BBC Newsbeat

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service has been ranked third in a list of the UK's top 100 LGBT employers.

Image source, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service

It was recognised on Stonewall's list for its support networks and the work it does with LGBT people in the community.

"There are a lot of factors, particularly among older LGBT people that in theory put them at more risk of fire," says Mark Shone, who works in community safety.

"They're more likely to live alone, perhaps have mental health issues, more likely to be affected by substance misuse and they're all factors that make you at risk of fire.

"We've done a lot of work to trying to map where those people are and engage them in community safety."

Kidderminster Shuttle

• Appeal for witnesses after car crashes into Stourport home, external
• Cold weather help on hand for rough sleepers, external
• West Midland Safari Park students are top of the class, external

Coventry-based air parts maker Meggitt have signed a multi-million pound deal to supply parts to the US Aircraft engine maker Pratt and Whitney.

The deal over a decade is worth £750m.

It will see the firm make parts - which will power the F22 raptor and the F-35 - which will fly from the new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.

Image source, Google

A body has been found on a beach near Aberdeen in a search for a missing man from Cheshire.

Image source, Police Scotland

The discovery was made at Balmedie in Aberdeenshire at about 17:50 on Sunday.

Formal identification is yet to take place, but the family of Alastair Done has been informed.

The 25-year-old was last seen in the area on 11 January.

He had travelled to the area from Crewe train station the previous day.

Coventry Live

• Why worried parents want one of these outside a Coventry school, external
• This brutal Coventry murder remains unsolved after 65 years, external
• Delays 'likely' as roadworks pop up next to Coventry's railway station, external

BBC Hereford and Worcester

A Stourport woman says it's a "miracle" nobody in her family was killed in a car crash which destroyed part of her home.

Image source, Jacqui Bryan

It happened on Saturday afternoon when a car smashed through an extension built onto Jacqui Bryan's house, in Ribbesford Drive, which was used as an accessible bedroom for her son with disabilities.

Ms Bryan said at the time of the crash he would normally have been having a nap - and she would have been in the room with him.

The male driver of the car and his female passenger were both taken to hospital after the crash. West Mercia Police is appealing for witnesses.

Clive Coleman
BBC legal correspondent

Image source, Wayne Bass

A former soldier is suing the Ministry of Defence after contracting Q fever in Afghanistan.

Wayne Bass from Redditch claims his life has been ruined by the Army's failure to provide antibiotics which would have protected him from the disease.

The disease, linked to exposure to animal excrement, leaves Mr Bass "breathless" with "aches and pains all over my body for which I have to take very powerful painkillers".

His case is the first to test the MoD's duty to protect against Q fever, an infectious disease linked to exposure to animal excrement.

The MoD says it is not appropriate to comment on ongoing legal cases.

BBC WM Sport

Wolves head coach Nuno Espirito Santo admits they should have managed the game better, after their 4-3 victory over Leicester on Saturday.

Image source, Reuters

He says it was a "fantastic" match at Molineux, but Leicester twice came back to equalise and Nuno stresses that in football it's "never finished".

Stoke-on-Trent Live

• This GP surgery with 6,848 patients has been rated 'INADEQUATE' by inspectors, external
• Plan to install CCTV in bus shelters on eight Stoke-on-Trent streets, external
• Customers slam plans to move PO to Spar store half-a-mile away, external

Jonathan Gibson
BBC Inside Out reporter

An undercover BBC investigation has found a number of businesses across the country illegally charging customers more for paying by credit card.

Credit card surcharges were outlawed a year ago but experts say for many businesses flouting the law it could just be "an honest mistake".

In Birmingham, a car dealer insisted on a 3% card surcharge that, in a transaction discussed with an Inside Out reporter posing as a customer planning to buy a car for £4,795, meant an extra cost of £143.85.

Image source, Getty Images

If you want to find out more, this story will be broadcast in full at 19:30 tonight on BBC One and will be available for 30 days after on BBC iPlayer.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

Good morning, looks like a cloudy day for us today in the West Midlands with a few sunny spells and highs of 7C (44.6F).

The M6 is closed in both directions between Stoke-on-Trent and Sandbach, so expect delays if you're travelling this morning.

Highways England said there's currently five miles of congestion if you're heading south and there is a diversion in place.

Police expect the closure, caused by a damaged overhead power cable, to be in place until at least 07:30 and said drivers should "avoid the area if at all possible".

We'll be bringing you the latest news, travel, sport and weather until 19:00.