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Coronavirus: LIVE updates as UN boss calls pandemic world’s worst crisis since WW2

Coronavirus: LIVE updates as UN boss calls pandemic world’s worst crisis since WW2

See the latest updates for the West Midlands, Staffordshire and beyond as the United Nation calls the coronavirus pandemic the world’s worst crisis since the Second World War.

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Police given new guidance on enforcing coronavirus lockdown after backlash

Police given new guidance on enforcing coronavirus lockdown after backlash

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Latest number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases in your area

Latest number of coronavirus deaths and confirmed cases in your area

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'Don’t let your loved ones become the next victim': Tributes to 'dearly loved' Bridgnorth man who died of coronavirus

'Don’t let your loved ones become the next victim': Tributes to 'dearly loved' Bridgnorth man who died of coronavirus

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Covid-19: No ‘immediate prospect’ of mass NHS staff testing

Covid-19: No ‘immediate prospect’ of mass NHS staff testing

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Coronavirus testing: What we know so far

Coronavirus testing: What we know so far

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Police take action against just two people in West Midlands for flouting coronavirus lockdown rules

Police take action against just two people in West Midlands for flouting coronavirus lockdown rules

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Scale of Wolverhampton's Royal Hospital development shown in aerial photograph

Scale of Wolverhampton's Royal Hospital development shown in aerial photograph

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Loss of smell, taste could be strongest symptom of Covid-19, say UK researchers

Loss of smell, taste could be strongest symptom of Covid-19, say UK researchers

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West Brom accounts reveal £7m losses

West Brom accounts reveal £7m losses

Albion made a loss of £7million during the 2018-19 season as revenues plummeted following relegation from the Premier League.

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Late Europa League kick-off proves costly for Wolves

Late Europa League kick-off proves costly for Wolves

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Former Aston Villa players call on Jack Grealish to set a better example

Former Aston Villa players call on Jack Grealish to set a better example

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Keith Andrews: West Brom star Matheus Pereira is the best in division

Keith Andrews: West Brom star Matheus Pereira is the best in division

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Garry Thompson: Aston Villa skipper Jack Grealish has to learn

Garry Thompson: Aston Villa skipper Jack Grealish has to learn

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Wolves' Ruben Neves donates equipment worth almost £30k to hospital

Wolves' Ruben Neves donates equipment worth almost £30k to hospital

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Jack Grealish: What now for Aston Villa's talisman?

Jack Grealish: What now for Aston Villa's talisman?

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Wolves

Late Europa League kick-off proves costly for Wolves

Late Europa League kick-off proves costly for Wolves

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Wolves' Ruben Neves donates equipment worth almost £30k to hospital

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Paul Berry: Neill Collins putting the art of timing into practice having learnt from the best

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West Bromwich Albion

West Brom accounts reveal £7m losses

West Brom accounts reveal £7m losses

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Keith Andrews: West Brom star Matheus Pereira is the best in division

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West Brom players of the season (so far): Luke Hatfield's top five - part two

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Walsall FC

How are Walsall players coping with home training? Liam Keen and Nathan Judah discuss - WATCH

How are Walsall players coping with home training? Liam Keen and Nathan Judah discuss - WATCH

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Walsall players keeping mentally and physically fit, says coach Mark Bradley

Walsall FC | Last updated: Mar 30, 2020

Managers call on supporters to stay home amid coronavirus outbreak

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Wolverhampton College vice-principal reassures students over coronavirus concerns - with VIDEO

Wolverhampton College vice-principal reassures students over coronavirus concerns - with VIDEO

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WATCH: Huge food centre set up at Aldersley Leisure Village to feed 30k vulnerable people

WATCH: Huge food centre set up at Aldersley Leisure Village to feed 30k vulnerable people

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WATCH: Long queues snake around Black Country supermarket car parks

WATCH: Long queues snake around Black Country supermarket car parks

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The Black Country salutes NHS and Claps For Our Carers

The Black Country salutes NHS and Claps For Our Carers

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Entertainment

From artistic tasks to embarrassing photos: The viral social media challenges keeping people busy during lockdown

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Cyclist seriously injured in alleged hit-and-run in Cannock

Cyclist seriously injured in alleged hit-and-run in Cannock

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Coronavirus: LIVE updates as UN boss calls pandemic world’s worst crisis since WW2

Coronavirus: LIVE updates as UN boss calls pandemic world’s worst crisis since WW2

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Expert warns 100,000 jobs could go

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Manufacturing sector ‘knocked sideways’ by coronavirus, data shows

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Education

Tributes pour in for popular and much-loved Walsall headteacher

Tributes pour in for popular and much-loved Walsall headteacher

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Wolverhampton Young Citizen Award postponed but still seeking nominations during coronavirus crisis

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Coronavirus: Bridgnorth teachers donate nearly 100 sets of handcream to NHS workers

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Motors

Mild hybrid BMW 3 Series, X3 and X4 set for spring arrival

Mild hybrid BMW 3 Series, X3 and X4 set for spring arrival

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Seat factory switches from vehicle to ventilator production

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Rural petrol stations could be forced to close as fuel demand nosedives

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Peter Rhodes on puzzling signs, staying alive and the privilege of meeting the very old

Peter Rhodes on puzzling signs, staying alive and the privilege of meeting the very old

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Andy Richardson: The challenges of working from home

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Star comment: Engineers' ingenuity helping save lives

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Neil Thomas: Living in isolation is not that different for some

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Peter Rhodes on a shortage of modesty, filling the hours and Royals heading for Tinseltown

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Nigel Hastilow: This is serious – but it’s not the end of the world

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Readers' letters

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LETTER: A poem from a Black Country mon

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LETTER: Immigration won't be curtailed by Brexit

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LETTER: What happened to banks caring about their customers?

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Star Witness celebrates our beautiful region - in pictures

Star Witness celebrates our beautiful region - in pictures

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Star Witness: Send us your 2019 school prom photos!

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Star Witness: Canal all calm as storm brews

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GALLERY: Your photos of First World War tributes

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