Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Some of the top stories for Staffordshire and Cheshire this morning include:

- Five-year-old girl found with dead driver in Uttoxeter car crash

- Fears over prescription drug addiction in Staffordshire and Cheshire

- One person is in hospital following a house fire caused by a tealight

An injured five-year-old girl has been found with a dead driver in a crashed car which had been in a ditch "for some time". 

West Midlands Ambulance Service said the car had been discovered on Sunday at 09:35 by two cyclists in Crakemarsh near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

There's a yellow warning, external in place for fog this morning which will cause tricky driving conditions and limited visibility.

The fog will be slow to clear and it could be this afternoon before things brighten up. Highs of 12C (54F) with fog.

BBC Travel

There's heavy traffic on the A500 D Road southbound in Hanchurch between Hanford Interchange and Stoke-on-Trent.

Heidi Booth
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

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