The Olympic tributes keep on coming for Stone's gold medal winning kayaker Joe Clarke.

Fresh from his homecoming on Monday, one of the signs at the town's railway station has been painted gold, London Midland's Head of West Coast Services tweets.

BBC Weather Watchers

Grey skies over Stoke-on-Trent this morning and that looks to be reflected among the pictures uploaded by our BBC Weather Watchers in Staffordshire and Cheshire.

This one's from user Videoman in Leek.

Image source, Videoman

Ben Godfrey
BBC Midlands Today

This lunchtime you'll see news on a series of police raids to tackle drugs crime in a town in the Midlands.

There'll also be the huge bill that the BBC has learned police are facing over political party conferences. 

We'll also have sports news and the weather forecast for the afternoon on BBC One from 13:30 in Midlands Today.

Daniel Wainwright
Data unit - English regions

Amelia is the most popular girls name in the West Midlands while Muhammad is the most popular for boys, according to the Office for National Statistics. 

Only London had Muhammad as the most popular choice in 2014 but the new figures show the West Midlands has joined the capital in 2015 for having the most babies with that name. Oliver was most popular overall across England and Wales.

There were 649 Muhammads born in the West Midlands in 2015 compared with 622 Olivers. An alternative spelling - Mohammed - is also in the top 10.

For girls regionally, the top choice, Amelia, was the same as the overall favourite in England and Wales.

The data also shows the West Midlands to have a higher proportion of girls named Jessica than anywhere else. It ranks third for popularity in the region.

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This morning's headlines include:

- A man's been jailed for life for killing a woman in Stoke-on-Trent, external

- Stoke-on-Trent North Labour MP Ruth Smeeth is calling on her party's leader Jeremy Corbyn to publicly name and shame people carrying out online abuse "in his name"

- A new head of the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is announced, external

BBC Travel

Rail delays between Stafford and Lichfield have now been cleared.

A fanatic threatens to hang a Jewish Labour MP, prompting a counter-terrorism police investigation.

BBC Politics

Stoke-on-Trent North Labour MP Ruth Smeeth has called on her party's leader Jeremy Corbyn to publicly name and shame people carrying out online abuse "in his name". 

Counter-terrorism police are providing special protection to Smeeth after she received anti-semitic abuse on social media.  

She told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme this was "one of the worst" pieces of abuse she'd had and was "done in the name of the name of the leader of the Labour Party which makes it even worse". 

Ms Smeeth added that she wanted her "party's leader, the leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition, to make it clear what can be done". 

In a statement, a spokesperson for Jeremy Corbyn said "no abuse is carried out in Jeremy's name" and goes on to say all evidence of abuse should be reported to the party and police.

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

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Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

A man's been jailed for life for killing a woman in Stoke-on-Trent.

Barry Knapper, 31, from Cliveden Road was told he'd serve a minimum of four years and 172 days at Stafford Crown Court.

Staffordshire Police say he will be detained in a psychiatric hospital, external due to his paranoid schizophrenia until he's deemed fit to serve the rest of his sentence in prison.

Image source, Staffordshire Police

Knapper pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing. 

Police say he stabbed his partner, Lisa Reynolds, 30, also of Cliveden Road, on 21 February. 

The judge at Stafford Crown Court described the attack as horrific and chilling and Lisa's family, in a statement, say her death has "devastated" their lives.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

An elderly man's been airlifted to hospital after collapsing after a car crash, external near Lichfield. 

West Midlands Ambulance Service say his vehicle collided with another car on the Birmingham Road in Shenstone yesterday afternoon.

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

They say both cars had suffered "substantial damage" but all three people inside the two vehicles managed to get out themselves. 

However they say the 74-year-old man collapsed and was airlifted to hospital for more assessment and treatment.

Express and Star

Families in Staffordshire have hit out at the "horrendous" and ‘vile’ sewage that has plagued a children’s play park., external

Image source, Express and Star

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A new head of the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has been announced, external. 

Image source, ​University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

The trust says Paula Clark, who's currently chief executive of the The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, will take the same position at UHNM from the start of October. 

She succeeds Mark Hackett who left the role earlier this year, saying the position was rewarding but intense.

Stoke and England keeper Jack Butland could be out of action for a further two months as he needs an ankle operation.

Sarah Robertson
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

A woman who was hurt in a crash last year on the Smiler ride at Alton Towers says the rollercoaster should be closed down after its latest incident. 

About 30 people were stuck on the ride for a short time when it was stopped at midday yesterday, for just over four hours.

A spokeswoman said a piece of rubber "came away from one of the carriages" but "at no time were any guests at risk".

Merlin Attractions Operations Ltd admitted breaching the Health and Safety Act after an investigation found the crash in June 2015 was caused by human error.  

Chanda Chauhan, from Wednesbury, one of five people seriously injured in June 2015's Smiler crash called for it to be "closed completely".

Lamont Howie
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Thousands of people are expected to visit the Nantwich Food Festival which starts today.

Image source, Nantwich Police

The three-day-event will see 200 exhibitors in the town, external with street entertainment and celebrity chef demonstrations.

Cheshire East Council says it's urging people heading to the event to allow extra travel time, as work to upgrade traffic lights is continuing at the junction of High Street and Welsh Row.

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Our top stories this morning:

- Counter-terrorism police launch an investigation after the Stoke-on-Trent North MP Ruth Smeeth received an online death threat

- Stoke-on-Trent is named among the 40 worst cities in the UK for air pollution, external, according to a study by the European Lung Foundation

- Stoke City's goalkeeper Jack Butland could be out of action for a further two months as he will undergo an operation on his troublesome ankle next week

BBC Travel

There are pedestrians in the road on the M6 northbound between junctions 11 and 12 in Staffordshire, Highways England says.

Get the latest from the BBC Travel website.

The Sentinel

Almost 8,000 children have failed to reach the national standard in tough new primary school tests.  , external

Image source, The Sentinel

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

The Stoke City and England goalkeeper Jack Butland, 23, is going to undergo ankle surgery on Monday to rectify the injury that has kept him out of action since March.