Coronavirus in the West Midlands: Latest updates

1. Airport morgue already in use
2. Dad fined as son flouts lockdown
3. 'Stay home' pleads pregnant nurse with Covid-19
4. PM wished a speedy recovery
5. Police called as 60 mourners gather at funeral
6. Tesco pop-up shop for NHS staff
7. NHS staff needed for Nightingale hospital and others
8. Blood biker volunteers add face masks to deliveries
9. Thieves target pubs during lockdown closures
10. Coronavirus: Ch Supt 'moving in right direction'
11. Updates from Tuesday 7 April

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That's all for our updates from across the West Midlands for today.

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Protective masks stolen from GP surgery

Boy's artwork decorates police station

Homes, shops, pubs and even police stations are being decorated with artwork by children, to cheer us all up and pass on important advice.

Six-year-old Joseph has been thanked for his drawings which have gone on display at Ketley police station in Telford and in a police patrol car.

Joseph wanted to thank key workers and NHS staff while reminding us all to wash our hands.

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Bet365 boss donates £10m to NHS for coronavirus

Make a Difference: Shakespeare Trust donates masks and gloves

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Warwickshire's Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has donated gloves, masks and goggles to the local NHS trust.

The organisations that runs Mary Arden's Farm and Anne Hathaway's cottage said the kit would normally be used by their museum, library and archives team.

Make A Difference: Thousands raised for people in Staffordshire

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The Community Foundation for Staffordshire has launched an appeal for people across the county affected by coronavirus.

It has already raised over £100,000, which will be distributed to those in need. To donate, visit the fundraising page.

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Man charged over paramedic attack

Arts centre forced to cease trading

Bromsgrove arts centre, the Artrix, has taken the decision to cease treading immediately.

It had already been facing financial uncertainty before closing its doors last month to comply with lockdown regulations.

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Director Angela Galvin said it was "devastating, but with no clear indication of when it could potentially reopen, there was no other option."

People who used the centre and musicians such as Nigel Clark from Dodgy and Chris Helme from The Seahorses, who played at the venue crecently, have tweeted to share their disappointment.

'Stay at home' pleads pregnant nurse with Covid-19

Around the web: Bottling company makes hand sanitiser

Headlining stories from across the West Midlands:

• Hereford Times: Bottling company starts hand sanitiser production
• Shropshire Star: Another three people die at Shropshire hospitals
• Coventry Live Walker at park confronts 'idiots' at closed skateboard park

Unfinished morgue already in use for virus deaths

Make a Difference: Stones painted to 'thank NHS'

BBC CWR

Coventry artist Helen Watson-Jones has been painting stones and leaving them out as thank you notes for NHS workers.

Helen Watson-Jones

She urged people to paint similar stones and share images of them on the NHS Stones Facebook page she's set up.

Helen Watson-Jones

But, she stressed, people must stick to social distancing guidelines.

"It's very important not to go out just to leave stones, and if you do find a stone it's important not to pick it up, because you don't want to be touching surfaces right now."

"But you could stand by it and give it a little clap," she added.

Messages brighten the days for police

Pictures and messages of support continue to brighten up the days for our emergency service workers.

Police officers came across message of support whilst patrolling in Sutton Coldfield earlier.

"Great to see lots of social distancing and also some great art work that has made our day," the force tweeted.

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Officers in Smethwick also came across some "lovely messages."

Make a difference: Hundreds of trees planted

BBC Shropshire

Four hundred trees have been planted by one man as volunteers were unable to meet amid the coronavirus lockdown measures..

Tristan Haynes of the Telford Woods Social Enterprise had recently received the small trees from the Woodland Trust to plant in locations across the area.

But, as coronavirus meant his team could not meet, he worked with the Bournville Village Trust to plant the trees in an area of Lightmoor Village in Telford.

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A colleague is on hand to keep them watered and weed free while they're establishing throughout the summer.

In five years he hopes they will be "quite sizable trees" and become a "tiny forest".

Virtual remand hearings introduced a year early

Virtual remand courts are being introduced to the West Mercia police area a year earlier that originally planned, because of the Coronavirus crisis.

The West Mercia Police and Crime Commisioner, John Campion, announced two years ago that the regions five remand courts were going to be cut to down to just one, with measures put in place to do them via video link in 2021.

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The virtual hearings were held for the first time yesterday in Telford, Hereford and Worcester have been rolled out earlier than scheduled.

Folk activities grant to be used online

A £10,000 grant which was meant to be spent on folk activities in Shropshire this year will be spent on online projects instead.

Artists are being asked to use the lottery money to create a series of videos for social media and people are being asked to contribute their own folk memories too.

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YouTube tightens Covid-19 rules after Icke interview

By Leo Kelion

Technology desk editor

Make a difference: Football club charity delivers snacks

BBC WM

Staff from the Aston Villa Foundation, the football club's official charity, have been delivering snacks and drinks to hospitals across Birmingham.

They say it’s just their way of saying thank you for all staff's hard work and efforts during this unprecedented time.