Two minutes' silence marks day of national remembrance
Men jailed after M6 'heroin cloud'
Police apologise for tweeting during two-minute silence
War memorials given listed status to mark WW1 centenary
Ex footballer Alan Hudson taken ill in hospital
Port Vale must 'kick on and have a good month'
Updates on Friday 11 November
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
Showers will ease this evening, leaving most places dry with clear spells developing.
Temperatures will drop quickly, with frost for some, and also some mist or fog patches by morning - lows of -1C (30F).
Shefali Oza with the afternoon weather forecast
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
University Hospitals of North Midlands which runs the Royal Stoke and County in Stafford had the second highest rate of bed-blocking in England in September.
The figures from NHS England show there were more than 3,700 "delayed days" when patients couldn't be discharged for a variety of reasons.
Quote MessageOur hospitals remain extremely busy and like many other trusts in the country we are experiencing increasing levels of attendances and admissions. However, in North Staffordshire we have particularly high numbers of patients who no longer need to be treated by us but cannot be discharged in a timely way due to a lack of suitable alternative care within the community or at home. This is something that all local health and care organisations are seeking to address."
Mr Robert Courteney-Harris, Medical Director, Royal Stoke University Hospital
A Stafford primary school closed after a chemical leak is now safe for maintenance crews to enter, according to Staffordshire County Council.
About 20 pupils fell ill at Flash Ley Community Primary School and Nursery in Stafford in October 2015 amid reports of a mystery smell.
Some areas of the school have been worked on since last year, however other areas had to be avoided previously due to poor air quality.
Image source, GoogleAn investigation concluded that work to floor ducts last summer led to high levels of formaldehyde.
The council says repair work can now be accelerated, and is working on a plan to get pupils and teachers back as soon as possible.
More than 26,000 days of bed blocking were recorded in the West Midlands in September.
BBC Midlands Today
The number of cases of bed blocking in Midlands hospitals has risen dramatically in the last year.
That's when patients are ready to leave hospital but can't because the follow-up care they need is unavailable.
More than 26,300 days of delays were recorded by NHS trusts in the region in September - a 44% rise on the same month in 2015.
The highest increases were in the Dudley Group and University Hospitals of North Midlands.
There's warnings of a disruption to Sunday's Remembrance Day service in Leek if it's attended by a suspended poppy appeal organiser.
Gail Lockett received an anonymous letter, seen by the BBC, asking her not to attend Nicholson Monument on Sunday because of a "distinct and very real possibility" of an interruption to the two minutes silence.
But she's refusing to miss the service - and has forwarded the letter to the police.
Image source, PAMs Lockett, who denies wrongdoing, is suspended until April following an investigation into complaints she acted unreasonably during a poppy appeal three years ago.
A Royal British Legion spokesman said the organisation was in the process of appointing a replacement committee member and that fundraising in the area was unaffected.
He said the two-minute silence was important and a "rare moment when the nation can stand together and reflect upon the human cost of conflict".
Leek Post and Times
A Portacabin has been broken into at Tittesworth Reservoir., external
Wales midfielder Joe Allen tells Football Focus that the pressure is on Wales ahead of Serbia test.
Emergency waiting times at the Royal Stoke University Hospital remain among the worst in the country, according to the latest figures from NHS England.
Data released this morning shows just 79.4% of A&E patients, external were treated inside four hours, compared with a government target of 95%.
Just five hospital trusts across England recorded poorer performances.
With injuries mounting up at Crewe, manager Steve Davis has challenged his fringe players to step up.
Crewe are likely to be without three senior players this weekend as strikers Ryan Lowe and Chris Dagnall as well as defender Ollie Turton are injured.
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Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
Firefighters in Cheshire aren't just good at putting out fires and rescuing people but it turns out they've also got green fingers.
Nantwich fire station has been awarded gold in the Britain in Bloom award., external
Image source, Cheshire fire and rescueOn-call firefighter Desmond Evans took part in the competition to "achieve something beautiful and like to share and enjoy that beauty with my community".
The owner of a takeaway in Stoke-on-Trent has been fined and ordered to pay £1,300 for failing to dispose of his shop's waste properly.
Faiq Asif Mir, director of Tiger Bite in Tunstall, was found guilty of three offences under the environmental protection act.
It's after bin bags containing flyers and kebab meat were found dumped in an alleyway.
Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
One man making a name for himself at Port Vale is defender Nathan Smith.
A host of bigger clubs have been watching the 20-year-old and Chairman Norman Smurthwaite has suggested he could be sold in January.
But Smith told BBC Radio Stoke he's not "concentrating on other stuff people are saying" and his aim was "to just play as many games as possible".
Image source, Empics
BBC Radio Stoke
A man from Staffordshire who never received a special chair he bought for his dying wife says he has no idea if he'll get his money back.
Geoff Perry from Cellarhead paid a £1,000 deposit to UK Mobility direct to try and make his wife Sandra's last days more comfortable.
BBC One's Watchdog tracked down the company's owner who said they're stopping trading.
We have tried to contact UK Mobility Direct but have not got an answer about Geoff's money.
Next year's open-air Stafford Shakespeare production has been announced – and audiences should prepare for a tempestuous time., external
Two men from Stafford have been arrested on suspicion of selling class A drugs.
The arrests have been made as part of Staffordshire Police's Operation Nemesis scheme.
Both have been released on bail pending further enquiries.
It'll be much brighter than yesterday. We'll see a mixture of sunny spells and the odd scattered shower - feeling chilly with highs of 11C.
