Birmingham Live

Here are some of the stories on the Birmingham Live website today:

• Gas explosion rocks Darlaston Road in Walsall with residents warned 'avoid area', external
• Schoolboy charged with attempted murder after man 'stabbed in head' in Handsworth, external
• Kidnap arrests after police stop VW Golf in Sparkbrook - 'victim safe', external

Thomas Jones died after a night out in Worcester in September 2018.

The explosion in Walsall caused significant damage to the property and a passing car.

BBC Weather

After a cool start it will be a fine and sunny day with some unseasonably high temperatures of 22°C (72°F).

The course includes 15 holes in Wales, two in England and one that crosses the border itself.

With weddings back on in England, couples prepare to celebrate with their closest loved ones.

The group was spotted on the M6 by "eagle-eyed" officers and escorted back to the scene to tidy up.

A couple, who met online during the pandemic, are married after Covid restrictions relaxed on Monday.

The million-pound target was met within 24 hours, with extra money pledged to other families.

BBC Radio Stoke

More people in Staffordshire can now collect Covid-19 tests to do at home.

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The tests are for people who live with children or staff at schools, nurseries or colleges.

If you're eligible and don't have Covid-19 symptoms, you can book a test at one of the centres and collect two packs to do at home.

The rapid lateral flow tests take about half an hour to show a result.

The county council says with restrictions easing on Monday it needs to do as much as possible to stop the virus spreading.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are some of the stories on the Stoke-on-Trent Live website:

• Police dashcam plea in hunt for dog-nappers as search for missing Denzel and Welly continues, external
• All 16 areas of North Staffordshire which have almost zero cases of coronavirus as lockdown eased, external
• Covid marshals patrolling Stoke-on-Trent's parks as lockdown easing coincides with heatwave, external

Hereford keeper Brandon Hall celebrates reaching Wembley in the FA Trophy on his birthday by talking to the media - in his underwear.

A man on a waiting list for eight years receives a kidney following the death of Shane Dineen.

BBC Radio Stoke

Flocks of poultry are going to be checked near a farm in Staffordshire after a case of avian influenza was found.

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The disease was confirmed in broiler chickens at a commercial premises near Uttoxeter.

A temporary control zone has been put in place around the site and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said all poultry at the site would "be humanely culled".

Stephanie Young, from Staffordshire County Council, said there is no risk to the general public at the moment.

"If we can make sure we get the biosecurity right and that people do everything that they can do to stop the spread of disease then hopefully this is an isolated incident," she said.

Michelle Palser says she contracted the virus four months ago and has since got "progressively worse".

One MP says promises made by the private jail are "worth less than the paper they are written on".

Police have put out images of a vehicle driven by a provisional licence holder, adding the words "just when you thought you had seen it all".

Central Motorway Police Group spoke to the driver of the pick-up in Staffordshire to warn about the "dangerous" load being carried, which was piled far higher than the vehicle.

Today will be dry and very warm, with cloud fading this morning to reveal increasingly sunny skies. Under the sunshine this afternoon, temperatures will rise into the high teens. Winds easing too. Highs of 13C to 16C (55F to 61F).

This evening and tonight will be dry and clear with light winds. After a very warm day, temperatures will drop away through the course of the night. Lows of 4C to 7C (39F to 45F).

As England's stay-at-home travel rules are eased, what does that mean for people in Wales?

The latest news and updates from across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.