Bolton sign Cardiff City striker Adam le Fondre and Birmingham's Viv Solomon-Otabor on loan until the end of the season.

Chesterfield sign Reece Brown, Osman Kakay, David Faupala and Liam Grimshaw on loan until the end of the season.

Notts County manager Kevin Nolan registers himself as a player and signs Tahvon Campbell on loan from West Brom.

That's it from us on Tuesday. Join us again from 08:00 on Wednesday for more news, sport, travel and weather updates.

Before then, keep an eye out here for reports of footbal transfer deals and other breaking news.

Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

The BBC has learnt major repairs will close alternate sides of the M5 carriageway for 18 months and bring the speed limit down to 30 miles an hour. 

An action plan has been launched to tackle mental illness across the West Midlands.

And the regeneration of Birmingham city centre has reached a scale and pace not seen for a decade.

More on these stories and others on the Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM

The Labour leader of Walsall Council Sean Coughlan has described making plans for £86m of savings between now and 2020 as a "Sophie’s choice" of picking between two evils.

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He’s had to abandon a pre-election pledge to keep open all the borough's libraries, saying he would instead prioritise protecting vulnerable people.

Under proposals, council tax is set for a rise of 5%.

The leader of the Conservative opposition group, Councillor Mike Bird, has repeated calls for a 10% rise, which would require a local referendum.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here is a recap of Tuesday's headlines so far:

- Walsall Council plans to hike up council tax by nearly 5% and sell the New Art Gallery's naming rights 

- A cat has been abandoned with a note asking for it to be found a 'loving home'

- Police are waiting to question a man suspected of murdering his wife after body found in car at Lidl branch

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

There's more rain on the way through the evening and overnight.

Lows of 6C (43F).

Find out more.

The construction industry in Birmingham is reaching new heights according to a business survey published today.

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The Deloitte Real Estate Crane Survey said, external office space under construction had increased by 50% since last year, from 969,000 sq ft to 1.4m sq ft - the highest level of activity since the report began in 2002.

The city has also seen a 10-fold increase in residential schemes starting construction last year, totalling 2,331 units in the city centre.

A total of 1166 student bed spaces are under construction - up 40% on the previous year, while 508 hotel bedrooms are also being built.

The authority says it needs to save £86m by 2020 due to crippling budget cuts.

Office construction levels in the city are at record levels, a report says.

Championship side Aston Villa sign Bury defender Jacob Bedeau on a two-and-a-half-year for fee of around £900,000.

Rob Gurney
BBC WM Sport

West Bromwich Albion's trip to Middlesbrough tonight will be live on BBC WM 95.6 FM, with Tony "Bomber" Brown as part of our team. 

The Baggies will again be without defender Jonny Evans, who is still nursing a calf injury. 

Boss Tony Pulis says youngsters Jonathan Leko, Sam Field, Kane Wilson and Rakeem Harper will get more game time in what remains of the season.

Their opportunity has come because Albion have been unsuccessful in landing new players they would have liked to bring in during the January transfer window, he said.

The doctor is accused of assaulting five women while on a placement in the Dudley area.

Birmingham Mail

A drunken plane passenger caused terror on a Birmingham-bound flight, external by threatening to "do a 9/11" to bring the aircraft down.  

Pupils have been learning the art of joke-telling from comedian Janice Connolly ahead of Red Nose Day.

Police are still waiting to question a man who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife after a woman's body was found in a car in a Lidl car park.

The couple were reported missing before police traced a vehicle to the store in Mackadown Lane, Tile Cross, Birmingham, at about 04:45 yesterday.

They discovered a man and a woman inside. The woman was confirmed dead at the scene and the 42-year-old man was arrested, police said. The force confirmed the man is being treated in hospital and will be questioned when well enough.

It is thought by police that the woman was attacked with a bladed weapon.

A cat has been found dumped at a bus stop outside a Birmingham vets with the note "I am a one-year-old stray, I need a loving home thank you".

Image source, RSPCA

Millie, as the RSPCA has named her, was found in a bus shelter near Kingstanding Road Police Station on Thursday. The bus stop is outside Lydons Vets.

The charity believes that contrary to the note's suggestion she's a stray, the animal may be an abandoned pet.

Alice Rosenthal
BBC WM

A group of dozens of MPs has called for Donald Trump to be banned from addressing parliament if his state visit to Britain goes ahead.

In total 73 MPs (62 of them Labour) have signed a motion tabled in the Commons saying such an invitation is an "honour" that has historical significance – and parliament’s authorities should "withhold permission" amid President Trump's controversial statements and policies.

The signatories include Labour MPs Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West), Roger Godsiff (Birmingham Hall Green), Jess Phillips (Birmingham Yardley), David Winnick (Walsall North)and Valerie Vaz (Walsall South).

Rob Mayor
Black Country Political Reporter, BBC WM

Almost 300 jobs are set to go at Walsall Council under plans to save £86m by 2020.

Nine libraries are earmarked for closure under proposals that also float a council tax rise in the borough of 5% - 3% of which would be ring-fenced for adult social care and 1.99% for "core" council services, meaning there would be no requirement for the borough to hold a referendum.

The council has also mooted selling off naming rights to the town's New Art Gallery but leader, Labour councillor Sean Coughlan, has insisted it would not be "the McDonald's Art Gallery".