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Spa towns are among the happiest places to live in the UK, according to a property website.
Read MoreOlympic Swimmer Adam Peaty will receive his MBE at Buckingham Palace today.
Peaty, from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, won gold in the 100m breaststroke at the 2016 Olympics, the first by a male British Swimmer in 24 years.
Image source, ReutersHe is the current holder of the world record in 50 and 100m breaststroke.
Last night he tweeted that he was "extremely proud to represent" Great Britain.
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And if you're wondering how does Peaty have that six pack? Only last month he was asked... He puts it down to "a lot of ab work and no junk food".
The star wishes his grandmother, who died in a hospice, had been able to record her story.
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Stephanie Barnard
BBC News
Royal Leamington Spa has been ranked as the happiest place to live in Britain, in a survey.
So what factors make Leamington the best?
But happiness comes with a price, with the average asking price of a home in Leamington Spa at £330,848, compared with a national average of £310,003, according to Rightmove.
The town's mayor, Caroline Evetts, said Royal Leamington Spa "has it all" - from Regency buildings, to independent boutiques.
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Nicola Beckford
Journalist, BBC Midlands Today
More cuts are on the way at Worcestershire County Council with about £60m having to be saved over the next three years.
A fresh hunt is being launched to try and identify ways in which cuts can be made.
Leader Simon Geraghty has told the BBC that £20m will need to be clawed back every year until 2020 in order to balance the books.
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BBC Newsbeat
A woman from Stoke-on-Trent who travelled to the Netherlands for a date says she fell victim to a "pull a pig" prank.
What is pull a pig? It's where a man tries to get a date with a woman they see as overweight or unattractive for a joke.
Image source, Ken McKay/ITV/REX/ShutterstockSophie Stevenson told ITV's This Morning, external that when she arrived to meet Dutch student Jesse Mateman, he failed to turned up and texted her to say "You were pigged".
He denies playing the prank and says he has been "affected" by the allegation.
BBC Midlands Today
A brand new contemporary music college is due to open in Digbeth in Birmingham today.
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The British and Irish Modern Music Institute, external, also known as BIMM will specialise in production, the business and song-writing as well as many other disciplines.
Black Sabbath musician Tony Iommi will officially open it this afternoon.
Footage of an empty pushchair being sucked across a platform by a train's slipsteam offers a stark warning.
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James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News
A large cut to Staffordshire County Council's health funding could have a serious impact on social services, the authority has warned.
NHS England told councils to reduce delays on getting people out of hospital by September, or face losing millions of pounds to pay for social services.
Staffordshire County Council failed and face losing £19.5m as a result, but says the target was too short notice and unachievable.
Image source, GoogleMeetings between the council, local health bosses and NHS England will now take place, before a final decision is made.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
A few bright spells at first, otherwise a generally cloudy and breezy day with outbreaks of rain arriving through the afternoon.
Some of the rain may be heavy, especially over higher ground, but despite this it will be rather mild - highs of 17C (63F).
Latest weather forecast for the West Midands
Drivers are warned to expect delays on the M42 southbound near Solihull after two lanes have been closed by Highways England due to a crash.
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BBC News
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We'll be bringing you the latest news, sport, travel and weather for the West Midlands and south Cheshire between now and 19:00.
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Max Kelly squirted a bottle of cleaning solution at two men outside a pub, a court hears.
Read MoreA coroner says it is unclear how Margaret Janney, 93, ended up out of her care home bed
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BBC Breakfast
Today is World Mental Health day.
Earlier, BBC Breakfast asked singer Jamelia, external and former athlete Iwan Thomas to open up with the people of Birmingham.
So is it good to talk? Jamelia talks about her battle with post natal depression, and says: "When people see me on TV they see me happy and smiley... But what they don't see is my bad days when I struggle to get out of bed."
Shoppers at The Bullring stopped and chatted openly about a whole range of issues, including self-harming, depression at work and social anxiety.
Another 28,750 houses could be built in Shropshire between now and 2036, with nearly a third of them in the Shrewsbury area.
The targets are included in the latest update to Shropshire Council's local plan, which aims to control development around the county.
Image source, PAThe council also says that with over 18,000 homes either approved, or already under construction, it would be willing to accept applications for a further 10,000 homes.
Women who plan to give birth at maternity units in Dudley have been told they are safe, by the Dudley Group Foundation Trust.
This is after a review found some serious incidents at the three maternity units the trust is responsible for.
The trust has responded by saying it did carry out "comprehensive" investigations into all 25 incidents investigated by the NHS review team.
Image source, GoogleThe Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust also said it had hired a number of extra midwives and consultants and improved training since then.
It said it wanted to reassure pregnant women that mortality rates at its maternity department were well below the national average.
Quote MessageAt no point did we ever consider that care was not safe in this hospital."
Diane Wake, Chief Executive of The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust
