Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

A teaching assistant died from a blood clot in the lungs caused by side effects from the contraceptive pill which were not effectively treated, an inquest has concluded.

Fallan Kurek, 21, died in hospital in May last year after being found collapsed at her home in Tamworth.

Her father Brian, speaking to the media shortly after his daughter's death, said she had been looking forward to the rest of her life and described her as "confident, cheeky and bubbly".

The inside of this house for sale in Shropshire is maybe not what you'd expect from the outside.

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Previous owners of the property in Bridgnorth have created a cave under the house with vaulted pillars.  

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It used to belong to a local artist and there's artwork still on the walls.  

Parents and teachers have spoken of their frustration after thousands of pupils were evacuated from West Midlands schools because of bomb scares.

 A dual carriageway is to remain shut after a huge sinkhole opened up as a result of a burst water main.  

A major road the A249 in Kent is to remain closed for a week.

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People going right up to seal pups and mothers on a Norfolk beach to take selfies are putting themselves and the animals at risk, an expert has told the BBC.

With the Bristol hum back in the headlines, we've dug out a report from April 1980 on environmental health officers using noise monitoring equipment to try to track down the source.

A school is evacuated after a high-voltage fuse causes an "explosion" at an electricity substation.

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Sebastian de Gange took this photo of a field of daffodils near Hayle, west Cornwall and sent it in for England's Big Picture. 

He said there were "amazing mackerel clouds above and only an hour earlier the skies were clear blue. But these clouds were amazing!"  

Image source, Sebastian de Gange

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The Red Arrows warns spectators not to "endanger themselves" after training was stopped due to people too close to the runways.

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Images of plump ponies by cartoonist Norman Thelwell are featuring in an exhibition of his artwork in Hampshire.

The artist, who died in 2004, drew Penelope and her mischievous pony Kipper in hundreds of humorous scenarios, including the destruction of country fairs.

The exhibition at Mottisfont features more than 70 original artworks.

Work is getting under way to build a temporary bypass around a major flood-hit Lake District road.  

A section of the A591 was closed between Dunmail Raise, north of Grasmere, and Thirlmere.

Some bus services will be able to use the bypass as well as cyclists and pedestrians but it won't be open to cars.

A new football league for overweight men has been launched in the West Midlands.  

One hundred and fifty men applied for just 80 places on the Man versus Fat football programme, which is being funded by Solihull Council.  

Actor, writer and television presenter Stephen Fry has stepped down from the board of Norwich City Football Club.

The entertainer, who has a home in Norfolk and is a lifelong fan of the club, will continue to support the club as a Norwich City ambassador.

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He became a director of the club, whose joint majority shareholder is TV cook and writer Delia Smith, in 2010.

He will be replaced as a director by her nephew, ex-civil servant Thomas Smith.

A man accused of murdering his mother and sister has made his first appearance at Liverpool Crown Court.

The body of Bernadette Fox, 57, of Brookhill Road, Bootle, Merseyside, was found on 17 April 2015, the day after her daughter Sarah Fox, 27, was found dead at a nearby property.

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Peter Fox, 26, was previously detained under the Mental Health Act.

He was further remanded to appear at the same court for a plea hearing on 4 April.

Protesters in Lancaster have chained themselves to trees to try to stop them being cut down.

Some people think the tree's leaves are a hazard for pedestrians. 

A human could not do what Spider-Man can unless 40% of the body was covered in sticky pads and they had impossibly large feet, according to new research  

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Scientists in Cambridge and Australia say a human would need "impractically large sticky feet" to climb a building like Marvel's web-slinging super-hero

A man has been charged by police in connection with an alleged hate crime in which bacon sandwiches were thrown at a mosque in Bristol.

Officers are investigating an incident at Jamia Mosque, Totterdown, on Sunday when bacon was allegedly thrown at the door and abuse shouted at worshippers.  

A scuba diver facing extradition to Malta's spoken of his elation after charges against him over the deaths of his girlfriend and friend were dropped.

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Stephen Martin, 56, from Rustington, West Sussex was due to face trial on charges of involuntary homicide.

Larissa Hooley, 48, from Aylesbury, and Nigel Haines, 59, of Hove, died during the incident off the island of Gozo in 2012.

A man who admitted killing a party-goer with a single punch after a row over a spilt drink has been jailed for six years. 

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Brett Gleeson, 32, from Rochdale, admitted manslaughter and was jailed at Manchester Crown Court.  

A Conservative councillor has named his baby son after the former Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher because he "wanted a name that stood out".

Rob Gledhill, of Thurrock council, and his partner Abbie Maguire called the baby Thatcher Stephen Maguire, Your Thurrock, external first reported.

Mr Gledhill said: "We're happy with it and if he's not happy with it when he's older I'm sure he'll change it."

Asked if it was a political statement, he said: "No, not at all."

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