Chesterton Windmill, which has stood on a hilltop for nearly 390 years, is being lit blue every night.

Mason O'Grady was crossing the road while out with his family when he was hit.

A 47-year-old man held on suspicion of murder remains in police custody.

Some treatments can weaken the immune system and put patients at more risk from Covid-19, experts say.

A senior West Midlands Police officer who has been in intensive care with Covid-19 has tweeted to say he has had some special visitors - and "cried like a girl" as a result.

Ch Supt Phil Dolby, who is in charge of the force's criminal justice services, became unwell in March and was put on a ventilator.

He posted this update on Twitter last night:

A beauty spot will close until further notice after visitors ignored social distancing guidance.

Walsall Arboretum is shutting on the advice of police for the "foreseeable future", the town council said.

Thousands usually gather in the towns and cities that are home to the UK's largest Sikh communities.

The motorbike had been stolen shortly before the crash in Birmingham.

A council says it has taken the decision to close access to all its cemeteries after groups continued to "congregate" despite government guidelines over social distancing.

Walsall Council said that while funerals and cremations - with a maximum of 10 people - can still take place, people will be unable to visit the graves of loved ones.

The authority said it recognised the "disappointment and distress" it may cause to people but said "the closure has been deemed as necessary as the battle with Covid-19 continues."

The County Championship season may be delayed but players have been staging the first ball of the new campaign at their homes.

The chief executive of a hospital trust has paid tribute to a nurse who died after developing symptoms of Covid-19.

Julie Omar, 52, had been working as a sister on Ward 14 at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

She had been self-isolating at home but her condition deteriorated and she died on Friday.

In a video message, Matthew Hopkins, from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, said he "always enjoyed chatting with Julie" and that she would be "sadly missed by many."

A West Midlands PCSO is giving health workers flowers and homemade thank you cards to thank them for their hard work.

PCSO Libby Stiles is greeting some of those on the front line against Covid-19 with the gifts as they arrive on shift.

She received more than 200 flower bulbs to give them from Coventry Garden Centre and has handed out 70 gifts so far.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Libby said: "We all appreciate the huge efforts of our NHS staff and I wanted to do a little something to say thank you.

"The idea is when they plant the bulb, and when it flowers again next spring, it will hopefully remind them of a brighter future after all they did."

Image source, West Midlands Police

With coronavirus delaying the start of the 2020 County Championship, test your knowledge of the domestic red-ball game in the last decade.

A 23-year-old man remains in police custody while investigations continue, police say.

A GP is leading a campaign to collect personal protective equipment (PPE) for hospitals in the West Midlands.

Dr Farhaan Shabir, who works in Walsall, set up a Go Fund Me page to collect £50,000 to provide reusable face masks for five A&E departments in the region.

He has now jointed forces with a printing company who are making visors and a curtain company who are providing scrubs.

Image source, Dr Farhaan Shabir

Last week, some of the visors were given to Heartlands, Good Hope, Walsall Manor, New Cross, City and Sandwell hospitals.

"I felt very strongly about my colleagues in the hospitals, me, my sister and my wife all trained in Midlands hospitals, we know the doctors and and nurses and I felt a sense of duty to do something for them," he said.

Julie Omar was a "dedicated and highly experienced" nurse, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust says.

A West Midlands Police officer diagnosed with coronavirus has been taken off his ventilator and is awake, the force said.

In a post on twitter, the force said Ch Supt Phil Dolby would be on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a simple machine that pumps air, for some time.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Nigel and Jane Chalenor have lived at Grafton Farm for 18 years and have fostered 22 children there.

Leilani Dayrit's daughter said her mother died after seven days of self-isolating.

After her Everest trek was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bryony Carter has come up with a new way to raise money for charity by climbing the seven peaks of the Shropshire hills - on her stairs at home.

She will be raising money for the county's wildlife trust while dressed as some of the animals that live in the area.

Today, Bryony is climbing the equivalent of the Wrekin - which is 407m or 135 flights of stairs - and plans to take the rest of the week to complete the full challenge.

"In total it is a 3,821m ascent and it will be 4,032 flights of my stairs over the week," she said.

Image source, Shropshire Wildlife Trust