Amy Cole
BBC Midlands Today

A Black Country metal firm has invested £4m in a new manufacturing plant which will be officially opened later.

The company has moved from its old site at which it had been based since 1954.

A Perry and Co started in the 1920s making hinges and is now run by the fourth generation of the same family.

Its products have been used on iconic buildings such as Wembley Stadium and Buckingham Palace.

Birmingham Post

Government-appointed improvement panel calls, external for immediate action following recent resignation of leader John Clancy.

A man has been charged with the attempted murder of a 24-year-old man in Cannock.

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Staffordshire Police said the victim was assaulted in Danby Drive on Tuesday evening and is now in a stable condition.

A 39-year-old from Cannock will appear before magistrates later.

Three men including two British soldiers are due to appear at the Old Bailey today charged with being members of a banned neo-Nazi group.

L/Cpl Mikko Vehvilainen, Pte Mark Barrett and Sandwell man Alexander Deakin are accused of being part of National Action.

Mr Deakin, 22, of Beacon Road, Great Barr, is further charged with distribution of a terrorist publication and two counts of possession of documents likely to be useful to a person preparing to commit an act of terrorism.

The three men are due to appear via video link for a preliminary hearing.

Audrey Dias
Journalist, BBC Midlands Today

The role of the Bangladeshi community in Birmingham's curry boom is being celebrated in a new exhibition.

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Many of the restaurants were set up by immigrants fleeing from poverty and violence in Bangladesh in the 60s and 70s.

Artist Mohammed Ali's Knights of the Raj is going on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery from Saturday.

Express and Star

Moves to introduce parking and waiting restrictions , externalon a busy route into a city centre have been welcomed.

Today Programme
BBC Radio 4

Police in the West Midlands have seized 2,500 knives and swords in a three-month period.

The West Midlands force says the items are not from "knife bins" in which people are encouraged to surrender weapons but taken off people during arrests and searches.

The Today programme has been shown previously unpublished research commissioned by West Midlands Police which tells the force some uncompromising truths about why its efforts to bring knife crime under control aren’t reaching a crucial group of young people.

Warwickshire resume on 49 for 1 when the third day of their County Championship match against Yorkshire resumes this morning.

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The Bears bowled the home side out for 296 - leaving Jim Troughton's players starting today 28 runs behind with nine wickets in hand.

With some rain forecast there today, we'll just have to see whether the weather plays ball.

Mikey Burrows
BBC WM Sport

The top sports stories this morning include:

• Albion went out of the League Cup after losing 2-1 at home to Manchester City last night
• Wolves will go to Manchester City in the 4th round

• The Bears will start day three of their penultimate match in Division One at Yorkshire 28 runs behind in their second innings

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Rain pushing in this morning, but this should clear this afternoon leaving something a bit drier and brighter with highs of 17C (63C).

Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live

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

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Manchester City beat West Brom in the third round of the Carabao Cup in a match that sees Ilkay Gundogan limp off in his first start since December.

That's it for live updates today. We'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.

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Express and Star

Four men have denied being part of a ‘well-oiled’ and 'slick' £1.5 million drugs operation, external.

Adam Lyth and Tim Bresnan help relegation-threatened Yorkshire gain a first-innings lead against Warwickshire.

Birmingham City Council has released a new timetable for collections in light of the High Court ruling earlier today and the suspension of industrial action.

The collection, including snaps of Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, sat in a drawer for 16 years.

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

We are forecast some rain tonight and we're going to see more tomorrow, some of it heavy in places.

Father-of-four Mekel Sterling was killed in the "cold-blooded" killing in Birmingham.