Welcome to Stoke and Staffordshire's Live coverage for Wednesdaypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 17 August 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Hello one and all, we look to be in for another cracking day on the weather front as there are already blue skies over Hanley - this was the town hall just before 07:30.
Kay will tell us shortly what the rest of today's weather holds and we'll have more news, sport, travel and other updates for Staffordshire and Cheshire through the day.
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