Piers Newbery
BBC Sport

Staffordshire's gold medal winners Adam Peaty and Joe Clarke, along with other Team GB Olympians who stayed for the closing ceremony, will arrive home later this morning.

Some team members have returned already, but 320 athletes and support staff will be on British Airways flight BA2016 scheduled to land at Heathrow.  

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The Boeing 747 has a gold nose cone and a "victoRIOus" livery.  

There will also be pole vaults, javelins and a 6.7m sail in the hold, while 77 bottles of champagne and a three-course menu will be on offer.  

Uttoxeter's Adam Peaty won Team GB's first gold medal with victory in the men's 100m breaststroke - Stone's Joe Clarke won the kayak K1 event.

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

The BBC Weather website also has the latest forecasts if you need one at another time.

BBC Travel

There's slow traffic on the A511 Ashby Road outbound in Burton Town Centre at the junction of the A444 Stapenhill Road.

It's also slow on the A38 southbound in Burton at the Branston Interchange.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

It is looking bright and clear this morning and in places there's already been a fantastic sunrise - this was from BBC Radio Stoke's Monica Rimmer in Crewe.

We'll have a full weather forecast shortly on what looks like being a hot, hot day - along with plenty of news, sport, travel and other updates.

There are also your pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire - send them in on email, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or put them on Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke), external.

A slaughterhouse worker who kicked and beat sheep and pigs before killing them is jailed for 10 months.

Follow live text coverage of Everton against Stoke in the Premier League at Goodison Park

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning. 

Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

We'll be looking on Midlands Today this evening at a problem in Stoke-on-Trent that has echoes across the West Midlands for many people. 

It's because people living on one housing estate in the city are warning that lives are being put at risk as some drivers treat the roads like a race track. 

Car cruisers, speeding drivers, boy racers - whatever they are called, they are being accused of making life miserable for many of the region's residents. 

We'll look at 18:30 on BBC One at whether there is a solution.

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale goalkeeper Jak Alnwick says the club's fans are beginning to see the best of Remie Streete.

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This season the former Newcastle central defender has struck up a good partnership with youngster Nathan Smith.

Alnwick says both players are playing with a lot of confidence.

BBC Midlands Today

The water company Severn Trent says it is tripling its intake of apprentices this year, adding the largest number of new recruits the company has ever taken on.   

More than 800 people applied for the scheme, external and 81 were recruited. 

The apprentices will train in a variety of engineering and digital roles.

Earlier this year, Cheshire Police announced the force was abandoning the traditional bobby's helmet for new all-purpose baseball-style caps.

The new headgear for Cheshire's boys in blue is being introduced across the county and have just arrived in Nantwich.

Burton Mail

Adam Peaty is already thinking about the Tokyo Olympics after waving farewell, external to the crowds at the Rio games. 

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Euan Duncan
BBC Local Live

Burton Albion skipper John Mousinho could miss tomorrow's EFL Cup tie against Liverpool because of a hamstring problem.

However, defender Kyle McFadzeen is expected to overcome a minor injury in time to play.  

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Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

The manager of a Staffordshire abattoir, who's been jailed today for food safety and animal cruelty offences, threw a sheep against a metal gate and kicked sheep and pigs, a council says. 

At Stafford Crown Court, Anthony Bagshaw, 36, of Back Lane, Butterton, was sent to prison for 10 months after pleading guilty to 24 charges. 

The authority say he "put people's health and safety at risk" and his treatment of animals was "shocking" - they say he's also been banned from keeping animals for 15 years.

A new referees' directive regarding shirt-pulling will force Ryan Shawcross to change his game, the Stoke defender says.

James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

People living on a Stoke-on-Trent estate say they've designed artwork to try and stop speeding drivers and boy racers. 

Lisa Llewelyn-Hughes and her daughter Jess (featured in video) live on Norton Heights and say the work shows hand-prints and names of children living on surrounding streets.  

They say they want to "humanise" the area to slow down the cars and claim the city council's, external ignored their calls for speed bumps and other traffic calming measures. 

The authority says says average speeds on the road aren't excessive and people should report specific issues to the police.  

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

To get you up-to-date this Monday evening, here's our top stories:

- The manager of a Staffordshire abattoir has been jailed after admitting dozens of charges including several animal welfare and food safety offences  

- The water company Severn Trent says it is tripling its intake of apprentices, external this year, adding the largest number of new recruits the company has ever taken on

- A couple who met while staying at homeless hostel in Stoke-on-Trent have got married today

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

The Stoke City captain Ryan Shawcross admits he will have to change his game as a result of a clampdown on shirt pulling.

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The Potters defender was penalised for a tug inside the penalty area in Stoke's 4-1 defeat to Manchester City on Saturday.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

The BBC Weather website also has up-to-date forecasts for Staffordshire and Cheshire.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

On BBC Midlands Today from 18:30 we'll be kicking off a special series exploring the Midlands from Above.

We'll be taking a look at the National Trust-owned Biddulph Grange Garden, external in the Staffordshire Moorlands from a totally different angle. 

The programme will also be exploring the restoration of one of the world's only geological galleries as the hunt begins for rare fossils which used to adorn the walls. It's part of a five-year project.