Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

These are among the top stories this afternoon:

- Stoke City Football Club have announced they are to rename and expand the Britannia Stadium

- A mother who says she suffered from second-hand smoke at Stoke-on-Trent's main hospital , externalfor 10 days says she wants it banned from the grounds completely   

- A Stoke-on-Trent pottery firm has made a special collection to mark the Queen's 90th birthday

BBC News UK

Celebrations are continuing to take place around the country on the day the Queen turns 90.  

Crowds lined the streets in Windsor as the monarch took part in a walkabout, and royal gun salutes have been fired from each of the UK's capital cities.  

Image source, Getty Images

You can follow the day's live events here as the Queen turns 90.

Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

Time for some of the great photos that our team of BBC Weather Watchers regularly upload to our website.

This is from the Lichfield area and was taken by Johnnie.

Image source, Johnnie

And this is from Scotty in Hanbury, Staffordshire.

Image source, Scotty

Express and Star

Beacons of light are to go up around the West Midlands in celebration, external of the Queen’s 90th birthday.  

Image source, Express and Star

Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local LIve

A Stoke-on-Trent pottery firm has made a special collection to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.  

Burleigh, external says they're based on a design the company first created for her coronation in 1953. 

Many of the limited editions have been sent overseas to places such as Japan. Steven Moore from Burleigh says each piece is handmade at the factory in Middleport.  

BBC Midlands Today

Work starts today on a new cancer centre at Birmingham Children's Hospital, external. 

The £37m building also includes the UK's first centre for rare diseases, external.

The unit will provide care for about 250 cancer patients a year, from across the Midlands. It's expected to open by the end of next year.  

BBC News UK

More than 5,000 people were conned into sending planned payments to fraudsters' bank accounts last year.  

Victims were fooled by emails asking them to divert payments into criminals' accounts, leaving the genuine recipient unpaid.

The number of cases of the scam - also known as "mandate" or "invoice" fraud - is up 71% on the previous year.

Losses in the UK totalled £126m, according to police figures compiled for Radio 4's You & Yours.

Lamont Howie
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

The owner of a Cheshire post office says he deeply regrets having to close it.  

Andrew Smith said it was because of financial pressures at the Audlem branch, caused by the decline of business in recent years.  

Mr Smith told the Audlem Online website it had been a privilege to serve the village, external. He called his customers "good friends" and thanked them for their support. 

Post Office Limited , externalis understood to be working on alternative postal arrangements.  

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Many people take pictures of Staffordshire or Cheshire on their smartphones and cameras - and that may well include you.

But have you ever thought about sharing them with your local BBC website team?

There are so many ways to send them in to us - email, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or put them on Instagram, adding #bbcstoke to the description, external.

Thanks to Shropshire Lass, PJs, Hugo Snugg, Mikesnapper, Vickie Whittaker, Ice Queen, Shelly Nutting and all who sent in photos yesterday.  

Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

NHS chiefs in England have announced a five-year plan to help GP surgeries "get back on their feet" and to improve access for patients.

The rescue package will see an extra £2.4bn a year ploughed into services by 2020 - a rise of 14% once inflation is taken into account.

Image source, TEK Image / Science Photo Library

It will pay for 5,000 more GPs and extra staff to boost practices.

It comes after warnings from the profession that the future of general practice was at real risk.

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This afternoon's main headlines include:

- Stoke City Football Club are to rename and expand their stadium to raise capacity above 30,000

- Two men have been charged by police, external after a gas canister was set off at a fast food outlet in Stafford earlier this week

 - A Stoke-on-Trent pottery firm has made a special collection to mark the Queen's 90th birthday

Lichfield Mercury

A PE teacher from the former school of inspirational Burntwood teenager Stephen Sutton is to take on the London Marathon in aid of, external Teenage Cancer Trust.

Image source, Lichfield Mercury

Emma Thomas
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A bed and breakfast in Staffordshire that has been closed for two years because of a landslide is due to reopen today.

BBC Midlands Today's Liz Copper filmed this last year.

The giant sink hole appeared overnight outside The Laurels B&B in Oakamoor in April 2014. It was thought to be 40m (131ft) deep and 10ft (3m) wide. 

The driveway was crushed and twisted out of shape and fences shifted. Plugging it has formed part of a £2m scheme to stabilise the whole area. 

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

As well as renaming the stadium, Stoke City have also said today that they are going to , externaladd 1,800 extra seats, which they say will raise capacity above 30,000.

Image source, Getty Images

It's the corner between the DPD and Marston's Pedigree Stands.The club say that work will be done in time for the start of the 2017-18 season.

The Potters also say bet365 have extended their shirt sponsorship for three more years.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

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

BBC Travel

There's very slow traffic on the M6 southbound between junctions 10a and 10 because of an earlier police incident.

All lanes have been reopened.

Nick Hope
BBC Sport, Olympic Sport reporter

Staffordshire's world champion Adam Peaty headlines a 26-strong Team GB Olympic swimming squad for the Rio 2016 Games.   

Image source, Getty Images

Uttoxeter's Peaty will make his Olympic debut in Brazil.

The 21-year-old, who won three world titles in Kazan, is aiming to be the first British man since Adrian Moorhouse in 1988 to win an Olympic swimming gold medal.  

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Stoke City have confirmed their home ground, the Britannia Stadium, is to be renamed the bet365 Stadium from August. , external

Image source, Stoke City

The Potters have entered into an initial six-year stadium naming rights agreement with the club's owners bet365.

The Sentinel

Dozens of guests are receiving refunds from one of Stoke-on-Trent's biggest hotels, external every week - because their sleep is being disturbed by noisy revellers and cabbies.

Image source, The Sentinel

More pictures have been released showing the work being done to clean and restore items in the Staffordshire Hoard.

The Anglo-Saxon treasure haul was found in a field in 2009