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Stories to make you smile from across the West Midlands

Vanessa PearceWest Midlands
BBC/PA Media In a composite image, Helen Sherwin is wearing a yellow high-vis jacket, in the middle Coventry City players celebrate the Championship win and comic Rik MayallBBC/PA Media
From caring for a woodland for 40 years, the success of the Sky Blues and how a Rik Mayall festival has boosted business - these positive stories have been making the news over the past week

The news across the West Midlands can often feel bleak to us, but there are still lots of positive and more uplifting moments happening, and we want to celebrate and share them.

This week we heard how the Rik Mayall Comedy Festival helped boost business and a Coventry City fansite which has been relaunched after a 19 year break.

Here's a look at some of the news stories from across the region:

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