Video: Snow in Stokepublished at 06:38 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
Here's what it's like in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, this morning on the A5008.
Snow falls in Stoke-on-Trent overnight
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Updates from Friday 13 January 2017
Video: Snow in Stokepublished at 06:38 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Media caption, Gritters out in Stokepublished at 06:27 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local LiveMany of the main roads have been gritted this morning, but as ever take care on side roads.
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End of twitter postCertainly in Stoke-on-Trent some of the roads are slippery due to ice and slush.
The gritting team took this video at 03:00.
Weather: Yellow weather warning for icepublished at 06:15 Greenwich Mean Time 13 January 2017
There’s a yellow warning for ice this morning.
A combination of ice and sleet is likely to cause tricky driving conditions and increase journey times.There’ll be some wintry showers clearing to the south east first thing this morning.
After that,expect plenty of bright weather today with variable amounts of scattered cloud.
Highs of 4C (39F).
Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
We'll be live from 06:00 on Friday with the latest weather forecasts and travel updates as icy conditions are forecast for the West Midlands.
Plus we'll have our usual mix of news and sport.
Keep an eye out for more updates this evening and into the morning.
Football: Port Vale signings welcomed to 'shake up' squadpublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio StokePort Vale legend Phil Sproson has told BBC Radio Stoke that he feels the arrival at the club of Chris Eagles on a short term contract and Callum Guy on loan from Derby will shake up the rest of the squad.
Caretaker Vale manager Michael Brown says he is looking to make further additions to his playing staff this month and sees a striker as a priority.
Image source, Port Vale FCMan dies after house firepublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeA 46-year-old man has died following a house fire in Congleton last week.
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service say they rescued Lee Shallcross from the end terrace on Belgrave Avenue last Monday afternoon., external
Image source, GoogleHe'd suffered serious burns, and Cheshire Police say he passed away in hospital two days later.
They say his death isn't being treated as suspicious.
On Midlands Today from 18:30: Remembering Graham Taylorpublished at 17:44 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
BBC Midlands TodayOn Midlands Today this evening we'll be paying tribute to the former Aston Villa, Wolves and England manager, Graham Taylor, who's died today.
The 72-year-old was well respected in the game and his death from a suspected heart attack has come as a shock.
We'll be reflecting on his life, his impact on football in this region and hear about special tributes that are planned in his memory, all on BBC One from 18:30.
Burglary suspects sought after multiple Tamworth home raidspublished at 17:36 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Tamworth residents are being urged to remain vigilant after a spate of burglaries, external in the town have targeted cars.
Image source, Tamworth HeraldBBC Weather Watcher pictures: Eccleshall and Uttoxeterpublished at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Our BBC Weather Watchers keep uploading great pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Here's our two picks from the latest ones, from Staffordshire users Bucko in Uttoxeter and Chris1200 in Eccleshall.
Image source, Bucko
Image source, Chris1200Woman, 78, in serious condition in hospital after hit by carpublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
BBC Radio StokeAn elderly woman is still in a serious condition in hospital say police, external, after she was hit by a car in Tamworth.
Image source, GoogleStaffordshire Police say the 78-year-old was on Roman Court at the junction with Watling Street in Tuesday afternoon when the collision with an Audi TT happened.
They say she's being treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and they want to hear from witnesses who saw the crash.
Watch: Tonight and tomorrow's weather with snow forecastpublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayYou can also get up-to-date forecasts at any time from the BBC Weather website.
Media caption, Rebecca Wood
Watch: Jeremy Corbyn calls on PM to intervene to tackle A&E pressurespublished at 17:09 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Patrick Burns
Political editor, MidlandsThe Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the prime minister should intervene straight away to deal with pressures at Stoke-on-Trent's main A&E and other hospitals in the Midlands.
Latest figures show more than 14,000 patients, external went through the emergency unit at the Royal Stoke University Hospital during November.
Nearly a third of them were not seen within the government's four-hour A&E target.
Media caption, Jeremy Corbyn
The Labour leader has told the BBC that he believes pressure on the health service can be traced back to a number of issues, including the closure of community hospital beds.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Theresa May said there was always greater pressure during the winter, with the UK's ageing population and "growing complex needs" creating extra strain.
The government said it had given the NHS what it needed for the next five years, to meet its own funding plan.
