Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

The family of a five-year-old boyfrom Staffordshire, who drowned at a waterpark, has accused the police of a "lack of compassion".

Charlie Dunn, from Tamworth, died at the Bosworth Water Park, in Leicestershire, on Saturday.

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Leicestershire Police arrested Charlie's mother Lynsey and his stepfather Paul not long after he died on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.

Charlie's step-grandmother Sharon Robinson says: "They needed each other that day they needed to comfort each other."

I'll have more on this story in Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC One.

John Acres
BBC Radio Stoke

A number of learner drivers in Stoke-on Trent have told BBC Radio Stoke they're frustrated at long delays in taking their tests. 

They say they're having to wait between three and four months, rather than a few weeks, due to a shortage of examiners.

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The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, external says it acknowledges waiting times are currently higher than it would like in some locations.

It adds it will continue with further examiner recruitment campaigns throughout 2016.

BBC Travel

A lane is blocked on the M6 southbound between junctions 10a and 10 in Staffordshire because of a crash between three vans and a car.

BBC Weather Watchers

These clouds look to have been lit up by a sunset over the weekend and they were photographed by one of our BBC Weather Watchers, Jon in Barlaston.

If you want to become a weather watcher you can head to the website, sign up and keep us updated with the forecast where you are.

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A father who set up a team for his football-mad son who has cerebral palsy says he hopes to move it to a permanent base. 

Tony Liversage formed Stafford Town Cerebral Palsy FC for his eight-year-old son Jude, and now has up to 20 players registered. 

Jude's love of football had meant travelling with his dad to play in Oldham, Greater Manchester, before the team was created in Stafford. 

Tony says he wants to get them relocated to Keele University in Staffordshire.

Tamworth Herald

The head teacher and staff at Oakhill Primary School have paid tribute to a five-year-old pupil, external who tragically died at the weekend.

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Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

If you're just joining us this evening, here are our latest headlines

- The step-grandmother of a five-year-old boy from Tamworth, Staffordshire, who drowned at a waterpark says she's devastated by the death

- A 22-year-old driver who was being pursued by police was killed in a crash with another car in Staffordshire

- A former Mr Universe contestant from Stoke-on-Trent who claimed he had a bad back has been jailed for benefit fraud

BBC Travel

Some London Midland services between Stone and Stafford are being disrupted due to a fault, the operator says.

Get the latest from the BBC Travel website.

A driver being pursued by police dies in a crash with another car in Staffordshire, officers say.

Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live

The step-grandmother of a five-year-old boy from Tamworth, Staffordshire, who drowned at a waterpark, says she's devastated by the death.

Sharon Robinson explained how her son and Charlie's mother were packing up the car ready to go home when Charlie was pulled out of the water at Bosworth Water Park.  

She says they believed Charlie was playing in the park with his older sister and not in the water by himself.

Dan Wheeler
BBC Sport

Port Vale boss Bruno Ribeiro says he wants to add former Nottingham Forest and Doncaster Rovers striker Nathan Tyson to his new-look squad.  

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Tyson, 34, who left Rovers following their relegation to League Two last season, is on trial with Vale.  

Ribeiro has already signed 12 new players since taking over in June.  

Pete Morgan
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

A woman from Staffordshire has told BBC Radio Stoke she fears for her five-year-old son's safety after she says he was subjected to racist abuse.

Nina, who doesn't want her son to be named, claims he's been getting racist remarks hurled at him at school for several years, since he was four years old.

The school involved has told us it doesn't tolerate harassment of any kind and it tackles discrimination by challenging bullying and championing respect.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

The police say there were a series of crimes reported in and around the Audlem, Woore and Norton-in-Hales areas before a police pursuit which ended with one man dying in a crash on the A53.

Elizabeth Huntbach, from Audlem, told BBC Radio Shropshire her son Norman Huntbach was run over last night.

She said he had tried to stop men stealing his forklift truck and was left with a serious knee injury and a wound to his arm.

Cheshire Police believes the same car was involved in this incident and the police pursuit.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

These are among Staffordshire and Cheshire's top stories today

- Two people arrested over the death of a five-year-old Tamworth boy in a suspected drowning at a water park were held on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, police have said

- The police watchdog is investigating after a driver died on a Staffordshire road during a police pursuit last night

- A Staffordshire father has set up a team for his football-mad son who has cerebral palsy

BBC Travel

There's slow traffic on the M6 northbound between junctions 14 and 15 because of an earlier car crash - all lanes have been reopened.

Uttoxeter Advertiser

A stylist in Uttoxeter has thanked those who got behind her mammoth fund-raising effort , externalfor the hospital that saved her as a child.  

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Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Mike Durham sent this picture in to the BBC Radio Stoke Facebook page, external from the Bluedot Festival, which was held at the weekend in Jodrell Bank, Cheshire.

Image source, Mike Durham

Meanwhile, also via social media but this time Twitter, Duncan Richardson took this of cattle at sunset around Audley.

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

Image source, Duncan Richardson

Eight weeks of roadworks are starting today on Weston Road in Crewe, Cheshire East Council says.

Dafydd Pritchard
BBC Sport

Wales midfielder Joe Allen will have a medical at Stoke City on Monday ahead of a £13m move from Liverpool.

The Reds have accepted the offer as Allen only has one year left on his contract at Anfield.

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The 26-year-old is also a target for the Potters' Premier League rivals Swansea City, whom he left to move to Anfield in 2012.

Despite starting only eight league games last season, Allen was named in the Euro 2016 team of the tournament., external

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

The Independent Police Complaints Commission says it was the driver of a Vauxhall Corsa who died after being in collision with another car near Newcastle-under-Lyme last night.

It's investigating because the Corsa was being followed on the A53 by a West Mercia Police vehicle at the time.

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Meanwhile a series of tweets, external from Market Drayton's Safer Neighbourhood Team said the P-registration burgundy Corsa had earlier been involved in crime in Cheshire and the villages of Woore and Norton-in-Hales in Shropshire.