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Stories to make you smile from across the West Midlands

News imageBBC A composite image of three people: a woman with long brown hair and a blue and white lanyard standing in a garden; a man with black hair and beard standing with an apron in a tent with union jack bunting behind him; and a black-and-white shot of a woman dancing, wearing a black leather coat. BBC

While the headlines are often filled with more serious stories, there are still plenty of positive and happier moments happening across the West Midlands - and we want to celebrate and share them.

This week, we have heard how a doorman saved a man's life when he started to choke on a piece of kebab, how a group of elderly women went viral for a dance-off, and how the subjects of a famous photo reunited 50 years after it was taken.

Here is a look at some of those news stories from across the region:

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