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The four-day event saw more than 250,000 racegoers attend, despite the pandemic seeing the cancellation of other large sporting events.

The weather is set to be pretty good this weekend but here's a message from Des urging us to avoid crowded beauty spots.

Chilly overnight but much warmer over the weekend.

Fine with sunshine on Saturday. Warmer than of late.

Garden centres across the Midlands are losing tens of thousands of pounds a day having had to close because of Coronavirus.

From Zumba on the streets to dinosaur marathons... people in the Midlands are finding creative ways to keep themselves busy in lockdown.

Instrumentalists and vocalists have begun performing in their own homes in a bid to get families to enjoy music together.

Mostly dry with sunny spells.

Sunny spells and the odd shower after a chilly start.

In a moving account posted last year, Areema Nasreen who has died after contracting coronavirus, described her passion for nursing.