A number of people whose homes in Stafford were repeatedly flooded with sewage are calling for compensation to pay for damage costing thousands of pounds. Human waste seeped into houses and gardens in Baswich after sewerage pipes were damaged by tree roots and couldn't cope with heavy rain last month. Severn Trent says engineers have since fixed the problem and the water firm has paid a partial refund on water rates to affected households and is considering further financial compensation.

Ryan Shawcross' latest back injury is unconnected to last season's issues, says Stoke assistant boss Mark Bowen.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

More than 250 people took part in an event at the weekend, to raise money for a boy from Codsall.

Five-year-old Harry Morgan-Shirley has cerebral palsy. His family says surgery to enable him to walk is only available in the USA.

They estimate that the cost of surgery and physiotherapy afterwards, will come to more than £80,000.

About £17,000 was raised by people either attempting an 18-mile run (some walked) or a 35-mile cycle ride in Shropshire.

Liam Barnes
BBC News Online

Two men have been jailed for their part in the setting off of a canister in a fast-food restaurant in Stafford. 

Police were called to McDonald's on Eccleshall Road on 18 April. 

Image source, WEST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE

Two girls aged 17 and 18 were taken to hospital with respiratory and abdominal problems. 

Christopher Wardle, 25, from Newcastle upon Tyne, and Spencer Benham, 23, from Leicester pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon.

They were each jailed for 10 months at Stafford Crown Court on Friday. 

BBC Travel

There are still long delays on the M6 near Cannock this morning as emergency services continue to treat the road after a fuel spill.

It's northbound between junctions 12 and 13.

Alex Homer
BBC Local Live

People gathered at Lichfield Cathedral last night to remember victims of the Nice attack.

Dean of Lichfield, the Very Reverend Adrian Dorber, said: "Our world is turbulent and frightening just now".  

Members of the public were invited to light candles in support and to say prayers for the more than 80 people killed on Thursday night, when a lorry drove into crowds on Bastille day. 

A minute's silence will be observed in France this morning as the government is facing growing criticism it hasn't done enough to protect the country.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

I come back from holiday and find more great pictures you've sent in from across Staffordshire and Cheshire.

This first one's from Derek Knapper who say it is of a spider spinning a web at The Foxley pub in Milton, Stoke-on-Trent in front of the full moon.

Image source, Derek Knapper

While BBC Radio Stoke's Perry Spiller took this next one in Stanley, Stoke-on-Trent of raindrops on foxgloves at the weekend - visited by a bee.

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

Image source, Perry Spiller

Very high UV levels across the Midlands today. Pollen levels remain high too across the region. 

BBC Travel

There are still delays this morning on the M6 northbound between junctions 11 and 13, say police, after a lorry shed a load of metal.

Get the latest from the BBC Travel website.

BBC Travel

There's very slow traffic on the M6 northbound between junctions 12 and 13 because of an accident and a rolling road block.

The Dean of Lichfield invites residents to remember victims of the Nice attack and "join together in hope" at a special vigil.

Striker Chris Grady joins Burton Albion on a season-long loan from fellow Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion.

Burton Albion break their transfer record for the second time in four days by signing Ross County midfielder Jackson Irvine.

West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge announces he is running for UKIP party leadership

World, European and Commonwealth champion Adam Peaty gets all emotional at a surprise send-off for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Bill Etheridge becomes the third UKIP MEP to join the race to succeed Nigel Farage as party leader.

Nearly one month on from that epic referendum result, I've been sounding out opinions in the part of Britain which voted more enthusiastically than anywhere else for the UK to leave the EU.

Stoke City's deal to sign teenage Egypt winger Ramadan Sobhi is "99%" agreed, says chief executive Tony Scholes.

The news that GHA Coaches has gone into administration came as a surprise to staff.

They were called into a meeting this morning, to hear the news they had all been made redundant.

The BBC caught up with these workers in Wales.

Chairman Norman Smurthwaite expects Port Vale to be in League One's top six by Christmas after sanctioning 11 new signings.