That's it from Birmingham and Black Country Live on Tuesday. Join us from 08:00 on Wednesday for more news, sport, travel and weather.

Just a chance of the odd shower this evening but mainly dry overnight with plenty of clear spells - low 5C (41F).

Then tomorrow, a bright, dry day with sunny spells for most - still just the chance of the odd shower. Highs of 12C (54F).

Police have been granted further time to question a suspect in the Connor Smith murder investigation - the 19-year-old was shot dead in Hawkesley last Thursday. 

Magistrates have allowed detectives to hold a 28-year-old man arrested from a Coventry address yesterday, for a further 36 hours. 

A 41-year-old man, arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, has been released on police bail, while five other people remain in police custody, according to the West Midlands force, external.

Labour's deputy leader and West Bromwich East MP Tom Watson has been asked to appear before MPs over his pursuit of sex abuse allegations against the late Lord Brittan.

The Home Affairs committee has asked Mr Watson to "provide clarification on a number of issues" on 21 October.

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Mr Watson has refused to apologise for demanding police investigate the claims against Lord Brittan.

Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore is under pressure again today, with talks reportedly going on behind the scenes to replace him. 

Two senior Labour figures have already resigned over the way the party's being run in the city. It comes as an independent panel gets ready to report to the government about whether failings at the local authority are being addressed. We will have the latest tonight.

And we will be having a look at an affordable robot revolution being led by the University of Birmingham. More on these stories and others in Midlands Today on BBC One at 18:30.

BBC Sport

England bowler Stuart Broad has been speaking to Sky Sports at the end of play on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan in the UAE, which ended with the hosts 286 for 4.

James Anderson claimed two wickets but Warwickshire's Ian Bell dropped two simple catches.

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Broad said: "Ian Bell is disappointed. He has his head in his hands in the changing room. The first one was a tricky catch, low to his left, but the second one he would expected to have taken nine times out of 10."

BBC WM

Earlier we told how three more people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of Connor Smith.

Office of National Statistics figures published in February 2015 revealed that in 2013-14 there were 540 crimes involving a gun or firearm in the West Midlands, which increased from 499 in the previous year.

Worryingly, these latest figures showed that the West Midlands had overtaken London in terms of the number of gun crimes that happened per 100,000 people. 

In our region there were 19.4 crimes per 100,000, compared to 19 in the capital.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

Here are the top stories for Birmingham and the Black Country this afternoon:

- A politician has confirmed police have questioned him over allegations of historical sexual abuse, which he denies

- A Wolverhampton man has appeared in court accused of murdering his neighbour

- A Walsall woman who saved more than 5,000 hedgehogs over 15 years is set to receive an award

Walsall Advertiser

Delays and road closures are to be expected with the beginning of work on a new roundabout at a busy Walsall junction, external.

Image source, Walsall Advertiser

Cannock Mercury

A D-Day veteran who has received France's highest award and witnessed some of the heaviest fighting on the beaches some 71 years ago will also be honoured at a ceremony in Stafford next month.

Image source, Cannock Mercury

A politician has confirmed he was questioned by police investigating allegations of historical sexual abuse, which he denies. 

The 55-year-old was interviewed under caution by Staffordshire Police over an inquiry prompted by Esther Baker, who said she and other children had been taken to Cannock Chase and raped.

Ms Baker, who waived her anonymity, said she was abused in the 1980s and 90s with police officers present, and that a politician also abused her.

Walsall Advertiser

A fire broke through the roof of a Walsall home, external early this morning.

Image source, Walsall Advertiser

Express and Star

The death of a woman who was killed by her husband before he committed suicide over Japanese knotweed fears could not have been prevented, a report has concluded, external.

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A Walsall woman who has saved more than 5,000 hedgehogs over 15 years is to receive an award. 

Joan Lockley, 71, said she was inspired to set up West Midlands Hedgehog Rescue after an “underweight and hungry” hedgehog wandered into her garden.

Image source, International Fund for Animal Welfare

Her “dedication to hedgehog rescue” has been recognised by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, external and she is set to receive one of the charity’s Animal Action Awards at a House of Lords ceremony later this month.

Clare Lissaman
BBC News Online

A dress made from 3,000 paper poppies has been unveiled in Birmingham ahead of this year's poppy appeal. 

The dress was unveiled at the Malmaison hotel in Wharfside Street, where it will be exhibited until 11 November.

It was created by Sarah Bryan who has previously made dresses from 145 bags of Skittles sweets and cake decorations.

The beautician, from Osett, Wakefield, said she admired the Royal British Legion's work and hoped the dress would help raise cash for the charity.

Cannock Mercury

An 18-year-old led police on a pursuit through Cannock last night, external – after officers originally just wanted to speak to him about having no rear lights on his car.

Image source, Josh Tunnicliffe

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

It looks like staying dry this afternoon with more sunny spells - still feeling cool in a north-easterly breeze. High 12C (54F).

Then dry with clear spells for many tonight, with temperatures dropping to allow a touch of frost in some rural areas - Low 6C (43F).

Patrick Burns
Political editor, Midlands

It’s shaping up to be the biggest political decision we all face in our lifetimes and the EU Referendum could come as soon as next March: or it could still be two years away.

Image source, Reuters

We'll be gauging opinions among businesses and voters on Sunday Politics on BBC One at 11:00.

Express and Star

Halesowen Members Club is facing demolition after supermarket chain Lidl revealed it wants to send in the bulldozers, external so it can extend the car park of its store next door.

Image source, Express & Star

Doreen Tipton - the famous "lazy cow" from the Black Country - will be hitting the big screen this week.

Written and directed by David Tristram, the comedy character is played by actress Gill Jordan and went viral on YouTube. A stage show has since been written about her.

Image source, David Tristram

The film premieres in Wolverhampton this Saturday at the Light House Cinema, external.