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Stories to make you smile from across the West Midlands

News imageHoo Zoo and Dinosaur World/Anna Sass/Save the Children/Simone Carter Three images. In the first a baby spider monkey can be seen clinging onto the back of another. In the middle supermodel Erin O'Connor wears a bright red tartan coat and in the third a ginger cat has green eyes and white fur around the front of its neck. Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World/Anna Sass/Save the Children/Simone Carter
From teens transforming unwanted clothes into a catwalk show, to George the station cat's new book deal - these stories were in the news this week

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 teenagers won praise from a supermodel for their upcycled outfits, how a man who received three liver transplants is set to run a marathon and news of a new baby squirrel monkey at a Telford zoo.

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

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