Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

The air quality in parts of a Stafford primary school still hasn't reached safe levels, the county council says, more than a year after pupils had to be moved out.

Flash Ley Community Primary School and Nursery was shut in October 2015 after a number of children were taken ill and high levels of formaldehyde were discovered. 

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Staffordshire County Council says the sports pitches at the site are back in use but repairs to the school's floors continue, with some areas still not safe to work in. 

Children are continuing to be taught lessons at nearby schools.

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This morning's headlines include:

- A man from Stoke-on-Trent has been sentenced to life in prison as police describe how he drowned his 69-year-old housemate in the bath, external

- Newcastle-under-Lyme could lose nearly half of its full-time firefighters in the next three years, external, if proposals from the fire service get the go ahead  

- The Stoke City defender Glen Johnson has been ruled out for up to a month after suffering a thigh injury in training

Panic spread across the UK as it emerged that the iconic yeast extract Marmite was at risk of being removed from the nation's supermarket shelves. But what is the story behind the brand?

Nantwich News

Nantwich Town councillors are to pressure Cheshire East to extend, external ‘free parking’ periods in the town centre.  

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Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

This lovely picture of Biddulph Grange Gardens was shared on Instagram with me by John Roberts.

Image source, John Roberts

While these horses in the Peak District were photographed by Villager Jim.

If you've taken a picture of Staffordshire or Cheshire and want to share it, you can send it in on email or put it on Instagram, adding the tag #bbcstoke so i know you're sharing it, external.

Image source, Villager Jim

Alice Bentley
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

Newcastle-under-Lyme could lose nearly half of its full-time firefighters in the next three years, external, if proposals from the fire service get the go ahead.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service says it's about meeting £4m of budget cuts that it needs to make by the year 2020.

In the plans, Hanley, Stafford, Cannock and Newcastle-under-Lyme wouldn't replace retiring full-time officers, saving £1.6m by 2018. 

Newcastle-under-Lyme would lose the most firefighters with a total of 20 going from a current level of 44. 

The service says the plans wouldn't affect the number of appliances available or compromise resident safety.

Stoke and England right-back Glen Johnson is ruled out for up to a month after suffering a thigh injury in training.

BBC Sport

The Stoke City manager Mark Hughes says his midfielder Joe Allen "probably did a little bit too much with the Welsh squad".

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The Potters midfielder scored in the 2-2 draw on 6 October but came off after the break in Vienna. 

Allen was ruled out of Sunday's 1-1 draw against Georgia after scans showed the extent of a hamstring injury.

The Football Association of Wales declined to comment when contacted by BBC Wales Sport.  

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This morning's headlines include:

- Newcastle-under-Lyme could lose nearly half of it's full-time firefighters in the next three years, external, if proposals from the fire service get the go ahead 

- Motorway Police are warning that "car cloning" appears to be on the rise in the West Midlands 

- The air quality in parts of a Stafford primary school still hasn't reached safe levels, the county council says, more than a year after pupils had to be moved out

BBC Midlands Today

Motorway police are warning car cloning appears to be on the rise in the West Midlands. 

It involves criminals stealing a car's details, making fake plates and then using the vehicle to commit other crimes. 

Laura Marcus, from Staffordshire, had her car cloned and later received a speeding ticket from London.

She says she was shocked and worried about proving she hadn't broken the law.  

The Sentinel

More than £250,000 of Government cash is to be spent on helping public bodies across Staffordshire share buildings , externaland sell off their under-used or empty properties.

Image source, The Sentinel

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

There's also latest weather forecasts for Staffordshire and Cheshire on the BBC Weather website.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Hello everyone, the cloud has rolled in over Stoke-on-Trent this morning and this was over Shelton just before 07:30.

We'll have news, sport, travel and weather updates throughout the day for Staffordshire and Cheshire.

There'll also be more of your photos of the area which you can send in on email, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or use Instagram (adding the tag #bbcstoke so I can find it), 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. 

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

The BBC Weather website also carries latest forecasts for Staffordshire and Cheshire.

Louise Brierley
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

The RSPCA is telling people on a Kidsgrove street to keep their cats indoors, after 10 went missing in a week.

The majority of the pets are micro-chipped, but despite organised searches around Everest Road in Kidsgrove, none have been found.   

Marie Castrey, whose cat Popeye is one of the cats that's disappeared, said: "It's not knowing that's most upsetting, I just want him home."

Inspector Charlotte Melvin from the RSPCA advised owners in the area to "keep cats inside".  

We'll have the latest on BBC Midlands Today from 18:30 on BBC One.

BBC Parliament
Freeview channel 131

An MP has raised a stink in parliament after threatening to bring a batch of dead animals to Westminster. 

Stoke South Labour MP Rob Flello says his constituents are having to suffer from the stench of rotting carcasses being transported by lorries through the city.

He told the Commons that the government might respond quicker if they had to smell what his voters had to put up with. 

David Lidington, Leader of the House of Commons, urged the MP to raise the issue with the relevant ministers.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

This scenic view's from Barlaston Downs in Staffordshire and it's been snapped by Kathy Dawson Tams.

Image source, Kathy Dawson Tams

It's great showcasing your pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire so keep sending them in on email or you can put them on Instagram (adding the tag #bbcstoke so I can find them), external.

John Acres
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A man from Stoke-on-Trent who was knocked off his bicycle six weeks ago has told BBC Radio Stoke he's not sure if he'll ever make a full recovery.

Dave Potts from Packmoor came off his bike on the A34 in Scholar Green and suffered a broken eye socket, vertebrae and a fractured skull.  

He says he's been told he won't be able to go back to work until at least December and says he's struggling to get back to normal life.

But he says he believes wearing a crash helmet saved his life.  

Tamworth Herald

A Tamworth grandmother left covered in blood in the middle of a busy town road has issued a desperate plea to trace two men who stopped to help her, external.  

Image source, Tamworth Herald