Police say the boy's cause of death is yet to be established after his body was found on a road.

Former professional rugby league player Liam Walsh dies at the age of 23, his former club Widnes confirm.

Grace Oakley is supporting a suicide prevention charity because her mother took her own life.

West Midlands Police says the 73-year-old victim died in hospital after an attack the night before.

The girl had been out with her family at a playground when she was lured into a wood, police say.

Helen and John Theron, from Hereford, bought the weather vane in a reclamation yard in 2009.

Police appeal for information after the man was struck by a Vauxhall Corsa in Widnes.

The couple say they have no idea how the 5ft female python got into their home.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is cataloguing 27,000 items, including the samurai scroll.

A 23-year-old man is charged following a disturbance in Birmingham in the early hours.

About 2,000 people are expected to attend the two-day Festival for Pagans and Witches.

The organisers of the service in Bridgnorth say they hope it will bring people closure.

Leanne Stokes has not been able to introduce her twin sons to family in Australia.

The family of a man with autism who is suffering from long Covid have urged people to take the virus seriously.

Dom Zabawa, 39, from Walsall, who has autism and severe learning difficulties, contracted Covid-19 last year and is still suffering from the effects.

Long Covid is described as symptoms continuing for more than 12 weeks after an infection - severe or mild - which can't be explained by another cause.

His mother Pam Zabawa said her son had caught coronavirus in March 2020 and been admitted to hospital for 17 days.

"He now has oxygen overnight to help with his breathing and to ease the pressure on his chest, which he never had to have before.

"He’s always tired, has low energy and his appetite hasn’t been the same.

“It’s been such a long journey and it’s had a massive impact on us as a family. It feels like we’ve spent the last 18 months living on a knife edge, constantly worrying about Dom and his health."

Only in the past six weeks she said had he begun to improve.

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Sally Roberts, chief nursing officer for Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group, said: “Many people who have had Covid-19 will have lasting symptoms and for some these may have a big impact on their quality of life.

“Long Covid can affect anyone regardless of age or lifestyle and so the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from serious illness is to come forward for your jabs as quickly as possible."

Chelsea says it is "heartbreaking" to lose her job after seven years in the industry.

The community ambulance stations in Oswestry, Craven Arms, Bridgnorth and Market Drayton will shut.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for parts of the West Midlands this weekend.

Heavy rain on Sunday is likely to cause disruption in parts of Birmingham and the Black Country as well as Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire.

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The Met Office said there was a small chance of flooding, power cuts and disruption to transport services.

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Tributes are paid to Covid patient Marcus Birks whose illness led him to urge people to get vaccinated.

The High Court has ruled that stricter controls must be imposed on Walleys Quarry in Staffordshire.

Road sweeping will only be in emergencies as bin collections are prioritised, an authority says.