Summary

  • South Cheshire gymnast Bryony Page becomes first British woman to win medal in trampolining

  • Police appealing for witnesses to fatal crash in Cheshire

  • Thousands sign petition opposing cuts to drug and alcohol services in Staffordshire

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

  • Updates on Monday 15 August 2016

Live Reporting

Tim Wedgwood

  1. Your pictures: Dahlia in Biddulph and a scenic gate

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    Here's a couple of pictures being shared by our Instagram followers of Staffordshire and Cheshire.

    Natalie Angus posted this picture of a dahlia called Happy Single Princess at Biddulph Grange Garden.

    Dahlia "Happy Single Princess" at Biddulph Grange GardenNatalie Angus

    While Ed de Quincey sent this of a scenic view around a gate on Loynton Moss nature reserve in Staffordshire.

    If you use Instagram and want to share pictures of Staffordshire or Cheshire, just add the tag #bbcstoke in the description so I can find them.

    Gate on Loynton Moss nature reserveEd de Quincey

  2. Watch: Stoke and Staffordshire's afternoon weather forecast

    Alexandra Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    The BBC Weather website also has the latest forecasts for Staffordshire and Cheshire if you need one at any other time. 

    Alexandra Hamilton with the weather for the West Midlands.

  3. Stone's Joe Clarke promises to share Olympic success

    Chris King
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

    Stone's Olympic champion Joe Clarke says he'll share his success with the whole county.

    On Wednesday, the canoeist took the gold medal in the kayak K1 at the Rio Olympics.

    Stafford Borough Council's already said it is going to give him the Freedom of the Borough.

    Everybody from Stone and the surrounding areas has just been behind me all the way, I've had so many good luck messages. I'll try and share the success and this medal with you guys as soon as I can when I'm back."

    Joe Clarke, Olympic kayak champion

  5. Travel: Possible delays and cancellations on trains between Stone and Stafford

    BBC Travel

    Train passengers using London Midland and CrossCountry services between Stafford and Stone this morning are being warned of potential delays and cancellations.

    It's due to a points failure.

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  6. Adam Peaty's success celebrated 'in minced beef'

    Calum McKenzie
    BBC Local Live

    Uttoxeter's been basking the golden glow of Adam Peaty's gold medal earlier this week and now even the butcher's getting involved:

    Peaty burgers

    Edmonston’s have created these gold burgers and, even better, Mavis Williams - aka #OlympicNan shops there - definitely their most famous customer now.  

  7. Weather: High UV levels alert

    Alexandra Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    There's a warning we could be in for high UV levels today with all the sunny spells forecast.

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  8. Travel: Two lanes shut by multi-vehicle crash on M6 in Cheshire

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    Two lanes are shut on the M6 northbound between junctions 16 and 17 in Cheshire because of a multi-vehicle accident.

    Congestion is back to Keele Services.

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  9. Latest: Staffordshire hospitals miss A&E targets; girl stung by dozens of wasps; canoe club paints postbox gold for Olympic win

    Chris King
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

    This morning's latest top stories:

    - One in five A&E patients at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Stafford's County Hospital waited more than four hours to be seen during June, NHS England has revealed

    - A girl's been taken to hospital after being stung by dozens of wasps in the Staffordshire Moorlands  

    - The canoe club of Stone's Joe Clarke has painted its own postbox gold to celebrate his Olympic success at Rio 2016

  10. Girl stung up to 40 times by wasps

    Sarah Robertson
    News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

    A girl's been taken to hospital after being stung by dozens of wasps in the Staffordshire Moorlands.

    West Midlands Ambulance Service say the youngster slipped on leaves in woods near Upper Cotton yesterday and disturbed their nest.

    A wasp

    Paramedics have praised the girl for being "extremely brave" despite suffering between 30 and 40 stings.

    The service say she hadn't suffered an allergic reaction but was taken to hospital for observation.

  11. Football: Stoke City still interested in West Brom striker

    Ian Woodcock
    BBC Sport

    Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has said they must bide their time as they try to sign West Brom's Saido Berahino.

    The Potters had a £20m bid for the 23-year-old rejected last month but remain interested in the former England Under-21 striker.

    Saido BerahinoPA

    Hughes said: "It is no secret that we have made bids and have an interest in Berahino, but it is not in our hands.

    "We just have to be patient and if the situation changes then we will be ready to sit down and talk."

  13. Canoe club paints postbox gold to celebrate Joe Clarke's Olympic win

    Emma Thomas
    Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

    There's been a lot of talk of postboxes being painted gold after the Olympic success of our athletes at Rio 2016.

    Following London 2012, 110 were repainted to celebrate Britain's Olympic and Paralympic champions then.

    However in Stone, after the kayak win on Wednesday by Joe Clarke, his club, Stafford and Stone Canoe Club, haven't hung around - they've painted their own postbox gold.

    Canoe club's gold postbox

  14. Staffordshire A&E waiting times among 10 worst in country

    James Bovill
    Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

    One in five A&E patients at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Stafford's County Hospital waited more than four hours to be seen during June, NHS England has revealed. 

    Hospitals are meant to see 95% of patients in four hours, but the data shows it was 79.9% for the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, which runs both sites.  

    Royal Stoke University Hospital

    The figures place the trust among the 10 worst performing in England. 

    They also show 15 patients admitted as an emergency in June waited more than 12 hours to be found a bed - the second highest in England. 

    The trust says the Royal Stoke A&E is exceptionally busy, but safe, and urges patients to consider other NHS services first.

  16. News: A&E targets missed again; Joe Clarke to share Olympic success; second gold target for Adam Peaty

    Chris King
    Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

    This morning's headlines for Staffordshire and Cheshire include:

    - The A&E departments of the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Stafford's County Hospital are among the worst performing in the country, official figures show

    - Stone's Olympic champion Joe Clarke says he'll share his success with the whole county

    - Uttoxeter's Adam Peaty will starts his quest today for a second Olympic gold as part of the 4x100m relay team

  17. Watch: Stoke and Staffordshire's weather this morning

    Alexandra Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    Here's how the day is looking at the moment - you can also get latest weather forecasts from the BBC Weather website.

    Alexandra Hamilton with the weather for the West Midlands.

  19. Good morning - join us for today's live coverage for Staffordshire and Cheshire

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    Welcome everyone to what's looking like a pretty cracking Friday on the weather front - bright and blue skies over Hanley at just before 07:30.

    Hanley today

    We'll have your weather forecast shortly for the rest of today and there'll be the latest headlines, travel updates, more news stories and sports updates through the day.

    I'll also try and put up on the page some more of your great pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire that you send in - you can do that on email, Twitter and Instagram.

  20. Stoke still interested in Berahino

    Stoke City manager Mark Hughes says they must be patient in their bid to sign West Brom striker Saido Berahino.

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