More than four million people in the Midlands have now received a Covid-19 vaccine, according to the latest NHS figures.

In total, 4,638,951 people in the wider region had received their first dose by 21 March.

Among the 50s age group - the current priority for vaccinations - 1,092,448 have received a first dose.

Some 89% of those aged over 50 are now thought to have had at least one dose of a vaccine.

The chief executive of the Royal Stoke and County hospitals has said there is a sense of relieft as coronavirus patient numbers fall.

Tracy Bullock said they're currently treating about 50 patients across both hospitals, with seven in critical care.

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Ms Bullock said staff have "faced problems that have required all of us to think very differently" while they were "dealing with a highly infectious disease that none of us had ever encountered".

And she said the trust had been forced to redesign the hospitals, to reduce the risk of infection.

Azam Mangori, 24, tells the court "the only thing I have ever cut up in my life is chicken meat".

Warrington Wolves' Super League match with Huddersfield Giants has been moved to accommodate the return of fans on 17 May.

Christopher Guest More Jr denies murdering Brian Waters who was tortured and killed in Cheshire.

Seren Griffiths uses a walk along a sandstone ridge in northern Cheshire to explore the way a landscape can hold multiple histories, and in doing so make it easier for us to contemplate distant futures.

The landscape in question is bordered on the north by the M56 motorway. Commuters making their way into Manchester see it to their right for all of about a minute. But up on the ridge you can see that it stretches south towards Whitchurch in Shropshire. Seren starts her journey in a quarry used variously by the Romans, Iron Age settlers and latterly the Victorians. She makes her way up to one of the string of hill top forts that can be found along the sandstone escarpment, and then moves along to an old Cold War listening station, and not far away, the Frodsham Anti-Aircraft Operations Room. And all the while the vista shows the canal work of the industrial revolution, the chemical plants of the 20th century and the wind turbines of the last decade. The ancient landscape hums with history and archaeology that bring its past into focus in the present.

For Seren, and many before her, this is a magical, mysterious place which draws out timelines like a strand, with artefacts from the past projecting forwards, enduring into the present.

Producer: Tom Alban

BBC Weather

We might get a few showers first thing this morning, but the rest of the day should be dry with some sunshine and a light breeze.

Temperatures are forecast to rise to about 12C (54F) and we should have a dry night.

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Jurors hear cannabis farmer Brian Waters was beaten, bound and held upside down in a four-hour attack.

Azam Mangori, 24, says he did not sleep for four days after Lorraine Cox died in his flat.

A consultant says Simon Foley had one of the "most horrific critical illnesses" he has seen.

Azam Mangori tells the court Lorraine Cox died after taking drugs and he tried to revive her.

We're forecast cloud with some light rain this morning and temperatures could reach 12C (54F).

There will also be a light breeze and overnight temperatures will fall to about 6C (43F).

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David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

You are three times more likely to die of Covid-19 in the West Midlands if you live in a poor area, data from Public Health England shows., external

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During the past year there have been 14,623 deaths in the region which is a rate of 246 deaths per 100,000 people.

Birmingham had the highest number of people with coronavirus on the death certificate with 2,873, followed by Sandwell and then Walsall.

Malvern Hills had the lowest death rate with 141, followed by North Warwickshire and Rugby.

The number of excess deaths in the West Midlands can also be divided up into how deprived an area is.

The most deprived areas saw 4,641 excess deaths - with the least deprived 1,569.

Christopher Guest More Jr denies murdering Brian Waters, 44, over a £20,000 drugs debt in 2003.

A minute's silence has been observed across the West Midlands in remembrance of those in the country who died as a result of coronavirus.

A day of reflection is being held as the UK marks the anniversary of the first lockdown.

This was the scene at the West Midlands Ambulance Service academy in Brierley Hill.

Across the region there has been 14,623 deaths with 419,635 people testing positive for Covid-19.

Vanessa Pearce
BBC News

Dozens of you have been sharing photographs showing your last 'normal' event before a national lockdown was announced 12 months ago.

Image source, Kerry Morgon-Shaw

On the BBC Midlands Facebook page, Kerry Morgon-Shaw shared her memory of going to see Stereophonics in Birmingham on 29 February.

"Awesome gig, miss live music," she said.

Image source, Louise Rotheram

Louise Rotheram posts: "Myself & my partner went to our local church to hear our Banns read.

"A few days after this photo was taken, we ended up postponing our wedding. We’ve now postponed it twice and still not yet married."

Image source, Tina Mendolia

Tina Mendolia writes of a trip to a Stoke-on-Trent attraction: "On 23rd March we knew lockdown was going to be announced that evening so we took one last look at Trentham Gardens that afternoon as we guessed it could be weeks before we could go again.

"Little did we know that these would be the last spring photos."

Image source, Janice Andrews

And Janice Andrews shared this picture of herself and colleagues from Handsworth Wood U3A on their trip to the Mailbox in Birmingham on 14 March 2020.

Keep sharing the photographs via email, Twitter, external and Facebook , externaland we'll highlight as many as we can.

Pro dancer Abbie Quinnen had seven weeks of "continuous hospital treatment" after copying a video.

BBC local radio

BBC local radio stations across the West Midlands will today mark the anniversary of the Make a Difference campaign.

The scheme was launched to offer help and support to listeners during the coronavirus lockdown.

In the past 12 months more than four million people have either called or messaged their local BBC radio station.

BBC Weather

It will be a dry but overcast day with the odd brighter spell and highs of 12C (54F).

People share photos of life before lockdown to mark one year since restrictions were imposed.