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Thermal cameras detect whether people have a temperature. They are being tested to see if they can detect carriers of the coronavirus before they infect others.

Hospitals and restaurants are also considering whether they could be a useful tool to enable the transition to a more normal world.

The BBC's transport correspondent Tom Burridge reports.

BBC Weather Watchers

We've got more of the views from across the West Midlands sent in by our local BBC Weather Watchers.

Here's three from users Steve Blackman in Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire; David 007 in Stourbridge, Dudley; and J at Severn Ridge in Severn Stoke, Worcestershire:

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BBC News

Testing of residents in care homes should have happened sooner, according to the manager of a site in Shropshire.

The government is now sending out kits to care homes to test their residents and staff, as well as using mobile units.

But Carey Bloomer, managing director of Marches Care Ltd in Shrewsbury, told the BBC she felt it had taken too long.

She said: "I do think there's a tsunami of deaths that we probably, we may have been able to avoid, should we have had this testing an awful lot earlier.

"Because the elderly do not present in the classic way, they don't normally have rip-roaring temperatures, it can be quite insidious. They [seem to be] just a bit off colour."

An artist in Warwick has created this statue to honour Captain Tom Moore - the NHS fund-raiser who is 100 years old today.

Susan Mitchell, a retired primary school teacher, said the head was made out of a milk bottle wrapped in bubble wrap and duct tape, with the hair fashioned from an old sheepskin cushion.

Image source, Susan Mitchell

Ms Mitchell said: "Every Thursday our street is out clapping for the NHS and key workers, the children have painted rainbows and I wanted to create something that could last beyond the Thursday clap. Who better to use as inspiration?"

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Workers at luxury car manufacturer Bentley will have to wear face masks when they return to work next month.

The firm is due to reopen its factory in Crewe, Cheshire, on 11 May, seven weeks after it halted production due to the pandemic.

As well as masks, Bentley says it's redesigned the site to bring in a two-metre gap between workers.

The company added the measures would only lead to 50 percent of its normal output, and it could be the summer before full production returned.

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BBC News Online

A tattoo artist has created a portrait of Dr Amged El-Hawrani and his team at Queen's Hospital Burton as part of a tribute to him following his death after he contracted coronavirus.

Mr El-Hawrani, who died at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester on 28 March, was an ear, nose and throat consultant at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

His colleagues at the hospital wanted to pay tribute to him and asked artist Adam Foster to create a piece in his memory.

Image source, Adam Foster

Mr Foster, who usually works as a tattoo artist at Nomad Tattoo and Retail in Swadlincote, was approached by nurse Sonia Maxim after he had offered to work in exchange for donations to NHS charities.

He said: "Sonia has been a client of mine for tattoos, and saw my portraits and approached me about creating a big picture with the team and Mr El-Hawrani.

"She told me that the team had never been on a night out together, so we decided to make the picture look like they were out at a meal having a good time."

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He said it took him 14 hours and he did it digitally on an iPad, before printing and framing it for the team.

“We had a lot of tears," said Marie Kyles, who helped organise the commission.

"Everyone loves it and it’s the perfect way to remember Amged who was such a warm and friendly person."

Mr Foster is donating all proceeds he gets from other commissions to the Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity.

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Millions of people in the UK will soon be asked to track their movements to limit the spread of coronavirus.

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The government is deploying 18,000 people to trace the contacts of those infected, and the wider public will be asked to get involved too.

So how does contact tracing work, do you have to take part - and what happens to your data?

West Midlands Trains says it will look to run a "Saturday-type service" once lockdown is eased.

At the moment, it's only running 20% of its normal services because of a fall in demand, but would look to bring up numbers to something resembling Saturday capacity.

It warned that social distancing restrictions were likely to mean it would take trains longer to get through stations and urged passengers to allow extra time for journeys.

Elizabethan wall decorations and a medieval tiled floor have been uncovered by archaeologists working on the restoration of The Charterhouse in Coventry.

A team of workers has also found a 14th century arch at the former Carthusian monastery, which was founded in 1385.

It is being turned into a new attraction at a cost of £8m. Due to open in the spring of 2021, it is set to reconstruct two of the original monks' cells.

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One cell will show how the monks lived and the other will be an acoustically insulated room to illustrate how the Carthusians lived in strict silence.

As well as painting roads to thank NHS staff and other key workers, Telford and Wrekin Council has been decorating four roundabouts.

The authority said the messages of support were done on its staff's own time and wasn't getting in the way of day jobs.

BBC Business News

Sainsbury's says that customers are likely to see disruption to their shopping until September amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Its boss Mike Coupe told the BBC that socially-distanced queues were likely to remain "for the foreseeable future".

Along with other retailers, Sainsbury's has brought in a number of measures in an attempt to keep customers and staff safe during the pandemic, as well as cope with the surge in demand for food.

They included installing screens at tills, increasing cleaning and recruiting thousands of temporary staff to work in-store, as drivers and in warehouses.

Leaseholders call for more government help as insurance is set to increase from £43,000.

More mobile coronavirus testing centres are being used across the West Midlands from today.

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Their locations are:

• Birmingham NEC, Car Park 2
• Blakenall Village Centre, Bloxwich, Walsall
• Merton Meadow Car Park, Hereford
• Abbey Stadium, Redditch
• Newbold Road Car Park, Rugby
• Blackheath Lane, Stafford, Staffordshire University
• Stratford Park and Ride, Stratford-upon-Avon

Troops from regiments based in Redditch and Wolverhampton have been trained to help run the centres with medical staff.

The new pop-up facilities, which can be set up in 20 minutes, see swabs collected by military personnel and taken to one of three "mega labs" to be processed, with results expected within 48 hours.

Appointments have to be made online first.

Eileen Landers, 67, who worked at Queen's Hospital Burton, died after contracting coronavirus.

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West Bromwich Albion captain Chris Brunt's been helping to get food to self-isolating residents in Sandwell this week.

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The Championship club's charity, the Albion Foundation, said he and his sons Zach and Charlie delivered boxes on Tuesday.

"It was great to get out there, to help those who need it most," Brunt told the club's website. , external

The charity said it's delivered more than 1,000 food parcels in the area.

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Express and Star

These headlines are from the Express and Star today:

• Calls to 111 more than double in West Midlands but almost half abandoned , external
• Teenager charged with murdering Karl Gallagher in Smethwick stabbing, external
• 26 more coronavirus deaths in region, external

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BBC News

Table tennis is one sport that's been booming during the coronavirus lockdown.

Sales of equipment, including tables, bats and balls, have seen a massive increase, according to national governing body Table Tennis England.

Among those practising at home is England international player Charlotte Bardsley from Kinver, Staffordshire.

She has a ping pong robot to help with her training.

BBC News Travel

Part of the M50 remains closed this morning in Herefordshire after a crash.

Highways England said, external it happened at about 05:30 and the motorway's closed eastbound between J4, for Ross-on-Wye, and J2, for Ledbury.

One lane's also closed on the westbound side.

Image source, Highways England

BBC Weather

It's been a brighter start compared with yesterday for parts of the West Midlands, but there'll be scattered showers with mainly cloudy skies for the rest of the day. High: 12C (54F).

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Those scattered showers will then continue through tonight with a few clear, dry spells mixed in. Low: 6C (43F).

Get a latest forecast for your area at any other time by heading to the BBC Weather website.

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