Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Drivers in Nantwich are being asked by police for footage from dashboard cameras after a jewellers was robbed in broad daylight.

Cheshire Police say they want to hear from anyone who was driving on Wellington Road, Audlem Road or Peter de Stapleigh Way after 11:00 yesterday.

The force says it's still questioning four men on suspicion of robbery after watches were taken following the smashing of windows, external at Moody C H & Son Ltd on Pillory Street.

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale defender Adam Yates says he's determined to recover from his long-term knee injury ahead of schedule.

Image source, Getty Images

Yates has been ruled out for at least seven months and is likely to miss most of the coming season.

But he told BBC Radio Stoke he'll work with the club's physio to make sure he returns as soon as possible.

Sima Kotecha
Reporter, BBC Radio 4 Today programme

By the end of this year, HMP Oakwood will be the largest prison in the UK, with more than 2,000 inmates. 

Run by private firm G4S, the reputation of the site in Featherstone, near Wolverhampton, was dented in 2014 when a wing was taken over by inmates.   

I've been inside the complex which covers 50 acres and has two workshops, one the size of a football pitch.

You can read more on what I heard from prisoners and the G4S management team in my report on the BBC News website.

BBC Travel

Rangmore Hill in Dunstall near Burton is partially blocked at the Dunstall crossroads because of an overturned lorry.

BBC Weather Watchers

The sunrise grabbed the attention of our BBC Weather Watchers today.

Here are a couple of examples, from users Jon in Barlaston and Foggy-Specs in Burntwood.

Image source, Jon

Image source, 'Foggy-Specs'

James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

There's been strong interest from companies interested in moving into an enterprise zone in Stoke-on-Trent, external, according to agents for one of the sites.   

Tunstall Arrow on James Brindley Way is one of six sites given the status earlier this year to help generate jobs. 

Image source, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership

The city council says it wants to create 9,000 posts and a handful of businesses have confirmed they want to move to the Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone.

Agent for Tunstall Arrow, Mounsey Chartered Surveyors, says it's had "several further strong enquiries" from companies looking to relocate.

Firms moving in will get business rate reductions and tax breaks.     

Richard Williams
BBC Sport Wales

Joe Allen could be a future Wales captain, according to Stoke City assistant manager Mark Bowen.  

Midfielder Allen completed his £13m move to Stoke from Liverpool on Monday despite interest from his former club Swansea City.  

Image source, Getty Images

Bowen believes the 26-year-old can be a leader on and off the field for Stoke.

Asked if Allen was a potential international skipper, Bowen told BBC Wales: "I think so, no doubt he's got those qualities in him."

Jack Dowling
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A man who's had his mobility scooter stolen in Stoke-on-Trent says "it's like somebody's taken my legs from me". 

Marcus Murray, 45, was in a road crash in 2001 and suffered serious injuries to his back which means without the scooter, he can't travel far.

He told BBC Radio Stoke it was taken yesterday morning from the side of his canal boat where he lives near Etruria Marina. 

Staffordshire Police, external says its investigation into the theft is ongoing and is appealing for witnesses. 

James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

A manager at a drug and alcohol misuse rehabilitation centre in Staffordshire says cuts to the service will be "very, very damaging".

Two centres in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Burton are run by BAC O'Connor , externalwhich is facing a funding drop of around £900,000 next year.  

The county council says it is because the NHS has decided to put £15m from the county's social care budget towards hospital care instead.

Health bosses say they're working with the authority to ensure there is adequate protection.

BBC Travel

Train lines between Stafford and Crewe have been blocked after a vehicle hit a bridge, London Midland says.

Get the latest from BBC Travel.

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Stoke City's chief executive Tony Scholes says he believes keeping players like Marko Arnautovic will encourage more big name players to join the club. 

Image source, Stoke City FC

Arnautovic committed his future to Stoke yesterday by signing a new four-year contract at the Bet365 Stadium.

Emma Thomas
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A Staffordshire woman is travelling to Liverpool today to compete in the British Transplant games. , external

Sue Bennett, 42, from Ranton had a liver transplant in June 2015. 

Image source, BBC/Sue Bennett

The mother-of-three says she is hoping to bring home a medal for the 3km run and, if she does, she says she'll give it to the family of her donor. 

Lichfield Mercury

Lichfield Library will move to St Mary's in the Market Square for at least the next 30 years, after the controversial plan was approved this week, external.

BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Stoke City were in pre-season action in America where they ran out 2-1 winners over Orlando City.

Temperatures reached more than 30 degrees in Florida as Mark Hughes' side sealed victory thanks to goals from Mame Diouf and Bojan.

Builders renovating a former nightclub have been left snookered by an unusual discovery.

They were renovating what used to be - among several iterations - the Zanzibar in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, when they struck what they thought was concrete.

But instead, beneath the old dancefloor, there were two full-size snooker tables - a hangover from the 1950s.

James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

There are fears drug and alcohol addiction services in Staffordshire could be hit by a £15m cut to the county's social care budget.  

The hole's appeared because the county council says NHS bosses have decided to spend the money they'd normally give on hospital care instead.

Image source, Google

BAC O'Connor, external runs rehabilitation centres in Newcastle-under-Lyme and Burton and is facing cuts of around £900,000 next year. 

It says it's unlikely its current approach to drug and alcohol services can continue. 

Staffordshire's Clinical Commissioning Groups say they are continuing to work with the county council to ensure there is adequate protection for social care.

BBC Travel

Newcastle Road in Hough, Crewe, is shut in both directions between Pit Lane and Chorlton Lane because of a crash involving three vehicles.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Some lovely countryside scenes to share from the photos that you have sent in.

This first one's from Derek Knapper who says he spotted this bee at the back of the Foxley Pub in Milton on the side of the canal.

Image source, Derek Knapper

Jane Clare. meanwhile, saw these flowers in woodland near Biddulph and shared the snap.

If you've got a picture of Staffordshire or Cheshire to share, you can send it on email, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or use Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke), external.

Image source, Jane Clare

Stoke City chief executive Tony Scholes tells BBC Radio Stoke that Marko Arnautovic did not want to leave the Premier League club.

BBC Travel

There's queuing traffic on the A38 southbound in Branston, near Burton, at the Branston Interchange.

It's in the roadworks area.