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Stories to make you smile from across the West Midlands

Vanessa PearceWest Midlands
News imageManny Singh Kang/PA Media/BBC Manny Singh Kang has a grey beard is wearing a black T-shirt including the word Manny in yellow and other words is holding out both fists and looking at the camera. Other people are behind him and the union jack flags are also visible. The middle image is of Roo on the carpet at Buckingham Palace - it's a teddy bear on that looks like the baby kangaroo character from Winnie-the-Pooh. It has scruffy grey and white fur with big ears and a long tail. He has a white underside. In the third image: Elaine Hipkins with long blonde hair smiles holding a massive bouquet of flowers. Behind her is black and pink bunting that reads "happy retirement" with several cards hanging up. Manny Singh Kang/PA Media/BBC
From a 130-mile walk to a soft toy taken to the US, these positive stories have been making the news over the last week

The news across the West Midlands can often feel bleak to us but there are plenty of good things happening, and we want to celebrate them.

This week we discovered how Camilla had transported a stuffed toy to the United States, heard how a man carried out a 130-mile walk ahead of a marathon and met a factory worker who retired after 63 years in the same job.

Take a look at some of our positive news stories from across the region:

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