BBC Sport

West Bromwich Albion's hopes of closing the gap on the top three in the Championship suffered a blow as they lost 3-2 at Bristol City.

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Play-off hopefuls City stunned Albion by going 3-0 up inside 19 minutes and, while the Baggies fought back in the second half, they suffered defeat.

The result leaves them seven points off third-placed Sheffield United with five games to go.

Elsewhere in the Championship, Stoke City's unbeaten run ended with a 3-1 defeat at Swansea City which saw defenders Bruno Martins Indi and Tom Edwards both sent off.

In League One, Burton Albion held second-placed Sunderland to a 1-1 draw.

BBC News Travel

Drivers are being urged to avoid the M6 southbound near Walsall , externalthis morning after a crash involving a tanker and a lorry.

Highways England says liquid has spilled over the carriageway, forcing its closure at J10 and delays are already back to J11., external

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Express and Star

The Express and Star's headlines this morning include:

• Walsall is hit hardest by shop closures, external
• Hopes over new Stourbridge police base at Citizens Advice office, external
• Thousands sign petition against Cannock Chase fence off plan, external

BBC News Travel

The M6 southbound is shut near Walsall this morning because a tanker is leaking hazardous liquid over the carriageway after a crash involving a lorry.

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The Central Motorway Police Group says it happened at around 05:30 at J10 and only minor injuries were suffered in the collision., external

Highways England says the carriageway is completely closed southbound while they work to clear the liquid, leading to delays of almost two hours., external

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Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

Starting off chilly this morning although it should be dry and sunny.

Here's the full weather forecast for the West Midlands for Wednesday:

You can get a latest forecast at any other time by heading to the BBC Weather website.

Allen Cook
BBC News

Welcome to our live service for Wednesday.

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands.

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The locations of 12 Institutes of Technology - aiming to provide high-quality skills training - are revealed.

Sunderland are held to a 1-1 draw at home by Burton Albion but still climb above Barnsley up to second in League One.

After scoring three goals in the first 19 minutes, Bristol City hang on nervously to beat West Bromwich Albion.

Daniel James gave another sparkling display as Swansea beat nine-man Stoke to keep alive their play-off hopes.

It is "unacceptable" that pupils were not toilet-trained and lacked basic skills, a councillor says.

Doncaster score twice in the first four minutes as they cement sixth spot in League One by beating strugglers Walsall.

Andy Giddings
BBC News

We'll be back with the news, sport, travel and weather from 07:00 tomorrow.

Warrington back Jake Mamo signs a contract extension to keep him with the Super League club until November 2021.

Worcestershire cricketer Ben Twohig will miss the whole 2019 season with a knee injury suffered playing football.

A woman was forced to hand over the keys to her car by four masked men in a Coventry supermarket car park.

The men drove off in the vehicle after the carjacking in Brade Drive, Walsgrave, shortly after 15:00 on Sunday.

In a separate incident at about 19:30, a man dragged a woman in her 20s from her car on Foleshill Road. He also drove off in the stolen vehicle.

West Midlands Police recently warned the public to be vigilant, saying it had seen a "significant rise" in the number of attacks in the city.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Among the headlines from Stoke-on-Trent Live:

• Fight erupts between 'rival groups' of teenagers near train tracks, external
• Boy suffers eye injury after group of teenagers pelt him with stones, external
• Eddie Hall and friends to star in TV show, external

BBC Midlands Today

An increasing number of West Midlands Police officers are being issued with more powerful Tasers in a move which the force claims will improve public safety.

The plan is to double the number of emergency response officers armed with the devices.

A spokesperson says the upgraded weapon fires two sets of barbs at a greater velocity, allowing the weapon to penetrate clothing.

The kit, set to be used by about 1,400 officers eventually, would allow police to protect greater sections of society, he said.

The family of Natalie Putt has vowed never to give up searching for the mother missing since 2003.

Four strongmen have been filming for an American TV company in Stoke-on-Trent today.

They were on Port Street in Middleport for a scene in The Strongest Men in History.

Staffordshire local and former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall was among the quartet.

He's been playing an infamous English strongman from the 1700s, who is said to have picked up a watchtower and thrown it over a fence.