Travel: Crash on A51 in Longdonpublished at 10:19
BBC Travel
The A51 in Longdon, Staffordshire is partially blocked and there's slow traffic in both directions at the Borough Lane junction, because of a multi-vehicle accident.
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Updates on Wednesday 18 November 2015
More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Thursday
Travel: Crash on A51 in Longdonpublished at 10:19
Football: Stoke City's Butland plays in England winpublished at 10:14
Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio StokeStoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland played 45 minutes for England in last night's 2-0 win over France at Wembley.
Image source, Getty ImagesBefore kick-off, both sets of players sang the national anthems and observed a minute's silence in memory of those who died in the Paris attacks.
Former Stoke council chief exec gets £150,000 pension payoutpublished at 10:00
James Bovill
Political reporter, BBC Radio StokeThe former Stoke-on-Trent City Council chief executive John van de Laarschot will receive a £150,000 pension payment.
That's on top of the redundancy settlement he received for leaving the authority.
Council leader Dave Conway says he can't comment on a legally binding, confidential document about an individual's terms of employment.
Examinations to be held after Burton bodies findpublished at 09:44
Terry Goodwin
News Editor, BBC Radio StokePost-mortem examinations will take place this morning after two bodies were found on an industrial estate near Burton.
Police launched an investigation yesterday after the discovery at an engineering firm off Lichfield Road.
Latest news: Investigations continue into Burton bodies, Storm Barney brings down trees and former council chief paymentpublished at 09:29
Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeThese are some of the top stories in Staffordshire and Cheshire this morning
- Post-mortem examinations will take place this morning after two bodies were found on an industrial estate near Burton.
- A number of trees were brought down overnight in Staffordshire and Cheshire by Storm Barney
- BBC Radio Stoke is revealing today that the former Stoke-on-Trent City Council chief executive will receive a £150,000 pension payment
Two dead bodies are found in a sealed container at Italian factorypublished at 09:13
Two bodies have been discovered sealed inside a transport container, external in a Branston warehouse.
Image source, Burton MailChristmas lights affected by Storm Barney in Staffordpublished at 08:59
The strong winds from Storm Barney brought down some of the Christmas lights in Stafford, according to James Jay on Twitter.
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End of twitter postTrains in Staffordshire disrupted after Storm Barneypublished at 08:50
Heidi Booth
Journalist, BBC Radio StokeNo trains are running between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street after a tree fell through overhead wires in high winds.
Image source, Network RailBuses are running between Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield City, and Lichfield City and Lichfield Trent Valley.
The issues were caused as Storm Barney hit the area with winds of up to 70mph.
Train delays on Stafford to Crewe routepublished at 08:40
BBC TravelThere are reports of travel disruption this morning from Virgin Trains between Stafford and Crewe.
Keep up to date with BBC Travel.
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End of twitter postStorm Barney brings trees down in Staffordshire and Cheshirepublished at 08:32
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveA number of trees were brought down overnight in our area by Storm Barney as it made its way across the UK.
Image source, Sy WilsonIn Staffordshire the fire service told me they had a lot of calls but no serious incidents - while the county's police shut the A513 in Shugborough, external for some time for "weather related safety reasons".
Cheshire Police says trees came down in several areas, external including Brereton and Scholar Green
Weather: Showers to start today, brighter laterpublished at 08:20
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC WeatherA cloudy start today with bands of squally showers moving south east over the course of the day.
There’s the chance of some brightness once the showers have passed through. Highs 13-15C (55-59F).
Travel: Fallen tree on A51 in Woorepublished at 08:08
BBC TravelThe A51 London Road in Woore is partially blocked in both directions because of a fallen tree.
It's between the Yew Tree Lane and Candle Lane junctions.
Stoke & Staffordshire's Live coverage: Welcome to Wednesdaypublished at 08:00
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveGood morning everyone, it's a cold start to the day in Stoke-on-Trent at the BBC HQ here and this was the scene earlier over Shelton on my walk in.
Alexandra Hamilton will have a weather forecast for the day shortly and we'll have the latest news, sport, travel and more throughout today.
If you want to have your say or send in a photo you can email me, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or for pictures, put them on Instagram, external.
