This is the moment 106-year-old Connie Titchen leaves hospital after recovering from pneumonia and then coronavirus.

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Football across most of the world's been suspended due to the coronavirus but a world cup - of sorts - is still taking place.

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It's been organised by the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, external this week and it's pitting works of art against each other in a public vote on Twitter.

Their world cup started yesterday with 32 of their greatest works shortlisted in eight groups with the contest finishing on Saturday.

Whether Gareth Southgate will be turning up in a waistcoat or England defender Harry Macguire on an inflatable unicorn, we'll have to wait and see (almost certainly not).

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Fire services are urging people not to set off sky lanterns as they could cause blazes.

The National Fire Chiefs Council says , externalthere's a campaign on social media encouraging people to light the lanterns in support of NHS staff during the coronavirus outbreak.

However, a sky lantern is thought to have been responsible for a blaze at a recycling plant in Smethwick in 2013 (photo below) that is thought to have been one of the worst ever seen by West Midlands Fire Service.

At its height, about 200 firefighters took on the blaze involving 100,000 tonnes of plastic.

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Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service , externalhas urged people not to use lanterns to show their appreciation for the NHS as they "pose a real risk to property, livestock and agriculture".

The view was echoed in the West Midlands on Perry Barr fire station's Twitter account., external

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The government has given formal approval for construction work on the HS2 rail project to begin despite lockdown measures.

The high-speed rail project is set to link London with Manchester and Leeds via Birmingham.

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Construction firms involved in phase one of the high-speed rail project will need to follow social distancing rules.

HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson said: "We cannot delay work on our long-term plan to level up the country."

Prime Minister Boris Johnson approved the decision to build the rail link in February after a review into its cost.

Matthew Kilcoyne, deputy director of the free-market Adam Smith Institute, called the government's announcement "tone-deaf" in the light of the coronavirus pandemic.

Hundreds of crocheted and knitted hearts are being shared with patients at the main hospital in Coventry.

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The University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust said, external they'd been donated over the past few weeks during the coronavirus pandemic.

They are being offered to patients, but the trust has asked for donations to stop, as it has so many of them.

A 47-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder is released without charge.

Investigations into the death of a woman in Rugby have concluded she died from natural causes. , external

Officers were called to a home on Featherbed Lane on Sunday and found her body.

Today, Warwickshire Police said a post-mortem examination had concluded there was nothing suspicious about the death.

A 47-year-old man arrested in connection with the case has been released without charge.

Pavandeep Daudher was stabbed to death at a BP garage in Coventry last month.

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Many people across the UK are unable to leave their home due to the coronavirus outbreak. So what happens if you have a dog that needs a daily walk?

The answer is a rapidly growing network of volunteer dog walkers.

The BBC's David Sillito has been talking to a canine charity that’s now coordinating a national network to help vulnerable and isolated dog owners.

Connie Titchen is applauded by staff as she leaves and says she feels "very lucky".

The number of deaths across the West Midlands linked to coronavirus has increased to 1,753, NHS England has said today.

Its figures show , externalanother 97 recorded deaths in the region.

A nurse working in critical care in Coventry said the staff there do have enough personal protective equipment (PPE).

It comes after the British Medical Association said supplies of PPE in some parts of England were at "dangerously low levels".

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Megan Richens told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire: "We are protected in the IC unit and we have several donations of visors, masks, gowns which we are more than grateful for."

Andy Hardy, chief executive of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, added "there's adequate stocks, we're going to make sure we keep those adequate stocks. We've got many days worth of stocks in advance."

The government has said there is enough of this "precious resource" to go around.

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A GP in Stoke-on-Trent has told the BBC doctors in the area are "buying their own and begging, borrowing" protective equipment during the coronavirus outbreak.

The government says there is enough personal protective equipment (PPE) to go around and it has called in the military to help with distribution.

But Dr Cat Anderson from Trentham told BBC Radio Stoke some GPs are having to ask for help from engineering firms.

"We are bottom of the pile when it comes to Public Health England and NHS England handing out the equipment. We need to protect ourselves," she said.

A shortage of overseas workers led to a Herefordshire scaffolder and events manager changing jobs.

Key workers will be tested on a car park at the hospital, which is not scheduled to open until 2022.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

From the Stoke-on-Trent Live website today:

• Family at dad's wake 'in shock' after police turn up as neighbour accuses them of not social distancing, external
• Patients discharged from Royal Stoke after surviving coronavirus, external
• Dodgy face masks taken off sale in Stoke-on-Trent after trading standards swoop on shop, external

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A 106-year-old woman is thought to be the oldest patient to recover from coronavirus, external.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust said Connie Titchen, from Birmingham, was admitted in mid-March with suspected pneumonia and diagnosed with the virus soon after.

Ms Titchen, a great-grandmother, said: “I feel very lucky that I’ve fought off this virus. I can’t wait to see my family.”

Her granddaughter Alex Jones added: “I want to thank the staff for all they have done for her during her stay.”

Birmingham City Council is having to ask for donations after only 40% of its PPE order was delivered.

The number of mourners allowed at funerals during the coronavirus lockdown in Solihull and large parts of the West Midlands is going to be increased, the council has said.

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With the government telling people to avoid non-essential journeys and stay home, only six people were being allowed to go to funerals.

Now, Solihull Council's said, external it and the majority of councils in the West Midlands would now allow up to 10.

The town's cemeteries will remain closed to everyone else and are being monitored by the council's security team.

Three-year-old Thomas spent Christmas in hospital, so his family and neighbours gave him a special surprise.