The Sentinel

A woman has told how a motorist smashed his way into her home with a golf club, external after a road-rage dispute descended into violence.

Image source, The Sentinel

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Concern is growing for a couple and seven children from Stoke-on-Trent who've been missing , externalfor nearly a week.  

Image source, Staffordshire Police

Staffordshire Police say Adriana Tulejova and her seven children haven't been seen since last Friday.

Officers say the family are thought to have left the city with the children's father Imrich Bartek and have connections to Rotherham and Sheffield.

BBC Travel

A lane is shut on the M6 southbound between junctions 10a and 10 in Staffordshire because of a broken down vehicle near Essington.

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

The main stories this morning include

- Thousands of jobs could be created at a new rail hub in Gailey 

- Concern is growing for a family from Stoke-on-Trent who've been missing , externalfor nearly a week

- Some Staffordshire Moorlands councillors say plans to build 4,000 new homes, external over the next 15 years should be suspended

BBC Travel

There's slow traffic on the A500 northbound in Audley between the Audley turn-off and Crewe.

There is also slow traffic on the A500 D Road southbound in Stoke-on-Trent between the Hanford Interchange and the M6 junction. 

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

You can also use the BBC website to find out the latest weather forecast for your area.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

We are back to damp, grey starts to the day in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent I'm afraid this morning.

However there's a rumour it may brighten up a little as the day goes on - a full weather forecast to come along with plenty more updates throughout today.

Want to have your say? You can and you can send in your pictures of Staffordshire or Cheshire - use email, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or use Instagram for photos, external.