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

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

The BBC website also has the latest forecast for Staffordshire and Cheshire at any time.  

Laura Mcmullan
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

On Midlands Today this evening you'll hear from Ben Baddeley - the young Staffordshire boy who's written to the prime minister. 

Ben, who's 11, has cerebral palsy and wants to hear from David Cameron why the NHS won't fund the physiotherapy he needs.

I've been filming with Ben and his mum and you'll see more on BBC One from 18:30.

Nigel Cash
BBC Radio Derby Sport

Burton manager Nigel Clough is in no rush to add to his side, despite allowing striker Timmy Thiele to join Oldham on loan.  

Image source, Empics

Clough says although he's looking for players to improve the Brewers squad, he has no urgency to fill any positions following their win at home to Fleetwood.  

Cannock Mercury

A fierce blaze has ripped through a home in Cannock, external this morning.

Image source, West Midlands Fire Service

Phil Bowers
BBC Local Live

A man who died in hospital after being found outside a pub in Cheadle , externalhas been identified by police. 

Image source, Google

Alan Homer, 56, from Longton was found on 20 February on the pavement outside the Queens Arms.

He was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital with a leg injury but died there on 1 March. 

Officers say they haven't worked out what caused his death and they're treating it as unexplained.

Ros Chimes
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

When I went to Bosley in Cheshire to see how the community was coping, months after the mill explosion, I found it eerie, with evidence still of the impact of the blast.

Tunstall Road, which runs past the factory site, now has metal panelling up along it and you can just see the top floors of cottages behind that - one of which was where victim Dorothy Bailey, 62, lived. 

Pictures have been pinned on to the windows of the cottage, which remain intact, while, either side, the windows of neighbouring cottages are smashed or blown out. 

I spoke to a number of people living along the road and a lot were reluctant to be recorded. For many, what happened that day is still raw and they just want to get on with their daily lives.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with a disturbance at Nantwich Town's FA Trophy game on Saturday. 

Image source, Simon J Newbury Photography

The Dabbers were playing the first leg of their semi-final against Halifax, which they lost 4 - 2 at the Weaver Stadium, external.

Cheshire Police, external say four of the five men are from Yorkshire, one is from Crewe. They're aged between 19 and 41 and charges range from being drunk and disorderly to being subject to a football banning order. 

Officers say all five have been released on bail and are due to appear in court in April.

BBC Travel

The A34 Congleton Road in Marton is closed in both directions between the Blackden Lane junction and the B5392, because of an accident involving two vehicles.

Lichfield Mercury

London Midland's "pioneering" 61016 text number which allows passengers to discreetly report non-emergency railway incidents has now received more than 32,500 messages, external from UK train users.

Image source, Lichfield Mercury

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This evening's main headlines for Staffordshire and Cheshire include:

- A young Staffordshire boy with cerebral palsy has written to the prime minister to ask him why the NHS won't fund the physiotherapy he needs  

- A man who died in hospital after being found outside a pub in Cheadle , externalhas been identified by police

- A man's been attacked with a knife and a metal kitchen utensil , externalin his own home in Stafford

Max Mallen
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

A woman from Staffordshire is preparing to walk 500 miles, external (805km) across Britain and Ireland to raise awareness of the plight of the curlew. 

Mary Colwell, who grew up in Stockton Brook, told BBC Radio Stoke she wants to highlight the falling numbers of curlew as well as raising money towards helping reverse the decline. 

The bird was added to a list of "near-threatened UK bird species" last year. 

The 55-year-old sets off from the west coast of Ireland next month, ending in Norfolk six weeks later. 

BBC Travel

There's a broken down vehicle and a rolling road block on the M6 northbound, between junctions 11a and 12.

Emma Thomas
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A man's been attacked with a knife and a metal kitchen utensil , externalin his own home in Stafford. 

Image source, Google

Staffordshire Police say the 31-year-old was assaulted by two men who broke in yesterday afternoon to the home on Farmdown Road and stole some items. 

The force says the victim was taken to hospital and later released - adding that his injuries were not life-threatening.

Spring has come to Lichfield and even the swans seem to be enjoying life near the cathedral.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Another lovely photo that's been shared with us, this came from Anthony Potts who took it yesterday of The Old Man of Mow.

Image source, Anthony Potts

Anthony shared it via the BBC Radio Stoke Facebook page, external which you can do too.

Or you can share pictures of Staffordshire or Cheshire on Instagram, external.

BBC Politics

Fancy getting involved with an exciting BBC News project for Wednesday's budget? Email your name, age and Twitter handle to yourbudget2016@bbc.co.uk.

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Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra's manager Steve Davis has admitted he's already had conversations with Zoumana Bakayogo about his future at the club.

Image source, crewealex.net

Davis said the 29-year-old was Crewe's best player in the 3-0 defeat at Gillingham on Saturday. 

And the manager thinks his side is better off with Bakayogo in it.

Pete Morgan
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

The mother of a Newcastle-under-Lyme boy who has cerebral palsy says he's "enjoying the small things in life".

Ben Baddeley, 11, from Silverdale, boy has now written to the prime minister asking why the NHS won't fund the physiotherapy he needs after an operation to treat his condition.

The procedure was carried out in July 2014 and involved accessing nerves in the spinal chord to reduce tightness in muscles in the lower limbs.

As his parents try to raise money to pay for ongoing physiotherapy, his mum Amy's told BBC Radio Stoke that Ben is enjoying playing with Lego, going to high school and learning to ride a bike.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Staffordshire and Cheshire's main stories this afternoon include:

- A Newcastle-under-Lyme boy who has cerebral palsy has written to David Cameron to ask the prime minster why the NHS won't fund crucial treatment

- Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with a disturbance at Nantwich Town's FA Trophy game on Saturday

- A lorry-load of recycling in Staffordshire was rejected, external and incinerated instead  because residents had put unwanted rubbish in the load, according to a council