BBC Midlands Today

Life after the Olympics - what happens when you've spent your whole life training as a top sportsperson and then one day, it stops and that's all over. 

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Well today in part of the Midlands, Olympians and Paralympians have been getting advice on life after sport and how to get a job. 

We'll have more on BBC Midlands Today from 13:30 on BBC One.

Chris King
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Our top stories this lunchtime:

- Child health experts are set to visit Stafford's County Hospital as part of an independent review into children's emergency services

- Campaigners hoping to save a north Staffordshire rehabilitation centre from closure are holding a public meeting tonight

- Charity boxes have been stolen in a break-in in Burton, external

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Charity boxes have been stolen in a break-in in Burton., external

Staffordshire Police say the burglars forced their way into the business on Waterloo Street overnight. 

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Officers say along with the charity boxes they also took cash from the till and produce from the firm.

Matt Lee
Breakfast Producer, BBC Radio Stoke

A man from Staffordshire is pleading with a mobility company to send his dying wife the specialist chair he ordered three months ago before it's too late. 

Geoff Perry, from Cellarhead, told BBC Radio Stoke that he paid £1,000 for the chair to make his wife Sandra's last days more comfortable but he still hasn't received it. 

BBC Radio Stoke has made several attempts to contact UK Mobility Direct, the company involved, sending emails and leaving several voicemails but haven't had a response. 

When we do, we'll bring that to you.

BBC Travel

The A500 in Nantwich is partially blocked westbound at the Sainsbury's roundabout because of a broken down lorry.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

More great photos of autumn scenes that you have sent in from across Staffordshire and Cheshire.

Paul Guest put this on Instagram and says it took it while next to the Caldon Canal near Lime Kiln Bank "during a dog walk".

Image source, Paul Guest

Meanwhile Jon Kelso was at Trentham a few days ago and captured this scene.

If you want to send in a photo you've taken from across Staffordshire or Cheshire, put it on an email to me allen.cook@bbc.co.uk or place on Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke if you agree to share)., external

Image source, Jon Kelso

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

If you want to get a latest forecast at any other time, you can find one on the BBC Weather website.

BBC Sport

Don't go buying any league-winning scarves for next May Stoke City fans - it's not going to happen. 

We're saying that because data company Gracenote has been crunching the numbers as to where all the Premier League teams will finish - and their chance of winning the title.

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Gracenote say, external Stoke will finish on 44 points in 11th place and have a 0.0% chance of winning the league. 

You can see here on the BBC Sport website where they reckon all the teams will finish, who will win, who will be relegated, and how they've worked it all out.

BBC News Health

The Duke of Edinburgh will unveil a monument later today to honour the hundreds of badly injured Allied servicemen who were members of what became known as the Guinea Pig Club during World War Two. 

The club was largely made up of air crew who'd suffered severe burns.  

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They received pioneering treatment from plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe at a hospital at East Grinstead in West Sussex. 

The Duke, who's the club president, will reveal the monument at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

There were two incidents in the area around junction 16 of the M6 near Crewe this morning, we've been told.

Staffordshire Police say they were first called to the northbound carriageway, just after the exit slip road, after a vehicle had collided with the central reservation. 

The force says around 20 minutes later at 08:00 they had reports of a crash on the roundabout of the A500 at junction 16 of the M6, believed to involve a lorry and two cars. 

There is still disruption in the area and BBC Travel has the latest information.

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This morning's headlines:

- Drivers using roads around the M6 near Crewe have been severely disrupted this morning after a multi-vehicle crash just after the exit slip road northbound, external at junction 16

- A man from Staffordshire is pleading with a mobility company to send his dying wife the chair he ordered three months ago before "it's too late"

- The Duke of Edinburgh will unveil a monument later today in Staffordshire to honour the hundreds of badly injured Allied servicemen who were members of the Guinea Pig Club

Experts in child health are about to visit Stafford's County Hospital as part of an independent review into children's emergency services.

The Sentinel

The parents of a 22-month-old girl left flat out on a town centre pavement after suffering a sudden seizure are thanking shoppers, external who ran to their stricken daughter's aid.

BBC Travel

All the vehicles have been cleared from the carriageway at junction 16 of the M6 northbound near Crewe, Highways England say.

It's after six vehicles were reportedly involved in the crash just after the exit slip road.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Six vehicles have been reported to be involved in the crash this morning on the M6 near Crewe, the fire service says.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service , externalsay they and other emergency services were called at around 08:30 to the motorway just after the exit slip road at junction 16. 

The service says several people have been hurt but no one was trapped. One woman's been taken to hospital by ambulance. 

Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

A man's proposed to his girlfriend from his hospital bed , externalas he was waiting for surgery to remove a bone tumour. 

Image source, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital

Andrew Estcourt, 44, from Winterley near Crewe was having an operation on a rare tumour on his leg at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital near Oswestry, Shropshire. 

While he was there he enlisted the help of doctors and nurses to spring a surprise proposal on his girlfriend Selina Lawton at his bedside - and she said yes.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

It's a bright start but let's see if it'll last - you can also get the latest forecasts at any other time from the BBC Weather website.

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This morning's headlines include:

- Experts in child health will visit Stafford's County Hospital this week , externalas part of a review into children's emergency services after A&E for under 18s was suspended in August

- A man from Staffordshire who's paid more than a £1,000 for a special chair for his wife who has terminal cancer says he's disgusted he's still waiting for it, three months later 

- A Cheshire man's proposed to his girlfriend while he was in hospital having a rare bone tumour, external removed

BBC Travel

Traffic is being diverted away from a crash on the M6 northbound at junction 16 in Cheshire this morning, Highways England says.

BBC Travel

There's slow traffic on the M6 northbound in Cheshire between junctions 17 and 18 because of an abnormal load.