Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Here are some more of your pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire -  this first one is from Justine Heathcote shows Rudyard Lake.

Image source, Justine Heathcote

This is from a few weeks ago, but is a lovely picture, taken by Jennie Anderson, of the Shugborough Estate.

If you want to send in your pictures of the area, you can do that on email or put them on Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke if you agree to share them), external.

Image source, Jennie Anderson

Lichfield Mercury

Changes could be made to Lichfield's only hospital after health bosses have stated they will be reviewing its services., external

Image source, Lichfield Mercury

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale's Sam Kelly says he's determined to prove he deserves his place back in the first team. 

Image source, Clint Hughes/Getty Images

The 22-year-old is enjoying his best run of games in the side since he joined the club 18 months ago.  

Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

A book of condolence has been opened at Staffordshire University to mark the passing of Joshua Smith, whose body was found earlier this month. 

The 27-year-old had been reported missing from Stone for several weeks.

The university says he was a "popular young man", well known to many there after working with them, and add that many staff and students helped in searches for him. 

Joshua Smith's family said they will have a private woodland burial, external for him this weekend.

Crewe Chronicle

A "development framework" has been unveiled which outlines how the long-term future of how Bentley Motors factory in Crewe could look in the future, external.  

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Ambulance services covering Staffordshire and Cheshire lost thousands of hours to queuing outside hospitals last year, a BBC investigation has found.

Freedom of information requests showed almost 125,000 hours of ambulance crews' time in the North West and West Midlands in 2015-16 was lost queuing for more than the 15-minute target at A&E, waiting for hospital staff to hand over their patients to. 

Ambulance bosses are blaming rising demand and pressure in the system. 

But in Staffordshire, the figures show there were decreases from 2013 - 2016 in the hours spent waiting at A&Es in Burton, Stafford and at the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

BBC Midlands Today

This lunchtime on Midlands Today we'll be covering the news that a police officer is in hospital after being injured while chasing a suspect.  

He suffered serious leg and chest injuries when he was hit by a car in Staffordshire as he confronted the driver of a lorry that initially failed to stop. 

We'll have the full story on BBC One from 13:30.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This lunchtime's headlines include:

- Ex-darts world champion Eric Bristow, who lives in Leek, has apologised for suggesting football sex abuse victims are not "proper men"

- The chief constable of Staffordshire Police has called an assault on one of the force's police officers, external a "cowardly attack"

- The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has defended proposals to increase council tax by 3% , externalby saying it's the "right thing to do"  

BBC Weather Watchers

The frosty start to the day has proved a boon for our BBC Weather Watcher volunteers with many of them uploading photos of the chilly morning.

These two came from Staffordshire users Thornhill Watch in Hednesford and G of Dudlay in Himley.

Image source, Thornhill Watch

Image source, G of Dudlay

Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

The police officer who was seriously hurt after being hit by a car near Lichfield is in a stable condition in hospital. , external

Staffordshire Police say the 39-year-old, who's based in Tamworth, was taken to Heartlands Hospital with leg and chest injuries after the collision last night. 

The officer had stepped into the road on the A5 after a man threatened him with a tree branch following the stopping of a "suspicious" lorry. 

The force say they've found that the HGV involved was stolen and was on cloned numberplates.

Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

You can also get the latest weather forecasts at any time from the BBC Weather website.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

The chief constable of Staffordshire Police has called an assault on one of the force's police officers, external a "cowardly attack". 

The force says the officer was attacked with a tree branch on the A5 near Lichfield yesterday after stopping a "suspicious" lorry. 

Image source, Google

He then stepped into the road and was hit by a car, suffering serious leg and chest injuries. The suspect escaped after carjacking a Ford Fiesta.  

The force's chief constable, Jane Sawyers, tweeted her comments on the incident, adding that it was also "fantastic" to get comments of support from the public.  

A Little Bit Of Stone

Funding of £1,600,000 has been awarded to help towards tackling the worst potholes, external on Staffordshire’s roads.

Image source, A Little Bit of Stone

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Thousands of what are thought to be fake cigarettes have been found in a raid by trading standards officers on a Staffordshire, external shop, the council say. 

Image source, Staffordshire County Council

The county council say 17,120 of the cigarettes and 10.35kg of fake hand rolling tobacco were discovered at the store in Rugeley town centre on Friday. 

They say they were found using tobacco detection dogs who uncovered hidden compartments in a store room.

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

The Stoke City defender Erik Pieters says Bruno Martins Indi can go on to become one of the best defenders in the Premier League.

Image source, Dave Thompson/Getty Images

Martins Indi is currently on a season-long loan from FC Porto and Pieters says he knew the defender would make a big impact.

BBC Sport

Ex-darts world champion Eric Bristow has apologised for suggesting football sex abuse victims are not "proper men".

The 59-year-old, who lives in Leek, had suggested on Twitter that darts players were "tough guys" and footballers "wimps".

Image source, Getty Images

In a heated interview with host Piers Morgan on ITV's Good Morning Britain, Bristow initially defended his tweets, saying he was trying to encourage children to report abuse immediately.

He later accepted he had offended people and said: "I am sorry for that."

Bristow added: "I apologise, it was mis-worded. They are not wimps."

Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This morning's headlines include:

- The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has defended proposals to increase council tax by 3% , externalby saying it's the "right thing to do"

- Nine police forces, including Cheshire and Staffordshire, are now looking into allegations of historical child sex abuse in football

- A police officer was seriously injured in Staffordshire when he was hit by a passing car while being threatened with a tree branch  

James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News

The leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council has defended proposals to increase council tax by 3% , externalby saying it's the "right thing to do".

Under the authority's plans, which were unveiled yesterday, the rise would mean a Band A property paying an extra £24 - the money raised would be used to pay for social care for adults and children.

202 jobs are set to be lost and 69 vacancies not filled but council leaders say they're also recruiting 230 carers to look after people in their own homes. 

Labour opposition councillors in Stoke-on-Trent say the budget is an attack on the vulnerable, but council leader Dave Conway says it is a budget aimed at protecting those at risk.

Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

Nine police forces, including Cheshire and Staffordshire, are now looking into allegations of historical child sex abuse in football. 

The forces say there have been 250 reports made to them and Dorset Police is the latest force to announce it is investigating.

Image source, Getty Images

More than 20 former players have now spoken out about alleged abuse.

In addition, a hotline set up last week by children's welfare charity the NSPCC received more than 50 calls in its first two hours.  

Ministers are writing to all national sporting bodies to ask them to "redouble their efforts" to protect children in the wake of the scandal. 

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Time for some of your photos of Staffordshire and Cheshire now and this one's from Jon Kelso of a frosty morning at Stone's marina.

Image source, Jon Kelso

While Liz Carter spotted this deer at Cannock Chase and took a quick snap.

If you want to send in a picture you've taken of Staffordshire or Cheshire you can do that on email or put on Instagram (with the tag #bbcstoke if you agree to share), external.

Image source, Liz Carter