BBC Sport

Phil Taylor produced another excellent display to thrash Adrian Lewis 7-1 in the Premier League.

Image source, Getty Images

Taylor, 55, eased past fellow Stoke-on-Trent thrower Lewis in Exeter to earn his fourth successive victory.  

The Sentinel

Schoolchildren paid tribute to one of their teachers by dressing, external as their favourite book characters.

Image source, The Sentinel

Sarah Robertson
Producer, BBC Radio Stoke

Two rivers and several watercourses were polluted after the huge warehouse blaze in Stafford this week, the Environment Agency says. 

The blaze on Wednesday, captured above by the Express and Star newspaper, external, involved up to 40,000 litres of oil at Global Hygiene, an industrial cleaning supply firm, on Astonfields Industrial Estate.

It took around five hours to get under control.

The Environment Agency, external says its staff are still in the area, working to remove the oil from the local brooks and the Rivers Sow and Trent.  

Sarah Robertson
Producer, BBC Radio Stoke

The yellow weather warning of snow and ice from the Met Office is to last until 15:00 this afternoon, external.

It says more sleet and snow is expected today - at low levels any settling snow will mostly occur this morning, "when one to three cm (0.39 - 1.18 inches)  is possible in places".

The Met Office says they expect more over higher ground.

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

I've continued my travels around the Staffordshire Moorlands this morning after the snowfall.

This is the picture in Flash where several centimetres of snow have come down.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

The main headlines this morning include

- Drivers are being warned that icy conditions which have affected parts of Staffordshire this morning, external could continue into the afternoon

- People living in east Cheshire will get to have their say from today on plans to build 36,000 new homes across the area, external over the next 14 years

- A man's been hit by a lorry on the A49 in south Cheshire

BBC Travel

A lane is closed on the A38 northbound in Barton-under-Needwood between Alrewas and Barton-under-Needwood, because of emergency repairs.

Travel time is around 50 minutes and congestion is back to the Fradley Arms.

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

This picture of a snowy garden this morning has come from BBC Weather Watcher Busby in Wilmslow.

Image source, Busby

Jack Dowling
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

With over an inch of snow recorded overnight in Leek and almost three in Flash, Staffordshire County Council , externalsay they have used snow ploughs on some higher routes.

They're also continuing to grit main roads across the county as expect the icy conditions to continue.

Image source, BBC/Staffordshire County Council

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

I've been up in the Staffordshire Moorlands this morning.

So far there's no real snow disruption on roads in areas like Leek but there is a covering in high spots.

BBC Travel

The A49 is shut in both directions in Tarporley because of an accident involving a lorry and a pedestrian.

It's closed between the A51 Rode Street junction in Tarporley and the A54 junction in Cotebrook.

Gritting is continuing across parts of Staffordshire and Cheshire according to local councils as the ice and snow is expected to continue through the day.

BBC Travel

Trains in Staffordshire are being disrupted by a signalling problem - get the latest from the BBC Travel website.

BBC Weather Watchers

Our BBC Weather Watchers have uploaded some pictures already of the snow falling in Staffordshire and Cheshire.

This first one is from Motherhen in Bollington and Jillyb sent the other one from Mow Cop.

Image source, Motherhen

Image source, Jillyb

BBC Travel

The B5470 Pike Road is closed between the Rainow junction and the Kettleshulme junction, because of the snow.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

The main headlines this morning include

- Roads in parts of Staffordshire have been shut because of snow this morning and some areas have seen several centimetres fall already

- A Staffordshire woman is warning people to be aware their car numberplate could be cloned, after it happened to her

- Black cab drivers in Stoke-on-Trent say they shouldn't be forced by the council, external to take a local knowledge test every time they renew their licence

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Roads in parts of Staffordshire have been shut because of snow this morning and some areas have seen several centimetres fall already. 

Image source, Flash Bar Stores

The county council, external says it has had vehicles with snow ploughs out in the north of the county and its gritters have treated all main routes and B roads in the area. 

Overnight snowfall of just over an inch (2.5cm) was recorded in Leek and the council says Flash has seen 7.5cm (2.9inches). 

If it has snowed where you are and you can safely send us a photo of it, you can do that on email or post it on the BBC Radio Stoke Facebook page, external.

Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather

The latest forecast for Staffordshire and Cheshire can also be found on the BBC website.

BBC Travel

The snow's already affecting routes in the Peak District this morning - the Cat and Fiddle Road is shut between the Bull-Hill-Lane junction in Macclesfield and the A54 in Buxton.

And the A53 in Flash is shut both ways near the Flash Bar junction, also because of the snow.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Good morning, it's a cold but bright start to the day in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent - I took this picture in Hanley just before 07:30 - but we are getting reports of snow already affecting the Staffordshire Moorlands and Peak District.

We'll have a video weather forecast shortly, updates on the impact of the snow and news, sport, travel and more updates through today.

You can share your snow pictures on email, Twitter, external and Instagram, external.