Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Morning everyone, yes the first big frost appears to have hit Staffordshire and Cheshire overnight and this was the car just before I chipped my way in.

The sky was looking bright so we'll have a weather forecast shortly to find out if that'll last, along with updates on the area's news, sport, travel and more.

You can also send in comments and your pictures of the area on email or put photos on Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke if you agree to share), external.

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. 

Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra's manager Steve Davis says he thinks it's a big ask of his squad to have to play three games in their build up to Saturday's FA Cup tie at Cheltenham. 

Image source, Nathan Stirk/Getty Images

The Alex are involved in the Cheshire Senior Cup and FA Youth Cup tonight and have already played an Under-23 game this week at Huddersfield. 

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

The National Trust has officially taken back control of the Shugborough Estate today. 

It comes after Staffordshire County Council handed back the site after 50 years, saying it had been losing about £650,000 a year running it.

As a result of the move, 56 people have lost their jobs. 

The National Trust says the attraction has now been closed over the winter, external while maintenance work is carried out and is set to reopen in March.

Cheshire Fire Service is recommending that people keep their wheelie bins inside over the bonfire period.   

BBC Midlands Today

Search parties have spent the day trying to locate a missing man from Staffordshire.

It's been a week since Joshua Smith, 27, was reported missing and he was last seen crossing railway lines near his home in Stone.  

We'll have more including a plea for help from his mother on Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC One.

Emma Thomas
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

The man in charge of Stafford Borough Council is to step down this week after 40 years working, external in local government.   

Ian Thompson, 64, will officially retire as the authority's chief executive on Friday. 

Tim Clegg, who's currently a director at Derby City Council, will take over the role from Monday. 

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

You can also keep up-to-date with the latest forecasts on the BBC Weather website.

Express and Star

They were shot dead for refusing to obey their commanding officers in the First World War.

Now, 100 years to the day that two of them died, three men have been commemorated with a memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.  , external

Image source, Express and Star

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

If you're just joining us after work, here are our latest headlines to get you updated:

- A man is in a critical condition in hospital after an attack in Stafford , externalleft him with "significant life-threatening head injuries"

- More than 30,000 people have signed a petition opposing cuts, external to drug and alcohol services in Staffordshire which could see a rehabilitation centre shut in seven weeks time

- The National Trust has officially taken back control of the Shugborough Estate, external today

BBC Travel

Traffic is slow moving on the M6 northbound in Cheshire, Highways England says, between junctions 18 and 19.

They say it's because of a broken down lorry and you can get the latest from the BBC Travel website.

BBC Radio Stoke

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after an attack in Stafford , externalleft him with "significant life-threatening head injuries".

Staffordshire Police say the 22-year-old from Stone was assaulted outside The Grapes Hotel on Bridge Street on Sunday morning.

Image source, Google

They say that caused him to fall down and he was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital where his family are with him now. 

Officers arrested a 24-year-old man at the scene on suspicion of assault and he's been released on bail.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

We've had a couple of spectacular fireworks pictures sent in by yourselves from across Staffordshire and Cheshire.

This first one's from Tammy Mellor in Leek.

Image source, Tammy Mellor

While this one was taken at Drayton Manor Park by Clive Fisher who sent it in to us.

If you've got a photo, taken in the area, to share, send it in on email or put it on Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke if you agree to share it).

Image source, Clive Fisher

BBC Sport

Stoke City's Ramadan Sobhi has been called up by Egypt coach Hector Cuper for the side's 2018 World Cup qualifier against Ghana on 13 November.

Image source, Michael Regan/Getty Images

The two heavyweights will meet at the Borg El-Arab Stadium in Alexandria and Egyptian authorities have announced 75,000 fans will be allowed to attend.  

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Five teenagers have reportedly attacked a taxi driver, external in Stoke-on-Trent. 

Image source, Google

Staffordshire Police say the group first threw eggs at the taxi when it was on Weston Road, Meir on Sunday afternoon. 

When it stopped, officers say the driver was assaulted and, when one of the passengers tried to help him, someone got into the vehicle and stole his takings.

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

These are our main headlines this afternoon:

- Stoke-on-Trent is one of the worst areas in the country for prescription fraud, according to the NHS

- Moving Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's training centre would have left the organisation "about £5m out of pocket", the county's Chief Fire Officer Paul Hancock says

- Jeremy Hunt has accepted an invitation from a Stoke-on-Trent Labour MP to visit the Royal Stoke University Hospital and see the "crisis" there

The first big widespread frost of winter's being forecast for tonight and, as a result, councils in Staffordshire, external and east Cheshire say they'll be out gritting their main routes.

Ros Chimes
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

The vicar of a Staffordshire Moorlands church says they're able to ring their bells again thanks to the generosity of local people and businesses.  

The six 18th century bells at St Mary and All Saints Church in Checkley, external have been restored at a cost of around £106,000. 

Vicar Irene Smith says the bells were silent for 12 years until recently and now they're on the look out for more bell ringers to stop them falling silent again.  

Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

Jeremy Hunt has accepted an invitation from a Stoke-on-Trent Labour MP to visit the Royal Stoke University Hospital and see the "crisis" there. 

The Health Secretary was taking questions in the House of Commons when the Stoke Central MP Tristram Hunt asked him. 

Mr Hunt drew attention to long waiting times in the hospital's A&E unit, adding that Jeremy Hunt should see the "the crisis in the funding settlement" and its impact on residents.

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

The Port Vale defender Remie Streete says the team must play with a faster tempo if they're to compete with the bigger clubs in League One. 

Image source, Pete Norton/Getty Images

The Vale have lost their last two away fixtures 4-0 and 3-1 at Sheffield United and Bolton.