Summary

  • Updates on Friday 24 June 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Monday

  1. Jaguar Land Rover remains "committed to all manufacturing sites"published at 09:36 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Vanessa Pearce
    BBC Local Live

    Jaguar Land Rover, which has a manufacturing centre in Staffordshire, has given its reaction to the referendum result saying "today is just business as usual".

    Last week the company wrote to its employees warning of the possible consequences of a Brexit on the firm.

    It says it will "manage the long-term impact and implications of this decision" and "nothing will change for us, or the automotive industry, overnight".

    The company says it "remains committed" to all their manufacturing sites and customers in the EU.

    JaguarImage source, Getty Images
  2. Watch: Stoke and Staffordshire's weather forecast for todaypublished at 09:26 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Kay Crewdson
    Weather presenter, BBC Midlands Today

    If you need to get a weather forecast at any other time you can head to the BBC Weather website.

  3. How will Brexit affect your finances?published at 09:13 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Brian Milligan
    Personal finance reporter

    Residents of the UK have voted by a majority to leave the European Union - so what will that mean for your finances?

    I've been analysing how it could affect mortgages, house prices, mobile phones, wages and more on the BBC website.

    Stacks of money under a Brexit signImage source, Thinkstock
  4. News: Staffordshire and Cheshire vote to leave EU; Leave campaign gets 58.8% of local vote; 'they didn't buy the armageddon'published at 08:51 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Lee Blakeman
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

    This morning's headlines for the area include:

    - People across Staffordshire and Cheshire vote decisively to leave the European Union 

    - Across the BBC Radio Stoke area, 58.8% of voters backed the Leave campaign with 41.2% voting for Remain

    - The Stone Conservative MP Sir Bill Cash said the result represented the common sense of the British people

  5. Brexit: What happens now?published at 08:38 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Nick Sutton
    BBC Politics

    The UK has voted to leave the EU - a process that has come to be known as Brexit.  

    At exactly 06:00 it was confirmed that the UK had voted to leave the European Union. 

    Houses of ParliamentImage source, Getty Images

    The first thing to stress is that the UK will not leave immediately. The UK will still be a member of the European Union at this stage. The process of leaving will begin, however.    

    Read what will happen next on the BBC News website.

  6. EU referendum: David Cameron to resign following resultpublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 24 June 2016
    Breaking

    David Cameron has announced his intention to resign in the wake of the European Union referendum vote.

    Speaking outside Number 10, Mr Cameron - accompanied by his wife Samantha - said the will of the British people must be respected.  

    David Cameron today in Downing Street
  7. EU referendum: North West sees 53% vote to leavepublished at 08:19 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    BBC North West Tonight

    We've heard how the night panned out in the West Midlands on the EU referendum - for people in Cheshire, here's how the North West went.

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  8. EU Referendum: 'They didn't buy the armageddon arguments'published at 08:08 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Jennifer Meierhans
    BBC News Online

    The West Midlands has voted to leave the European Union, with the victory margin in Birmingham less than 1%.

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    Staffordshire MP Sir Bill Cash hails victory for "common sense" in EU vote

    Eurosceptic Bill Cash, Conservative MP for Stone, said the result represented the common sense of the British people.

  9. Watch: Analysis on the vote in the West Midlandspublished at 07:52 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Patrick Burns
    Political editor, Midlands

    Here's my verdict on a "remarkable night" in the region.

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  10. EU Referendum: Conservative Staffordshire MPs react on Twitterpublished at 07:37 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Several Conservative MPs in Staffordshire have taken to Twitter this morning with their reactions to the UK's historic vote to leave the EU Referendum. 

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  11. EU Referendum: How the result unfoldedpublished at 07:24 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    BBC News UK

    The story of the night as the UK votes to leave the European Union in a referendum.

  12. EU Referendum: David Cameron's luck runs outpublished at 07:11 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Laura Kuenssberg
    BBC political editor

    David Cameron's closest colleagues say that he's a lucky politician. When it comes to the biggest gamble of his career, his luck has dramatically run out.

    David CameronImage source, AP

    In a snub to him, a snub to the status quo, and a snub to the entire political establishment, the UK has voted to leave the European Union, to tear up the settlement the country's had for decades, unleashing, perhaps huge opportunity, or perhaps huge risk, perhaps both.  

    Read more of my analysis on the EU Referendum vote on the BBC News website.

  13. EU Referendum: Breakdown of votes in BBC Stoke areapublished at 06:55 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Mike Taylor
    BBC Midlands Today

    We've crunched the numbers and here's how the European Union Referendum votes broke down in the BBC Stoke area.  

    BBC Stoke numbers breakdown
  14. EU Referendum: Decisive vote to leave in West Midlandspublished at 06:38 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Nick Watson
    Sunday Politics Midlands

    The West Midlands voted decisively to leave the European Union in yesterday's referendum. 

    North Warwickshire was the first of the region's areas to declare with a decisive 67% versus 33% in favour of leaving. 

    It proved to be the start of a series of convincing victories across the patch as result after result here backed the Brexit option. 

    Votes being countedImage source, PA

    There was some brief respite with remain coming out on top in Cotswold and Warwick but they were scant reward what was a night of misery for pro EU supporters. 

    When Coventry and then Birmingham - by a whisker - backed leave it became clear that there could only be one winner. 

    The West Midlands delivered a devastating verdict giving a landslide victory for the Leave campaign on an historic night for British and European politics.   

  15. EU Referendum: Stoke-on-Trent votes to leavepublished at 06:21 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    James Bovill
    Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

    Stoke-on-Trent has voted decisively to leave the European Union, external.

    The result's been declared in the past few minutes with 81,563 voting in favour of leaving, 36,027 voting to remain

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  16. EU referendum: Staffordshire and Cheshire East vote to leavepublished at 06:11 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    James Bovill
    Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

    People across most of Staffordshire and east Cheshire look to have voted decisively to leave the European Union in yesterday's referendum. 

    Counting has taken place overnight and almost area here has declared for Leave - just Stoke-on-Trent has yet to give a final declaration.

    Tamworth graphic

    Tamworth and Cannock Chase were among the first parts to declare for Leave.

    In the last few minutes, across the UK, the Leave campaign has officially passed the winning post in the EU referendum.  

  17. Welcome to Stoke and Staffordshire's Live coverage for Fridaypublished at 06:01 British Summer Time 24 June 2016

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    A big, big day for Staffordshire and Cheshire this morning with the EU referendum results coming in overnight and the majority in this area have voted to Leave.

    Counting in Stoke-on-Trent overnight

    We'll have the results, both from across the country and locally, along with reaction through today.

    And away from the referendum, it's also great when you send in pictures of the area - you can do that on emailtweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or use Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke), external