Christmas events join the National Eisteddfod and Green Man Festival on the list of cancellations.

Parks and cemeteries in Wolverhampton are staying open for longer as the city council relaxes some restrictions on the sites.

West Park, Bantock Park and East Park are open from 08:00 to 21:00 seven days a week.

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The city’s cemeteries will also open for longer, with most operating between 13:00 and 19:00 on weekdays, although they may be closed during funerals,

Councillor Steve Evans, of Wolverhampton Council, said the authority was working in phases to get opening hours back to normal as soon as it was safe to do so, adding the council still expected people to observe social distancing.

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Haroon Mota was "passionate" about raising money for the charity he works for despite fasting.

Captain Liam Cooper says Leeds' players were "buzzing" as Championship clubs were allowed to resume training on Monday.

University Hospitals Birmingham hopes patients can now have "virtual visits" with families.

Birmingham City are to let Jacques Maghoma and Jonathan Grounds leave the club as their contracts expire this summer.

Chris Jarvis slept in an isolation pod at work for six weeks to help keep the country's power supply on.

Up to 14 fire engines were sent to tackle a fire at automotive research firm Mira in Warwickshire.

A man who ran 260km (161.5 miles) during Ramadan - covering 10km each night after a 16-hour fast - has raised more than £50,000.

Haroon Mota, 34, from Coventry, had planned to run marathons in Berlin, London, Chicago and New York, in five weeks until the lockdown made that impossible.

But in a post on social media, Mr Mota said he had raised £52,000, smashing his £25,000 target for @pennyappeal, external to help people facing war and displacement in countries including Syria, Gaza and Yemen.

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The sudden changes to our everyday lives have been difficult to adapt to but it has opened new opportunities for some.

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Shrewsbury-based artist and author Matt Sewell had a busy summer lined up with festivals, workshops and exhibitions booked in.

But when the 43-year-old's work diary quickly dried up, he decided to start free illustration and watercolour workshops online, fitted around his wife's nursing shifts to make childcare work.

"I was thinking about how I could help keep people busy and their spirits up," he said.

"It was as much for me as it was for them as well."

On average, the classes, which are live streamed on his Instagram account, have attracted about 300 people, some from as far as South Africa, Australia and the US.

Former Burton Albion boss Nigel Clough believes League One and League Two clubs face uncertain futures.

West Midlands Police say "a few selfish idiots" used their horns and screeched their tyres along Birmingham's Ladypool Road overnight as the Muslim community celebrated Eid in the city.

The force was responding to a tweet complaining about traffic on the road and asking where police were.

The owners of the shop in Ombersley say they are "totally gutted" about the damage the fire has caused.

Muslims across the West Midlands who are celebrating Eid are being encouraged to stay at home and adhere to physical distancing measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Last year 70,000 people came to Birmingham's Small Heath Park to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Saleem Ahmed from Green Lane Masjid, which organises the event, said it had been able to run welfare services, foodbank and funeral services during the pandemic, but admitted it was "going to be a very different Eid this year".

Adil Parkar from Masjid al Falaah in Birmingham, said people must stay apart.

"It would mean you're risking your lives, not only for others but your own lives, your own family."

A drive-through drop-off service has been set up for foodbanks in need of extra donations.

A local community group set up the system in a pub car park in Telford so people could donate food without having to leave their cars.

Organiser Debbie Farlery said the items would hopefully mean there would be enough "to feed a week's worth of people in need across Telford".

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"More people are on universal credit... and the Telford Crisis Centre said to me they had something like a 73% increase in demand since January."

Richard Sadler took thousands of pictures of Coventry in a career spanning six decades.

Clubs in English rugby union's second tier say they are facing losses running into millions of pounds amid the coronavirus crisis.

Cannock Chase has been affected by several blazes during the coronavirus lockdown.

The chief constable of West Midlands Police is warning there could be more young people congregating on streets, with an increased risk of violence as the pandemic continues.

Dave Thompson told BBC News although the volume of crime, like burglaries and vehicle crime, had reduced, street-type violence posed "some risks during this phase".

He said the force had also been targeting drugs markets as it had become harder to get drugs into the UK because of travel restrictions, putting pressure on criminal groups.

"It's causing more competition and more turf wars around it and so that's why we're running a lot of proactive operations to target those groups," he added.