Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

It must be autumn from this first picture - Chris Hollingworth spotted these conkers on the ground in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Image source, Chris Hollingworth

Then this next photo's from Jonathan White who says he saw this swan "swimming serenely at sunset" at Queens Park's lake in Crewe.

If you've got a picture you've taken of Staffordshire or Cheshire, send it in on email or post it on Instagram (adding the tag #bbcstoke so I can find it), external.

Image source, Jonathan White

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

There are calls from a Cheshire MP to develop the high speed HS2 rail plans for Crewe to better benefit more of the north west.

Last November Crewe was picked above Stoke-on-Trent as the next key staging post on the route to Manchester.

Image source, Farrells

The Labour MP for Chester Chris Matheson told a debate in parliament that making the town into a regional HS2 hub makes wider sense.

Transport Minister Andrew Jones said proposals to make Crewe a hub do make sense but no final decisions have yet been made.

The Sentinel

Ambulance worker Darron Hurkett gave his grandchild mouth-to-mouth resuscitation – just moments after delivering the baby, external in a lounge.

Image source, The Sentinel

BBC Travel

There are animals on the road on the A51 Butterhill Bank in Burston near Stafford at the Shruggs Lane junction.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

These are out main headlines this morning:

- There are calls from a Cheshire MP to beef up the high speed HS2 rail plans for Crewe to better benefit more of the north west 

- Council officials say Crewe's markets could fail to be viable unless major changes, external are made 

- People in Staffordshire are being warned by police about a new type of fraud, external which has seen victims lose over £10,000

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

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

BBC Travel

There are delays this morning on trains between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street.

National Rail Enquiries say it's because a passenger's been taken ill on a train at Erdington., external

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

It's another day when it is a bright start over the shops in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent but still feeling that autumnal cold.

To get a full picture for the morning's weather, we'll have our video forecast shortly and there'll also be updates on news, sport, travel and other subjects through the day.

Why not, if you've never done before, take a picture of your part of Staffordshire and Cheshire and send it in on email or Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke), external? I may feature it.

New political battle lines to be drawn between Erdington and Islington

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. 

Nicola Beckford
Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

On Midlands Today this evening - Kidderminster, Bloxwich, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent are just some of the towns and cities affected by the scary clown craze which has hit the UK.  

Police have been inundated with reports of "clowns" jumping out, scaring and chasing people and even carrying "weapons". 

I've been investigating and will have more from 18:30 on BBC One.

BBC Travel

Drivers planning to use the A50 in Staffordshire in the early hours of tomorrow morning are being warned of a full closure of the road between 01:00 and 04:00.

The county council say it'll be shut both ways between the Blythe Bridge roundabout and the B5030 as overhead power lines are removed, external, as part of a junction improvement project.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

These birds, flying over a corn field in Keele, were photographed by Chris Hollingworth who shared the picture with me.

Image source, Chris Hollingworth

While Jon Kelso sent this in from Barlaston in Staffordshire.

Like Jon and Chris, if you've got a picture of the area to share, you can send it in on email or put it on Instagram, adding the tag #bbcstoke so we can find it, external.

Image source, Jon Kelso

BBC Travel

The A500 D Road in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent is partially blocked southbound at Porthill Bank because of an accident.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Bikers and drivers were put in danger, say police, after somebody strung a cable across a Crewe road., external

Officers say "luckily" residents on Henry Street pulled it down on Saturday afternoon before anyone was injured.

Image source, Google

Stuart George
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke

A year-long trial to charge less for using car parks in Stoke-on-Trent could become permanent, the councillor in charge has said. 

Image source, Google

From 21 November, 28 car parks across the city will cost £1 to use after 15:00 for a year. 

The city council says they expect the move to boost trade and support the evening economy, external and, if it turns out to be a benefit, it could be a permanent move. 

BBC Travel

Regular rail users will face a change to train timetables from 24 October. The Lichfield - Redditch line will be affected.

Take a look at the link below for the updated times. 

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Our headlines this evening include:

- The Japanese electronics company Fujitsu says it's planning to shed up to 1,800 jobs in the UK which a union says would affect sites including Crewe

- A man who was arrested over the death of a two-year-old girl in Stoke-on-Trent has been released on bail

- The former Crewe Alexandra captain Matt Tootle has spoken out about mental health issues which he says started to affect him in 2014 when he was still at the Alex

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

The Japanese company Fujitsu says its announcement of a reduction of up to 1,800 jobs in the UK is so it can streamline operations to remain competitive. 

The electronics firm also emphasised to the BBC that the decision had nothing to do with the Brexit vote.

The Unite union, which says workers will be affected at the company's sites including Crewe, added that it was a blow to staff who have "given their all" to make the UK subsidiary highly profitable.

A spokesman for Fujitsu told BBC Radio Stoke this afternoon that they have 169 staff at their Crewe offices who work on a range of IT specialisms.

BBC Business News

The Japanese electronics company Fujitsu says it's planning to shed up to 1,800 jobs in the UK. 

Unite said the move was a "hammer blow" for workers and added that the redundancies will affect the firm's major sites which include the Crewe offices on Mallard Way.

Image source, Reuters

Fujitsu says it's part of a "transformation programme" and there won't be any job cuts before 2017. 

The cuts represent about 18% of the workforce.