Missing Kidsgrove cat put down after poisoning
New charges for taking DIY waste to recycling centres
Shut school air quality 'still not safe'
Chief Constable announces retirement
Updates from Friday 14 October
Alexandra Hamilton
BBC Weather
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Alex Hamilton
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Morning everyone, it's been a damp start in Stoke-on-Trent today but this view near the Potteries Museum shows there's some brightness around.
Alex Hamilton will be here shortly with her weather forecast for the day and there'll be the latest news, sport, travel and other updates too through today.
I'll also feature a few of your pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire - send them in on email or post on Instagram (adding the tag #bbcstoke if you agree to share), external.
A teenager is charged with murder after a two-year-old girl is found dead at house.
Read MoreWe'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
On Midlands Today this evening we'll look at how a council in part of the region has decided not to contact thousands of motorists who were wrongly fined for driving in a bus lane.
We'll have the latest on the ongoing management saga for one of the Midland's biggest football clubs and hear from one of the country's first female coach drivers who has retired today after 60 years at the same company.
There'll be those stories and more along with your weather for the evening and tomorrow, all on BBC One from 18:30.
Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Funding totalling £40m is going to be spent by the government to support communities affected by the HS2 high speed rail line to the Midlands, external, including Staffordshire.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has revealed the money as he reinforced ministers' commitment to the project saying it is "going to happen".
Image source, PAThe government's also going to spend £30m on improving road safety along the route.
Of the £40m to support affected communities, £15m will go to the "central area" which includes Staffordshire along with Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire.
John Acres
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
A young girl from Staffordshire is preparing to help hundreds of refugees across Europe, for the second time.
Evie Donovan, 10, came up with the idea to send shoeboxes of aid to Greece last year, external.
She told BBC Radio Stoke she is preparing to send her 1,000th shoebox this week.
Evie showing off her shoeboxes to John
Graham McGarry
BBC Radio Stoke Sport
Nantwich Town's chairman says their supporters are "abuzz" as they are one win away from reaching the first round of the FA Cup.
The Dabbers take on Stourbridge this Saturday, external at the Weaver Stadium and Tony Davidson (featured in video) says they prize for winning at the weekend "is massive".
Tony Davidson
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
It's great to see our followers and friends on Instagram sharing photos of Staffordshire and Cheshire with us.
This one's from Ed de Quincey of sheep in a field near Norbury, Staffordshire.
Image source, Ed de QuinceyWhile Helen Morgan called these colours "amazing" of autumnal leaves near the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College.
If you use Instagram, external and take a picture of Staffordshire or Cheshire that you want to share, add #bbcstoke to the description and I'll find it.
Image source, Helen MorganGritters are going to be sent out in Stoke-on-Trent tonight but the city council says it's just for a test run.
They say they're making sure any new drivers get used to the vehicles and the routes.
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Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
This evening, our main headlines look like this:
- Funding totalling £40m is going to be spent by the government to support communities affected by the HS2 high speed rail line to the Midlands, external, including Staffordshire
- Ten cats have gone missing from a street in one part of Staffordshire within a week of each other, the RSPCA says
- The Conservative MP for Stone, Bill Cash, has accused MPs of trying to lessen the impact of the Brexit vote
Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Crewe Alexandra's boss Steve Davis says he is due to meet with Jon Guthrie's representative this week to try and secure the defender's future at the club.
Image source, crewealex.netGuthrie and goalkeeper Ben Garratt are considering their options with their current contracts due to run out next summer.
Quote MessageThey've had their offers now for probably six weeks, getting on for two months so time is ticking on. We just want to know where we're going to be, if they're going to be here next season, season after."
Steve Davis, Crewe Alexandra manager
Matt Sandoz
BBC Radio Stoke Sport
The Stoke-on-Trent snooker player Liam Highfield has produced the performance of his career by beating world number one Mark Selby 4-3 at the English Open, external in Manchester.
Highfield, who is ranked 106 in the world, will face either Stephen McGuire or Ryan Day in the last 32.
Tamworth Police have promised a purse thief that they will take no further action against them, external – if they drop the stolen item into the police station.
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
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Alex Hunt
Politics editor, BBC News Online
The Conservative MP for Stone, Bill Cash, has accused MPs of trying to lessen the impact of the Brexit vote.
This afternoon in the House of Commons, Labour has been pushing for ministers to be more open about their negotiation strategy.
It comes after a government source said MPs would not get a vote on how Brexit negotiations are handled but could still be asked to approve the "final" deal.
Sir Bill Cash tells MPs the UK cannot be in the single market and comply with EU laws.
In parliament, Conservative Sir Bill Cash, a leading Leave campaigner, accused Remain-voting MPs of "constantly and disingenuously stating their acceptance of the result of the referendum".
He said he found it "unseemly if not absurd" for the same MPs to try to "mitigate or overturn" the referendum result.
Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke
Ten cats have gone missing from a street in one part of Staffordshire within a week of each other, the RSPCA says.
Image source, GoogleThe organisation says the cats all lived in or around the Everest Road area of Kidsgrove and were reported missing during the first week of this month.
The RSPCA says it doesn't have any evidence or idea about what may have happened to them and has called it "a strange case", adding that they are concerned.
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
Water firm Severn Trent says it's investigating reports of "discoloured water" in parts of Talke Pits, Staffordshire.
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Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Port Vale's captain Ben Purkiss says the language barrier with some of the club's new signings hasn't been an issue.
Image source, Getty ImagesEleven players joined the club from a different country this summer and have helped Vale to their current position of fourth in the League One table.
Purkiss told BBC Radio Stoke that the players have settled in well to life in England.
Quote MessageThey probably need a little bit more confidence in terms of their English. I try and translate for them and I quite enjoy that because it gives me chance to practise my French which I haven't used for about 10 years."
Ben Purkiss, Port Vale's captain
Ros Chimes
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
The leader of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is calling for a vote of no confidence in its chairman.
Concerns have been raised over why Conservative councillor Julie Bull didn't declare an interest in a planning application when it is alleged her family owned land near the site.
The authority's leader Sybil Ralphs has called a meeting of councillors for next week, external which will also call for a change in the law as it currently gives members the power to appoint a chair, but not remove them.
Councillor Bull has declined to comment today. The meeting is set to take place on Wednesday 19 October.
