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

Siblings David Sheriff and Elizabeth Ashby reunite for a Sunday dinner after weeks apart.

David, who has Down's Syndrome and autism, found lockdown without his sister "very difficult".

Athletes are upset at having to find a new home after the early closure of Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium to prepare for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

A man has been charged with assaulting an officer and the number of revellers is now put at 1,000.

The man suffered a gunshot wound to his leg, police said.

Demonstrations are held at Worcester Racecourse and other West Midlands locations.

The moment Rita Kenyon sees her three grandchildren for the first time in weeks is caught on camera.

Sophie Watson is one of at least two women shoved into the water near Birmingham university.

Crewe boss David Artell tells BBC Radio Stoke he was always “quietly confident” of winning promotion.

It is feared the statue may be confused with his father Robert Peel who supported the slave trade.

West Midlands Police has pledged to recruit 1,000 BAME police officers over the next three years.

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The West Midlands is right to continue to lift lockdown restrictions slowly and steadily as the number of new infections is low, the region's mayor has said.

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Posting on Twitter, Andy Street focused , externalon the R number, the number of people each infected person, on average, passes the virus on to.

If the R is three, then 10 people would infect 30 others. But if R is 0.5, those 10 people would infect only five.

Mr Street said the reported number for the West Midlands was 0.8 and the number of new infections in the area was low, at 19 yesterday.

But he added the number was not far off 1, the point at which the epidemic takes off again, so "we cannot let up" he said and urged people to keep hand washing and social distancing.

Two men handed themselves in and will be questioned over the disorder, West Midlands Police say.

Police have clocked a driver speeding at 126mph on an A-road in Warwickshire during a two-week crackdown.

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Almost 3,000 tickets were handed to motorists in the county over the campaign, which began on 25 May.

Warwickshire Police revealed, external several drivers were caught exceeding 100mph on the county's motorways.

Officers said many were found breaking the limit on 30mph roads including one motorist who was recorded at 54mph on Nuneaton Road, Bulkington.

League One champions Coventry City release eight players following promotion to the Championship.

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A children's charity says it has lost about £1m in income during the lockdown because its charity shops have been closed.

Acorn's Children's Hospice runs centres in Birmingham, Walsall and Worcester.

With its 55 stores shut, the organisation said it had lost about £100,000 every week in income.

It's preparing to reopen stores and head of fundraising Vicki Rowles said it had received thousands of bags of donations since the donation hub opened on Monday.

"Hopefully now, we're starting to reopen some of our shops back up on a phased return. These donations will make a huge difference," she added.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

The Local Democracy Reporting Service has been covering these stories in Staffordshire this week:

• Plans to ban "chuggers" and tents from two town centres in Staffordshire have been backed by residents. The majority of people who had their say on new Public Space Protection Orders for Stafford and Stone backed extending the restrictions from carrying open containers of alcohol to other "problematic behaviours", Stafford Borough Council said.

• A former social club won't be turned into a house share for 18 people in Cannock town centre. Cannock Chase Council's planning committee rejected the idea for the former Royal British Legion Club to become an 18-bedroom house of multiple occupancy.
• Visitors using council-run car parks in Stafford and Stone will be charged again from Monday, but NHS workers and Covid-19 volunteers will still be able to use them for free. Stafford Borough Council had suspended charges at the start of lockdown and a report said the local authority was set to miss out on £550,000 in income for April.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

The Stoke-on-Trent Live website's headlines today include:

• True scale of furlough in north Staffordshire revealed, external
• Man 'hit with baseball bat' in brutal gang street attack, external
• Man set to appear in court after dozens of police officers called to house, external