A minute's silence has been held in Birmingham to mark the terror attack in Westminster that happened exactly a week ago.

Schoolchildren, religious leaders and neighbourhood police were just some of the people that attended the vigil in Birmingham

Similar events were  carried out across the UK . 

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

After a cloudy, grey day for much of the region, here's how it's looking tonight and for you for tomorrow.

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

Danny Shaw
BBC Home Affairs Correspondent

A 58-year-old man, arrested last week, at an address in Birmingham, in connection with last Wednesday's terrorist attack in Westminster, has now been released with no further action, police say.

A woman has died after the car she was in hit a tree.

The ambulance service was called to Hill Lane in Wythall, Birmingham, at 09:20. 

A passer-by saw the crash and gave the woman CPR until the emergency services arrived. 

An ambulance spokesman said the woman had been confirmed dead at the scene.

Steve Hermon
Journalist, BBC WM

Meet Gemma, from Quinton, who runs a tea room in Halesowen. 

She wants to show people you can live with autism and run a successful business. 

It's autism awareness week, external and even though Gemma left school at 14 years old, she's now 25 and runs a popular tea room.  

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

We told you earlier  about how schoolchildren in Birmingham are going to learn about staying safe at the seaside over the school holidays.

It's after two teenagers from Birmingham drowned off the coast of Barmouth, in Gwynedd, Wales, last August.  

BBC Midlands Today's Bob Hockenhull is at a school in Small Heath where these very lessons are being given by staff from the RNLI.

CH2M's £170m contract was to develop Phase 2b from Crewe to Manchester and Birmingham to Leeds.

Police have named a pedestrian who was killed when he was hit by a car being pursued by police in Birmingham. 

Dil Bahadur Subedi, 45, was struck by a green Mondeo at around 23:40 on Belgrave Middleway as it travelled along the outbound carriageway of the road. 

The car had been pursued from Short Heath Road in Erdington after the driver failed to stop. 

Image source, West Midlands Police/Family picture

Dil Bahadur Subedi's family have paid tribute to him, saying he was a "well respected son, husband, father and work colleague". 

West Midlands Police say they have located a burnt-out green Mondeo in Northfield which they believe to be the vehicle involved in the collision.  

Detectives have confirmed Khalid Masood was armed with two knives when he fatally stabbed a police officer at the Houses of Parliament last week . 

Inquests into the deaths of PC Keith Palmer, American tourist Kurt Cochran, 54, retired window cleaner Leslie Rhodes, 75, and Aysha Frade, 44, were opened and adjourned by senior coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox at Westminster Coroner's Court.

Image source, Met police

Masood, 52, from Birmingham was shot dead by police.

Det Supt John Crossley told the inquest: "The man (Khalid Masood) left the car armed with two large knives and ran into the vehicle entrance gateway known as Carriage Gates, at the north perimeter fence of the Palace of Westminster. 

"The man attacked a police officer in the grounds of the Palace of Westminster with the knives, causing grave wounds and killing the officer, PC Keith Palmer." 

Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer

Park users have been warned to be careful after a huge area of a Sutton Coldfield beauty spot was ablaze , external – the second such incident in two days.

Image source, Sutton Coldfield Fire

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

Dave used your questions to get in touch and asked: "Why are faggots considered a Black Country delicacy?" 

We have been offal deep searching for the answer on this one...

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Faggots were developed as a way of using up all the bits of pig that would otherwise be discarded and have been  on sale in the Black Country for more than a century .  

• Faggots are made with minced offal from pigs, such as hearts, formed into balls
• They are traditionally served with mashed potato, peas and gravy
• Groaty Dick - or Grorty Dick - is a speciality from the Black Country, sometimes called Groaty Pudding
• It is a type of stew made with beef and thickened with the addition of grains (the groats)

Faggots can be eaten hot or cold and when served hot are traditionally accompanied by peas. There's even a  BBC Good Food recipe, external  you can try.   

Image source, Family picture

This is Eve Billingham, she founded The Cook Shop in Old Hill, near Halesowen in 1889.

She originally used the front room of her home in Old Hill High Street (now Highgate Street) as a shop selling Black Country food she cooked herself.  

Her recipe for Black Country favourites including faggots have been handed down for generations u p until recently, the shop was still being run by her great-grandson. 

A woman has died after a fire at a flat on New Pool Road in Cradley Heath. 

The ambulance service was called to the road at about 09:30. 

A spokeswoman said the woman was confirmed dead at the scene. 

BBC Weather Watchers

This lovely picture was taken by Team Rubo, in Kings Norton. 

Blue skies and bright flowers, what more can you want from a spring morning? 

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Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online

The West Midlands has topped the list for the average number of new animal cruelty complaints investigated by RSPCA officers each day.

Image source, RSPCA

The RSPCA says it investigates  19 new claims each day. 

A man from Birmingham kept this golden eagle in awful conditions at his home in Wales. 

The number of complaints has risen by 3.8% in the West Midlands compared to last year. 

The West Midlands also came in the top four for the number of convictions relating to animal cruelty with 49 in 2016. 

A surgeon accused of carrying out unnecessary operations has denied telling a patient she had cancer in her breast that was a "ticking time bomb". 

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Prosecutors allege Ian Paterson, 59, wrongly carried out a mastectomy on Patricia Welch, then 48, but the surgeon said she had biopsies that uncovered "four risk factors" of cancer. 

Mr Paterson, from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, who denies the charges, told jurors that after the successful mastectomy in May 2001, tests on the removed tissue had revealed Mrs Welch had one "unstable breast", while the other seemed unaffected.  

Two businesses in the West Midlands describe the affect on trade of the UK vote to leave the EU.

Tanisha Davidson, aged 16, was last seen after leaving her Solihull home at 15:00 on Monday.

West Midlands Police says she has links to the Bimringham and Coventry areas and is appealing for help to find her  

Chris Blakemore
BBC WM

Armed police officers were called to a shopping centre after a report a man was seen carrying an axe. 

West Midlands Police says officers searched the Grosvenor shopping centre in Northfield, Birmingham, but found "no trace of the man".

Police added they had only received one call, but said "in the current climate it’s not acceptable for people to be walking around in busy public places carrying an axe". 

After clashes between Wolves and Birmingham City fans at last month's football match, police are still looking for 25 men believed to be involved.

Image source, West Midlands Police

So far, 13 people have been arrested and seven more have been questioned. 

Pictures of the men they are looking for are above and police want anyone with information to get in touch. 

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