Live updates for Stoke and Staffordshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the area.  

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

It will be cool and foggy again tonight with temperatures falling to around 7C (45F).

Tomorrow will start quite misty and murky but that should clear to leave some cloud and a couple of showers in the afternoon. 

Highs of 12C (54F).

A five-year-old girl was left stranded, probably overnight, with her father's dead body after the car they were in crashed into a tree near Uttoxeter.

The vehicle was spotted by two cyclists at Crakemarsh yesterday morning, but police say it's likely it had been there for some time.

More this evening on Midlands Today on BBC One from 18.30pm. 

The fog has proved a photographer's dream today, with this beautiful picture from Duncan Richardson of Staffordshire countryside.

Image source, Duncan Richardson

If you have any foggy pictures you'd like to share get in touch on twitter , externalor email.

Alice Bentley
BBC Local Live

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has decided to scrap plans to charge 30p to use the toilet at Hanley bus station following protests earlier today.

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Councillor Jack Brereton, cabinet member for transport, said "We have continued to look at a number of alternative options for preventing anti-social behaviour at the bus station and as a result we have taken the pragmatic view to drop the charge within the next few days".

Emma Thomas
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A decision on whether to build a new marina for two hundred boats near Stafford has been postponed by the borough council. 

The proposal for the site on the Trent and Mersey Canal, between Weston and Hixon, was initially rejected in June last year. 

It was postponed again today due to a lack of information about the environmental impact.

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

A Staffordshire company has told BBC Radio Stoke they've repainted former-posties bikes they're sending to Africa because the elephants there don't seem to like Royal Mail red.

Image source, Elephant Bikes

The animals were charging at people using them on wildlife reserves in Malawi but a change to green has solved the problem. 

It's also allowed the Krizevac project, external to rebrand the bikes as Elephant bikes and sell them here as well to raise even more money for good causes in the country.  

Cannock Mercury

A canal in Rugeley has been left a different colour to normal following what has been described as a 'pollution incident'.  , external

Phil Bowers
BBC Local Live

An independent report published today, external blames poor documentation and outdated procedures for mistakes at May's general elections in Stoke-on-Trent.

The 36-page report by the Association of Electoral Administrators, recommends improvements are made in the electoral registration process, in the way postal votes are managed and in the way elections are run.  

Assistant director for Governance Fiona Ledden says: “We started to take action straight away following May’s elections to bring improvements to the service". 

BBC Travel

One lane is blocked and there is slow traffic on the M6 southbound between J16 for the A500 and J15. It's because of an accident involving a lorry and two cars.

Mike Perkins
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Here are some of the stories we're looking at this evening on local live:

- Poor documentation and a lack of experienced staff are blamed for election blunders in Stoke-on-Trent, according to a report

- A five-year-old girl found in a car with her dead father in Uttoxeter is reunited with her mother

- Councillors in Stafford delay a decision on whether to allow the construction of a two-hundred boat marina near the town

Members of the Cheshire Fire Cadets attended the opening ceremony of The Shree Chandrodaya Primary School in Nepal on Saturday.

They've been in Nepal since the 24 October to help with the school project, working with the charity Classrooms in the Clouds., external

Lee Blakeman
Football commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alex goalkeeper Danijel Nizic has extended his youth loan , externalat the club until 5 January 2016.

The 20-year-old Burnley stopper has yet to make an appearance for the Railwaymen in his initial month's loan but has made the bench in all six Crewe fixtures.

Ros Chimes
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Severn Trent has asked visitors at Tittesworth Reservoir near Leek to steer clear of the newly exposed mud.

Image source, Tittesworth Reservoir

It's down to the water levels being lower than normal for this time of year due to maintenance work at alternative supplies for the area.

The Visitor Site Supervisor at the reservoir says they've already had to rescue a few people who got stuck up to their waist.

Phil Bowers
BBC Local Live

A report into what went wrong at May's elections in Stoke-on-Trent has blamed the use of inexperienced staff and a lack of organisation for election blunders.

Incorrect postal votes were sent out and ballot boxes went missing, delaying counts on election night. 

An independent report has found the mistakes didn't affect the outcome of the elections, but the organisation and planning has been heavily criticised. 

Stoke-on-Trent City Council says it's implementing a series of improvements.  

Mike Perkins
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

The Association of Electoral Administrators is expected to make a series of recommendations to avoid future mistakes being made during election counts in Stoke-on-Trent. 

In May, candidates described chaos as ballot boxes were lost, votes didn't tally up and one of the counts took six hours to begin. 

A report into the disruption is due out this afternoon.  

BBC Travel

There is disruption on the M6 in Staffordshire due to a lane closure on the exit slip road southbound at J15 for the A500. It's because of a broken down lorry.

Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra's under 21 striker Callum Saunders made his first appearance of the season in the 1/0 win over Sheffield United on Saturday.  

He says he now aims to grab his opportunity and "keep the run going".

A group of angry pensioners got together at Hanley bus station this lunchtime to protest against the council's decision to charge 30p to use the toilet.

Mike Perkins
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

- Police say its too early to tell how long a 5-year-old girl had been in a car that hit a tree near Uttoxeter killing her dad

- A group of pensioners from Staffordshire have held a protest about the cost of using the toilet at Hanley bus station

- A well-known barber who cut the hair of many of Stoke City's players has died