You can see more of my interview with Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday Politics West Midlands which returns on Sunday on BBC One from 11:00.
News: Man jailed over fatal crash; Corbyn wants PM intervention on A&E; ablaze Land Rover ploughs into garagepublished at 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeThe top stories this evening include:
- A man's been jailed after , externalcausing a crash which police say saw his lorry plough into the back of a people carrier on the M6 in Staffordshire, killing a 70-year-old disabled woman
- The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says the prime minister should intervene straight away to deal with pressures at Stoke-on-Trent's main A&E and other hospitals in the Midlands
- A Land Rover may have been deliberately set on fire before ploughing into a Newcastle-under-Lyme garage, setting several other vehicles alight, police say
Watch: Public thanked for 'amazing response' in naming police dogpublished at 16:48 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local LiveCheshire Police say they had an "amazing response" to their appeal for the public to name their new police dog. , external
Media caption, Meeting Axel, the new police dog
According to the force, thousands of people voted and yesterday they revealed the name would be Axel.
Officers say the puppy, the first dog bred by the force, will go into full training now and learn over the next year how to be a police dog.
Football: Ex-Crewe Alexandra striker backs managerial changepublished at 16:35 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Ged Scott
BBC Sport
Image source, BBC SportEx-Crewe striker Dean Ashton says the sacking of Steve Davis as manager may have come "at the right time" if the League Two club are to stay in the EFL.
Former Alex captain David Artell, 36, replaced Davis on Sunday, with Crewe 18th in the fourth tier.
Quote MessageThe real worry is that if the slide continues, then you're looking at the Football League trapdoor which Crewe definitely don't want to go through. It was the right time for him to step aside and for someone else to take it on."
Dean Ashton, Ex-Crewe striker
Man jailed over disabled-death-crashpublished at 16:26 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveA man's been jailed after , externalcausing a crash which police say saw his lorry plough into the back of a people carrier on the M6 in Staffordshire, killing a 70-year-old disabled woman.
Philip Moore, 56, from Cook Road, Rochdale had previously pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
Staffordshire Police say he was driving his lorry on the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent in June 2015 when it went on to the hard shoulder, hitting the back of a VW Sharon that had broken down.
The force says the driver of the VW was out of the vehicle but his disabled partner, Brenda Howe from Cheltenham, was still inside and was thrown from the vehicle, being pronounced dead at the scene.
Moore was today jailed for three-and-a-half-years and disqualified from driving for four-and-a-half-years.
Snow warning for West Midlands as UK faces a 'real taste of winter weather'published at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Blizzard conditions are set to sweep in, bringing , external"a real taste of winter to the whole of the UK".
Image source, Express and StarChristmas light display raises £22k for hospicepublished at 16:04 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Alice Bentley
Journalist, BBC Radio StokeA Christmas lights display on a house in Crewe has made more than £22,500 for charity this year.
Organiser Graham Witter says he fundraises for the Donna Louise Children's Hospice because his late, disabled sister Jessica used to get respite care there.
He says he's always decorated the house at Christmas because she "loved colours, lights and sound".
Over the past three years they've raised £17,000 but this year Graham says they've raised a, external "staggering £22,680" for the hospice.
Your pictures: Colourful walk and the Kinver canalpublished at 15:50 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveThese fantastic colours were snapped by Dawn Lockett on a walk in Shugborough, Great Haywood in Staffordshire.
Image source, Dawn LockettWhile John Bray took this picture in Kinver in the south of the county.
If you've got a picture to share of Staffordshire or Cheshire, you can send it in on email or put it on Instagram, adding the tag #bbcstoke if you agree to share it, external.
Image source, John BrayStoke-on-Trent looks to join city of culture racepublished at 15:32 Greenwich Mean Time 12 January 2017
Sarah Robertson
Producer, BBC Radio StokeThe competition to become UK City of Culture 2021 is officially under way today, external, with Stoke-on-Trent among the places hoping to get the title.
Today's launch by the government of the competition comes in the same month as Hull kicked off its year as UK City of Culture 2017.
Image source, AlamyThe city's bidding team have until the end of February to officially register their interest, then until the end of April to submit the bid.
Last year the BBC website looked at Stoke-on-Trent's chances and you can read whether there is more to culture in Stoke than its world-famous potteries here.
