A drone was flown dangerously close to a flight as it approached Birmingham Airport.

That's it for our live updates today. We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.   

Have a great weekend, whatever you have planned.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

This evening should be dry but outbreaks of rain will begin early in the night, gradually turning heavier and more persistent, especially over higher ground. 

It will be less cold compared to recent nights - lows of 2C (36F).

Tomorrow will start off wet but it'll become drier and brighter through the day.

Wolves' Conor Coady returns to Anfield to face former side Liverpool in the FA Cup, hoping to upset the club he's loved all his life.

More than half a million people are expected to take part in the RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch which takes place across the UK from Saturday until Monday.

Kate MacRae, a conservationist living near Lichfield, is offering tips on how best to make feathered friends.

She has seen more than 50 bird species in her garden.  

BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Sport

Warwickshire's Chris Woakes is part of an unchanged England one-day international squad to play three matches against West Indies in March. 

England will play two matches in Antigua with a third in Barbados before the teams face each other again in England in the summer.  

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BBC WM Sport

The top sports stories this afternoon include:

• The Wolves head coach Paul Lambert says he would love to complete a permanent deal for Helder Costa 
• Gianfranco Zola isn't expecting to make any further additions to his Blues squad before the January transfer window closes 
• Walsall defender Matt Preston feels the newly adopted 3-5-1-1 system suits the way the team wants to play

Express and Star

An inmate who went for a walk and did not return to his open prison has been found by police., external

The victim was woken up and then attacked by a masked man wielding a metal bar.

Mark Regan
BBC WM Sport, Aston Villa reporter

Villa`s incomings have been a bit of a flurry this week and all have been warmly received by the fans who are now refreshed after a frustrating couple of weeks on the field. 

There`s little doubt that Villa are stronger for the business done as well as getting striker Jonathan Kodjia (pictured) back early from the African Cup of Nations.

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So, after such a busy spell, is there more to be done? Well you'd have thought there would be some outgoings (the midfield area looks particularly overloaded now) and there's speculation surrounding a move away from Villa Park for Ross McCormack. 

The Villa owner's tweets, external indicate that the business isn`t quite finished yet and may go all the way down to the wire.

It looks like Villa will be a club to watch as the window starts to close.

A 42-year-old woman has appeared in court facing two charges of assisting an offender in connection with the fatal shooting of Birmingham teenager Kenichi Phillips.

Selina Simms, of Gravel Bank, South Woodgate, Birmingham, appeared before city magistrates earlier. 

She was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Birmingham Crown Court on 24 February.

Mr Phillips was shot dead in the Ladywood area of Birmingham last year.  

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Stoke City's new signing, Saido Berahino, says he regrets the difficulties he faced at West Bromwich Albion and admits he played a part in those. 

The 23-year-old made the move last week for a fee of £12m on a five-and-a-half-year deal.

He has not played since September and his relationship with West Brom had broken down since the 2014-15 campaign. 

Speaking to reporters today for the first time since the transfer, he said he accepts some responsibility but says everyone involved had a part to play in the situation.

Ex-Liverpool midfielder Conor Coady cannot wait to finally get to play a first-team game at Anfield - with Wolves.

Grimsby Town sign Birmingham City midfielder Luke Maxwell on loan until the end of the season.

Celebrations to mark the start of the Chinese New Year are taking place in Birmingham from today.

A Chinese dragon and lions will mark the Year of the Rooster at the Arcadian Centre on Sunday., external

Last year, organisers raised the money for a parade themselves following the withdrawal of council funding.

Birmingham's What's On takes a look, external at some of the events taking place over the weekend to celebrate.  

Dozens of authors, poets and other acts will be taking part in the first Wolverhampton Original Literature Festival, external this weekend. 

The award-winning author Sathnam Sanghera, external, whose first book The Boy With The Topknot is being adapted for TV to air on the BBC this year, will be there on Saturday. 

Workshops, poetry readings and events for kids are being held at 13 venues across the city until Sunday.

You have been using Your Questions to ask about the West Midlands. Here are some of our answers in video

Express and Star

A multi-million pound enterprise zone in Dudley that will see 7,000 jobs, external created has been given the go ahead by the Government.

Two schools in Dudley have had to close due to a burst water main.

South Staffs Water says a council contractor caused damage in Birmingham Road last night which subsequently affected an adjoining main near Hillcrest Road.

Beechwood CE Primary School and St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School on Hill Crest Road are closed for the day. An additional 25 properties in the area are said to also be affected.

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A spokeswoman for the water company said workers had been on site since 20:30 last night, with a lane closed to traffic on Castle Hill.

Some bus services have also been diverted.

Warwickshire stay in profit for the financial year, up to September 2016, although by a reduced amount.