A Willenhall dad who called his baby son Nigel is hoping the name can make a comeback.

Image source, Kieran Ball

It's thought the name is on the brink of extinction in England and Wales with fewer than three Nigels born in 2016.

Kieran Ball named his 13-month-old son after his father and says he doesn't think it's that unusual.

Birmingham is expected to be confirmed today as England's bidder to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

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It was announced earlier this month that Birmingham had beaten Liverpool to become the candidate city.

That decision still has to be approved by the Government.

It's hoped the championships will be worth millions to the region.

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Steve Cotterill, external has become Birmingham City's new manager.

The ex-Bristol City coach has agreed a two-and-a-half year contract.

Lee Carsley will remain as the Blue's assistant manager and will take charge of the side during the side's trip to Hull tomorrow.

Ian Ward is set to become the next leader of Birmingham City Council.

Councillor Ward, formerly deputy leader, was elected as the new leader of the Labour Party in Birmingham at a meeting last night.

He will formally become council leader when the full council meets to approve him in November.

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Birmingham City Council's budgets are littered with significant weaknesses and the authority may not be providing value for money to the taxpayer, a damning report has revealed, external.

Warwickshire's coach, Jim Troughton, said the team's performance this season just "hasn't been good enough".

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The Bears drew against Hampshire yesterday at Edgbaston - keeping Hants up on the last day of the County Championship season.

But the side has managed to win only one championship game all year.

Troughton said he "cannot question the effort from the lads" but admitted that "at the end of the day we're in a results business, and we just haven't been good enough".

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BBC Weather presenter

After a cloudy and showery start the rain should clear leaving a dry and bright afternoon with highs of 17C (63F).

We'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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Restructuring the WSL can help it become the world's best women's league, the FA's head of women's competitions believes.

Walsall Council was advised to shut a level crossing where a girl died on Tuesday in 2014.

Milk from English cows is being exported to the state which is subject to its neighbours' sanctions.

Hampshire bat out the day against relegated Warwickshire to condemn 2016 county champions Middlesex to the drop.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

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Here's a couple of lovely pictures sent in by our BBC Weather Watchers.

This one was sent in by Graham's vista in Sutton Coldfield. We love the up-close shot of the pretty butterfly.

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Moseley is looking autumnal in this great pic taken by Di's walk.

If you have a weather picture you'd like to share, you can send it in to us here.

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BBC Midlands Today

Tributes have been paid to a 32-year-old woman who police believe was stabbed to death by her husband.

Neo-natal nurse, Amy Barnes, was found dead at her home in Rednal on Tuesday.

Police said she was killed by her 30-year-old husband, James, who then took his own life in a fire at his parents' house.

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In a statement, Amy's mother described her as a "precious gift."

There's more on this and other stories on BBC1 from 18:30.

Wolverhampton University is welcoming BBC1's Question Time tonight.

The show will be broadcast from the Chancellor's Hall in the University's Wulfruna Building, City Campus.

Hosted by David Dimbleby, the panelists are Karen Bradley, Ian Lavery, Peter Hitchens, Ayesha Hazarika, and Richard Tice.

The show is broadcast on BBC1 at 22:45 tonight.

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BBC Midlands Today

It's going to be a largely dry night, but we could have some rain tomorrow morning. Overnight lows of 14C (57F).

Tarik Chadlioui is accused of trying to recruit people to fight for so-called Islamic State.

Poet Liz Berry has written a poem about a bobowler, which means large moth, for National Poetry Day.

You can listen to it below, you've been getting in touch to share your thoughts...

The question of whether a railway crossing where a 14-year-old girl was killed should be closed is to be looked at again by a council.

Walsall Council has confirmed it had discussions with Network Rail in 2014 about the future of the Wallows Lane crossing, where the girl was fatally injured after being hit by a train yesterday.

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The council denies it rejected a request for the public right of way to be removed, but says "no further formal application for its closure was received from Network Rail [and] had it been, the council would have consulted upon it".