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Stories to make you smile from across the West Midlands

Shehnaz KhanWest Midlands
News imageBBC/Justine Ellis An image showing a man painting indoors, a woman holding a medal in sportswear and a boy climbing an indoor wall.BBC/Justine Ellis
From actor David Bradley taking up painting to a boy climbing the equivalent height of Mount Everest, 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, an artist helped Harry Potter actor David Bradley take up painting, a boy climbed the equivalent of the height of Mount Everest for charity and a Timbersports champion began preparing for her next contest, just weeks after giving birth.

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

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