injuries, West Midlands Police said.

Oles, from Beaconview Road, West Bromwich, admitted causing death by dangerous driving when he appeared at Wolverhampton Crown Court, and he was also disqualified from driving for 14 years.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

We're likely to see stronger gusts tonight, perhaps 40-50mph.

Lows of 6C (43F).

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Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here is a quick summary of the headlines on Tuesday:

- A Birmingham school with over 400 pupils on its roll could close by as early as the end of the academic year

- A man who killed an 18-year-old motorist in a crash that split her car in two in Dudley has been jailed for six years

- A kitten became trapped in the bottom of a communal bin by its head in Walsall before being rescued

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

Three teenagers have been arrested after two men were stabbed during a fight during the evening rush hour.

Police were called to Stoney Lane in Sparkbrook, Birmingham, at 18:30 GMT yesterday and found one man with a stab wound to his neck and another man with injuries. 

Two 17-year-olds from Sparkhill and a 19-year-old from Sparkbrook have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

A spurned lover strangled the mother of his three children and tried to choke her new partner, a court has heard.

The body of 26-year-old Wendy Mann was found on her kitchen floor in West Bromwich in August 2015. 

Leroy Sterling, 63, of Guns Lane, West Bromwich, denies murder and the earlier attempted murder of her lover, Trevor Tyndale, last July.

Mark Haywood QC, prosecuting, said Mr Tyndale managed to escape Sterling's flat and later went to hospital where he had an emergency operation for amongst other things, skull fractures, but did not inform police about who attacked him fearing his affair would become known to his own wife.

The trial continues.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

The freedom of the city will be posthumously awarded to the 21 victims of the Birmingham pub bombings, after city councillors voted unanimously to bestow the honour on them.

Families of the victims were in the public gallery at the city's Council House to see the motion proposed and given cross-party support.

It is the first time the city has posthumously awarded its highest civic honour. The authority's Labour leader John Clancy said: "Now more than ever the families need to know the city stands with them. In this city, we speak with one voice: they will never be forgotten." 

Legal procedure has begun after a new inquest into the deaths was announced last year. 

Julie Hambleton, who's sister Maxine died in the bomb attacks on two pubs on 21 November 1974, said: "It is very special to see our loved ones honoured in this way. Finally we know we have the backing of our city."

Birmingham Mail

Two men are in hospital after they were stabbed during a fight, external in a busy Birmingham road.  

A Birmingham secondary school with 417 pupils on its roll could close at the end of the academic year, it has been revealed.

Baverstock Academy was first plunged into uncertainty in June last year because of financial difficulties but there was hope it might be granted a reprieve as the Department for Education (DfE) sought a sponsor for the school, which has been in special measures since 2014.

Image source, Google

The DfE has today however confirmed it has agreed in principle to the closure of the Druids Heath school, which it insists will not take place before 31 August 2017.

A four-week consultation will now run into the proposed closure. 

Labour MP Steve McCabe has dubbed the decision a "betrayal" and says he wants an urgent meeting with the Secretary of State for Education to find out what work the government had done to avoid the school's closure.

A kitten which got his head stuck in a drainage hole at the bottom of a communal waste bin in Walsall has been rescued.

Meowing was overheard from the bin at Glebe House, Glebe Street, by a member of the public who called the RSPCA.

It needed firefighters to free the feline, which had rubbish piled on top of him. The animal, believed to be a stray because it had no collar and was not microchipped, has been named Dusty by the RSPCA.

The charity was unable to say how long the kitten had been trapped but it was not injured.

Image source, RSPCA

Image source, RSPCA

Warwickshire players Nathan Foy (pictured left) and Mohomed Khatri (pictured right), alongside Justin Hollingworth and Mark Turnham have been selected for England's visually impaired squad for the upcoming World Cup in India.

England will kick off their competition on 31 January against Pakistan in Delhi.

Image source, England and Wales Cricket Board

Mikey Burrows
BBC WM Sport

If Birmingham City manage to defeat Newcastle in their replay, their reward would be a trip to Oxford in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Amy Cole
BBC Midlands Today

Levels of violence at Hewell prison near Redditch are "far too high", according to a new inspection report. 

Would you pay 25p more for milk if it meant more money for the farmer? That's the idea behind "black top" milk unveiled today in Birmingham. 

More on these stories and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One at 13:30.

Capacity problems at Worcestershire's hospitals need long-term solutions, the MP for Redditch says.

Karen Lumley and MP for Worcester, Robin Walker, met with health minister Jeremy Hunt yesterday to discuss issues which have seen patients at A&E in Worcester experience long delays and wait on trolleys in corridors. 

Speaking in the Commons, Mr Hunt said he "recognised the need for increased capacity at both the Alexandra Hospital [in Redditch] and the Worcestershire Royal Hospital".

A man who killed a teenage motorist in a crash that split her car in two is jailed for six years.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here is a recap of the headlines on Tuesday:

- Birmingham museums are 'under threat from council cuts'

- Building thousands of homes on Sutton Coldfield's greenbelt is 'a necessity' - Birmingham City Council

- Wolves will travel to either Liverpool or Plymouth in the fourth round of the FA Cup