Kimberley Deakin, 29, was stabbed at her Stoke-on-Trent home in November, police say.

Father-of-four Mohammed Haroon Zeb was shot in Dudley in January and died in hospital.

Thousands of residents living near a landfill site in Staffordshire have complained about the smell coming from the site.

Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Staffordshire, has been the focus of community anger over many years.

Questions have also been asked in Parliament, with one local MP comparing the smell to "rotten eggs".

Some of the local residents have been sharing what it is like to live alongside the landfill site.

The Environment Agency has said it is about to add a fourth air quality monitoring station near the site and had recently shared data from other sites with Public Health England.

It added enforcement action required Red Industries, the owners of the site, to make improvements to its operating procedures.

The firm said an "accelerated programme of capping and other engineering works" was "on plan for completion, as agreed with the regulator, by 30 April 2021".

Gavin Parry, 31, was found dead at an industrial site in Birmingham on 13 April.

A leisure centre will stop being used as a Covid-19 test centre so it can prepare to fully reopen for users as lockdown continues to ease.

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The site in Dudley has been used for several months to track symptom-free cases of coronavirus.

The leisure centre reopened with limited access earlier this month and the council said, with positive cases staying very low, the testing site will close on 30 April., external

Tracy Felstead was jailed when she was just 19 after being wrongly accused of stealing over £11,000.

Rob McBride has catalogued hundreds of ancient trees along the Offa's Dyke path.

BBC Midlands Today

Seven charities across the Midlands are to benefit from a total of £30,000 of funding from the Cadbury Foundation.

They include Guide Dogs in Birmingham, Molly Olly’s Wishes, Warwick and Friends of Herefordshire Alzheimer's & Dementia Sufferers.

Charities across the region were nominated by employees at Cadbury World.

The successful recipients were chosen based on the life-changing work and support they offer to individuals and families.

Jack Barry, 19, was found seriously injured in Birmingham in March and died at the scene.

Gary Hicken asked for help moving his injured mother from his car into A&E but was told to call 999.

Coventry Live

The Coventry Live's headlines today include:

• Boy taken to hospital after crash on main road in Nuneaton, external
• Thug jailed for unprovoked attack on vulnerable man, external
• Two-year battle over missed bin collections branded a ‘nightmare’, external

A 14-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times in a park in Birmingham.

BBC Radio CWR

Students from India due to be studying in Coventry said they felt unfairly penalised by new travel restrictions.

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India has joined the UK's travel red list - effectively banning travel - as a deadly second wave of infections sweeps the country.

British and Irish nationals can travel to the UK from India, but they must now isolate in a government-approved hotel.

Rohish Mirje is an MA student at the University of Warwick and said he faced a cost of nearly £2,000 to come back and stay in such a hotel.

"I have to come to the UK because I am a Masters student and was in my own country India for literally five months after the Christmas break. I want to be there to enjoy everything," he said.

Fellow Warwick student Smriti Misra is also currently in India and said she felt they were facing an unfair cost and it should be subsidised.

"Students are not earning, they are studying, they are already paying a hefty amount to get the degree they are studying," she said.

The University of Warwick said it valued its international students, but could not alter the government's quarantine rules.

Accepting an Independent Spirit Award, Mulligan thanked the late star for "everything she gave us".

The convictions of 39 Post Office branch managers have been overturned, but for one family it is too little, too late.

Residents breaking their fasts for Ramadan are praised for sharing food with firefighters.

More than 125 firefighters were called to tackle the large fire at the factory in Sparkhill.

Express and Star

The Express and Star has these headlines today:

• Parent brands teachers' strike 'appalling' after pupils told to study from home, external
• Joy for family of teen killed in crash as tributes can remain at West Bromwich park, external
• Anger after Wolverhampton dog attack leaves beloved pug needing staples, external

A memorial plaque lost in Storm Dennis is found in Somerset by a litter picker a year later.

BBC Weather

The dry weather continues today with plenty of sunshine mixed with some cloudy patches this afternoon. Feeling mild with light winds and a high of 18C (64F).

Image source, BBC Weather Watcher Moose on the Loose

Staying dry into tonight with clear skies. Low: 3C (37F).

You can get a latest forecast at any time for your area by going to the BBC Weather website.