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Covid-19 annual day of reflection 2026: West Midlands remembrance events and places and what’s happening across the UK

The Covid-19 annual day of reflection six years on from the coronavirus pandemic has been described as a moment for pause and remembrance - here's where it is being marked in the West Midlands

Supporting image for story: Covid-19 annual day of reflection 2026: West Midlands remembrance events and places and what’s happening across the UK

Supporting image for story: The unhappy teenager who went into a Shropshire hospital to ask about special shoes and came out the following year six inches shorter

The unhappy teenager who went into a Shropshire hospital to ask about special shoes and came out the following year six inches shorter

Supporting image for story: Powys councillors declare healthcare emergency in politically charged debate

Powys councillors declare healthcare emergency in politically charged debate

Supporting image for story: 20 Shropshire businesses get fresh food hygiene ratings - including new bakery set up in memory of Shrewsbury teen

20 Shropshire businesses get fresh food hygiene ratings - including new bakery set up in memory of Shrewsbury teen

Supporting image for story: 'Practically a walking miracle': Shropshire man shares his experience with rare heart condition which has meant multiple hospital visits

'Practically a walking miracle': Shropshire man shares his experience with rare heart condition which has meant multiple hospital visits

Supporting image for story: 'This time last year I could barely walk to the end of the street': Shrewsbury man who missed London Marathon after emergency surgery determined to finish this year's race

'This time last year I could barely walk to the end of the street': Shrewsbury man who missed London Marathon after emergency surgery determined to finish this year's race

Supporting image for story: 'Pivotal moment': Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals out of special measures after eight years

'Pivotal moment': Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals out of special measures after eight years

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Supporting image for story: Family of 'much-loved wife, mom and nan' who died after Shrewsbury hospital surgeon tore her colon consider taking case to High Court for judicial review

Family of 'much-loved wife, mom and nan' who died after Shrewsbury hospital surgeon tore her colon consider taking case to High Court for judicial review

Supporting image for story: Open Evening and Free First Aid Training Session at Hay-on-Wye Fire Station

Open Evening and Free First Aid Training Session at Hay-on-Wye Fire Station

Supporting image for story: Funding boost for seven Powys organisations to strengthen community wellbeing

Funding boost for seven Powys organisations to strengthen community wellbeing

Supporting image for story: Doctor Who actress Alex Kingston claims she 'was not reading the signs from her body' before cancer diagnosis

Doctor Who actress Alex Kingston claims she 'was not reading the signs from her body' before cancer diagnosis

Supporting image for story: Welsh Lib Dems demands £10 million to restore cross‑border healthcare as Powys patients “pay the price”

Welsh Lib Dems demands £10 million to restore cross‑border healthcare as Powys patients “pay the price”

Supporting image for story: A Builth Wells group's efforts in growing facial hair has raised hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity

A Builth Wells group's efforts in growing facial hair has raised hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity

Supporting image for story: Next meeting announced for Shrewsbury Hard of Hearing group

Next meeting announced for Shrewsbury Hard of Hearing group

Supporting image for story: ‘Complex’ picture in stark ‘healthy life’ differences between Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin

‘Complex’ picture in stark ‘healthy life’ differences between Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin

Supporting image for story: Date set for Powys town councils to unite for first meeting to tackle cross border health care

Date set for Powys town councils to unite for first meeting to tackle cross border health care

Supporting image for story: ‘I’m going to pay £12,000 to go private for a back operation as I can’t wait a year’: Former Shropshire firefighter feels for the ‘thousands less fortunate waiting in pain’

‘I’m going to pay £12,000 to go private for a back operation as I can’t wait a year’: Former Shropshire firefighter feels for the ‘thousands less fortunate waiting in pain’

UK News

Supporting image for story: Will John Lewis pay staff an annual bonus for first time four years?

Will John Lewis pay staff an annual bonus for first time four years?

Supporting image for story: Relieved family reunions at Dublin Airport as chartered flight lands

Relieved family reunions at Dublin Airport as chartered flight lands

Supporting image for story: 70% of adults without a licence say learning to drive is unaffordable

70% of adults without a licence say learning to drive is unaffordable

Supporting image for story: Trump accuses Starmer of trying to ‘join’ Iran war ‘after we’ve already won’

Trump accuses Starmer of trying to ‘join’ Iran war ‘after we’ve already won’

Supporting image for story: Nations working together will ensure Commonwealth is ‘force for good’ – King

Nations working together will ensure Commonwealth is ‘force for good’ – King

Supporting image for story: Thousands protest at US embassy in London calling for end to strikes on Iran

Thousands protest at US embassy in London calling for end to strikes on Iran

Viral News

Supporting image for story: Man’s ‘disbelief’ after five-year quest for rare book ends in local Oxfam shop

Man’s ‘disbelief’ after five-year quest for rare book ends in local Oxfam shop

Supporting image for story: Inventive West Midlands dad turns car into amphibious vehicle by fitting 5ft snorkel

Inventive West Midlands dad turns car into amphibious vehicle by fitting 5ft snorkel

Supporting image for story: Charity campaigner flies to America for 3,000-mile ‘tartan trek’

Charity campaigner flies to America for 3,000-mile ‘tartan trek’

Supporting image for story: 'I was a shopaholic with £15k of debt - but now I get my dopamine hit from saving'

'I was a shopaholic with £15k of debt - but now I get my dopamine hit from saving'

Supporting image for story: Charity offers ‘extraordinary’ opportunity to work in remote part of Highlands

Charity offers ‘extraordinary’ opportunity to work in remote part of Highlands

Supporting image for story: What a yarn! Knitting entrepreneur casts off for Atlantic charity row

What a yarn! Knitting entrepreneur casts off for Atlantic charity row

World News

Supporting image for story: Israel renews Lebanon assault as Netanyahu vows ‘many surprises’ in next phase

Israel renews Lebanon assault as Netanyahu vows ‘many surprises’ in next phase

Supporting image for story: Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in Middle East war

Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in Middle East war

Supporting image for story: New strikes light up the night in Tehran as Israel vows ‘many surprises’

New strikes light up the night in Tehran as Israel vows ‘many surprises’

Supporting image for story: Trump warns Iran will be ‘hit very hard’ amid apology for strikes on neighbours

Trump warns Iran will be ‘hit very hard’ amid apology for strikes on neighbours

Supporting image for story: Military deployed after deadly flooding in Kenyan capital

Military deployed after deadly flooding in Kenyan capital

Supporting image for story: Ukraine’s second-largest city hit by deadly Russian missile attack

Ukraine’s second-largest city hit by deadly Russian missile attack