Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

Despite the leader of Birmingham City Council stepping down yesterday, external the bin dispute seems to have no end in sight.

Industrial action is on until at least 21 September but the Unite union has balloted workers over whether to extend its strike.

Unite's assistant general secretary, Howard Beckett, has called for the resignation of the council's chief executive Stella Manzie, saying she "must follow in John Clancy's footsteps and resign".

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Councillor Ian Ward is standing in as leader at the moment but it's a bit of a mess.

No one, including John Clancy, could've predicted that this is where we would be right now.

There's no doubt there will be lots of talk about this at the full council meeting later which starts at 14:00., external

Storm Aileen is expected to bring strong winds tonight and tomorrow morning across the region, the Met Office is warning, external.

It is expected to cause disruption from 20:00 this evening, with the chance of power cuts and damage to trees.

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A severe weather alert, external has also been issued by Highways England which is advising users of caravans, motorbikes and high-sided vehicles to take extra care when travelling.

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A "severe" house fire in Kingstanding resulted in a child being rushed to hospital. , external

Warwickshire are back in County Championship action this morning.

The Bears face leaders Essex at Edgbaston, knowing a defeat is likely to confirm their relegation to Division Two.

You can follow live updates here.

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM Sport

Here are the top sports stories that we're looking at today:

• Blues boss Harry Redknapp insists his side can mount a promotion push - now he's got a new look squad
• Steve Bruce reassures Villa fans that there are 40 games "and a long way to go" after the team were booed off at the weekend - they host Middlesbrough tonight
• Third-place Wolves - with the support of Luke Skywalker - go for a second home win in four days when they take on Bristol City at Molineux
• Walsall visit Rotherham where they're hoping to pick up the first away win of 2017 in League One
• Warwickshire face Essex at Edgbaston, with the Bears all but certain to be relegated to Division Two of the County Championship, while their opponents are on course to win the First Division title

BBC News Travel

A points failure between Coleshill Parkway and Nuneaton is disrupting trains between Birmingham New Street and Leicester.

Disruption to services is expected to last until about 10:00, said National Rail.

Three men, including two British soldiers, are due in court later, accused of being members of a banned neo-Nazi group.

Alexander Deakin, 22, of Great Barr, Mikko Vehvilainen, 32, based at Sennybridge Camp in Brecon, and Mark Barrett, 24, based at Dhekelia Garrison in Cyprus, were arrested by West Midlands Police's Counter Terrorism Unit last week.

The men are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Mr Deakin has been charged with two counts under Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000 - alleged possession of documents likely to be useful to a person preparing to commit an act of terrorism.

The 22-year-old is also charged with one count of distributing a terrorist publication. Separately he faces one count of inciting racial hatred - allegedly posting a number of National Action stickers at the Aston University campus in Birmingham in July 2016.

Kathryn Stanczyszyn
Political Reporter, BBC WM

John Clancy's resignation was seen as inevitable by some following his comments there was never any deal with union Unite to end the bin strike.

What followed was a series of claims that, contrary to his denial, there had indeed been an agreement - and not only that, but John Clancy had overstepped the mark and overplayed his hand in making promises. When workers' terms could not be met, the strike action - temporarily paused - was resumed.

While many people believe Mr Clancy's intentions were good, his failure to admit mistakes in an interview in which he clung to the "no deal" line meant there was nowhere to go.

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Confidence in the leader was crumbling and his resignation may have been influenced by three things: a critical letter from Labour MPs; a reported private meeting of his cabinet where all but one called for him to step down; and a government letter asking for an "urgent update" from the independent panel monitoring the way the council keeps its house in order.

Unite has made it clear it feels it has a deal and wants it honoured. And that could mean strike action for some time to come.

Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A former prisoner says staff and inmates will struggle in three of Staffordshire's prisons because of increased pressure whilst they're completely full.

Figures seen by BBC Radio Stoke have revealed Dovegate, Featherstone, and Stafford prisons were at 100% capacity at the end of July.

Simon Edwards spent seven-and-a-half years in jail for armed robbery and now runs a programme in North Staffordshire which integrates people out of prison into society.

He told us a busy prison isn't a good thing and tensions can rise.

The UK nationals, aged 40 and 29, were held after getting off a flight from Istanbul, Turkey.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

A bright start with sunny spells and the chance of a few isolated showers later on - and highs of 18C (64F).

A warning for wind has been issued for later this evening and tonight which could cause travel disruption.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

Good morning from the BBC WM newsroom.

I'm here bringing you all the latest news, sport, travel and weather updates for Birmingham and the Black Country between now and 18:00.

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Inspectors say the public is "not getting the service they deserve" due to under-recording of crime.

John Clancy has faced criticism of his handling of a strike by refuse workers in Birmingham.

As John Clancy, leader of Birmingham City Council resigns, a union leader calls for the chief executive to go.

A man appeared in court charged with attempted murder, wounding and possessing knives.

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

That's it for live updates today.

We will be back from 08:00 on Tuesday with live news, sport, travel and weather updates, plus all the latest reaction to the leader of Birmingham City Council stepping down.

You can follow the latest on John Clancy's resignation through the evening on BBC News.

The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner says John Clancy's resignation was the "right decision" for the council to move forward in its dispute with refuse workers in the Birmingham.

Labour's David Jamieson said: "John has made the right choice. He's stood back because he feels he's an impediment to Birmingham going forward."

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Looking ahead to who could become the new Labour leader, he said "there's an excellent set of councillors to choose from to choose a new leader".

Mr Jamieson added: "We've got to get this dispute sorted it out. It can be sorted. I think with new leadership we'll see us going forward through the autumn and into the new year with clean streets and excellent new leadership."

Read more about why refuse workers are strike.

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The Unite Union's assistant general secretary says John Clancy's mistake in the refuse talks between the council and union were the demise of his role as leader.

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John Clancy met the union through conciliation service Acas where a deal was made in principle, ending a seven-week strike, but resumed after redundancy notices were issued.

Howard Beckett says: "John made a mistake by claiming there was no deal in place when everybody knew there was and Acas recorded the deal.

"His statement is clear - the deal was not his deal. It was a deal on half of the whole cabinet. It is in the Acas wording. The question is - how do we resolve this dispute?"

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

It's going to be a cloudy night and we should have a bright start to the day tomorrow, but there could be showers later in the day.