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That's it for our live coverage today.

We'll be back from 08:00 on Tuesday.

Earlier, we told you about Amanda Lowe's campaign to get volunteers to help with sewing scrubs and wash bags for NHS staff.

Elsewhere, people have been telling BBC local radio about how they are trying to Make a Difference:

• Charity Omega, based in Shrewsbury, is asking for donations of stamps and envelopes to help its pen pal programme. Anyone who can help should post them to Omega, London House, Town Walls, Shrewsbury SY1 1TX.

• The Portland Inn Project, in Stoke-on-Trent, has created weekly craft and activity packs for kids and families.
• A beauty college in Leek is sharing home care tips on Facebook., external
• Droitwich Spa CVS support group is offering to help residents and is currently trying to leaflet every house. It is also continuing its community transport service.

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Tom Davis

Coventry City Council has issued an urgent call for hand sanitiser and masks to help protect its front-line staff during the coronavirus crisis.

Image source, Coventry City Council

The local authority has made the call to businesses in the city and asked if they have any surplus supplies they can donate or sell to the council.

The list of items needed includes hand sanitiser, face masks, gloves and aprons.

The supplies “will help our teams in their duties around the city”, the council said, "particularly those who look after the most vulnerable."

Every day on your BBC local radio station you can hear from people who are trying to provide help to others during the coronavirus crisis.

The Make a Difference campaign heard from Amanda Lowe from the Shropshire branch of a national campaign to find volunteers who can sew scrubs and wash bags for people working in the NHS.

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She is calling for people who can donate fabric to get in contact through the Facebook page., external

Ms Lowe said she set up the Facebook group on Sunday afternoon and already has 300 members.

"Our older daughter is in the NHS so we know first hand how stressed they are...so lets do something," she said.

"Heartless" thieves have stolen a van from the Myton Hospices distribution centre in Coventry.

Image source, Myton Hospice

The charity centre was "ransacked" on Sunday, said chief executive Ruth Freeman.

It comes as the hospice had been appealing for more financial help with its 27 shops across the region temporarily closed amid the coronavirus crisis.

It is the third time in 15 months that the local charity has been targeted in this way.

The vehicle that was stolen on this occasion was donated by a local business in response to a plea for help following a previous theft.

Tributes have been paid to Adil El Tayar, the first working NHS surgeon to die in the UK from coronavirus.

The organ transplant surgeon had been working as a locum at Hereford County Hospital in the days before he fell ill.

He died on 25 March at West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, west London.

Colleagues have paid tribute to his "compassionate and friendly nature and professional demeanour."

"We were fortunate to have someone of his skill and stature working for the Trust and many patients will have benefited from his talent and expertise," the Wye Valley NHS Trust said.

"He will be sadly missed by all who knew and worked with him.”

Agreements with three hotels in Worcestershire have been signed to help patients recovering during the coronavirus pandemic, said the county council.

About 150 more rooms are still needed, it said.

The rooms are for patients well enough to leave hospital, but still need assessment for social care.

"The hotels should have 20 rooms minimum which are en-suite and be able to provide services such as housekeeping and laundry," the local authority said.

Firefighters in Staffordshire have made a rainbow as a message of appreciation to NHS staff.

Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue

The Longton firefighters said it was to send a message especially to local workers at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust.

A "growing number" of design and technology teachers are making face shields for NHS staff.

An MP went back to work as a doctor "volunteering on the NHS front line".

Image source, Kieran Mullan

Kieran Mullan, Conservative MP for Crewe and Nantwich, said on Sunday he was back at work as a volunteer and urged people to stay at home to save lives.

On Facebook he gave thanks to the hundreds of thousands of people that have also volunteered to help.

"Thank you for the comments but the thanks should really be for the people that do this day in day out all year round," he said.

Dr Mullan took the seat from Labour in the December elections.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

These headlines are from the Stoke-on-Trent Live website today:

• Four patients die in two days at Royal Stoke after positive coronavirus tests, external
• Thieves steal from cars belonging to hero Royal Stoke nurses caring for coronavirus patients, external
• Second Staffordshire care home has confirmed coronavirus case, external

World Athletics says it’s talking to the Commonwealth Games Federation about new dates, to avoid a clash with the Birmingham event in 2022.

Image source, Birmingham City Council

It has been confirmed that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will take place next summer, so the 2021 World Athletics Championships could be delayed by a year as well.

The championships were originally set to take place in Oregon, USA, between 6 August and 15 August 2021.

If that is moved back exactly a year it could clash with the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham which is set to take place between 27 July and 7 August.

Amged El-Hawrani died in Leicester on Saturday after contracting the Covid-19 virus.

It may have got everyone chatting but some are talking about whether it is actually safe.

The death of a hospital consultant after he contracted coronavirus shows the "very real dangers" front line NHS staff are facing, a health group's said.

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Amged El-Hawrani, an ear, nose and throat consultant at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, has become one of the first senior medics to die.

Together We're Better, a partnership of NHS and local government organisations in Staffordshire, tweeted condolences to his family., external

Director, Simon Whitehouse, said it was "essential" everyone played a role in protecting the NHS by following government advice on hand washing and social distancing.

Staff at a now-closed school have been putting their unexpected time away from the daily classroom-based curriculum to good use.

They've been helping make protective equipment for the NHS, such as masks and face shields.

The King Henry VIII independent school in Coventry is asking for more materials to try and keep the production line rolling from the design and technology building.

With Premier League football cancelled until at least 30 April, BBC Sport looks at how teams are trying to help out.

Sing songs have been taking place across Coventry in a bid to boost morale.

The residents of Spencer Avenue in Earlsdon gathered on their doorsteps on Sunday to share a rendition of the Beatles' With a Little Help From My Friends.

Last week, Moor Street residents applauded the efforts of NHS workers and carers and finished with a version of Monty Python's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.