Burton Mail

Plans to bulldoze a long-forgotten building in South Derbyshire, external and build homes on the site have been resurrected after the original application was submitted more than three years ago but building work never began.

Burton Albion extend Will Miller's loan deal from Premier League side Tottenham until the end of the season.

Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

Police have named a jogger killed in a road accident in Tamworth on Friday morning. 

Mark Barlow, aged 48, from Grendon was running along Bolebridge Street when he was hit by a car and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Staffordshire Police.

The Sentinel

A historic silk mill could finally be developed after fresh plans to convert the building, external were drawn up.

Image source, The Sentinel

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

The Port Vale defender Nathan Smith says he believes he knows enough about Bury striker Tom Pope (pictured) to stop him scoring on Friday.

Image source, Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Pope spent four years at Vale Park, scoring 69 goals, but returns to face his old club later this week.

Drivers in Staffordshire are being warned by police about a wide load heading through the area to Cannock this morning.

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Our headlines to start off this morning include:

- New figures show the RSPCA has had just over 100 calls about organised illegal dog fights in Staffordshire over the last decade

- The owner of a haulage company in Staffordshire has called for alterations to be made to a major set of roadworks which, external, he claims, are causing major disruption 

- A toilet block in Stoke-on-Trent that the city council says has become a "magnet" for shocking behaviour is being demolished

A father has been charged with the murder of his two children almost three months after they were found dead at their family home in Hamstead, police have revealed, external.

Image source, West Midlands Police

Endris Mohammed was interviewed by detectives on Tuesday night for the first time since his release from hospital where he was being treated for burns suffered during a car fire in Staffordshire.

The 46-year-old, of Holland Road, has now been charged with the murder of Saros Endris, aged eight, and six-year-old Leanor Endris - found at their home on 28 October last year.

He is also accused of attempted murder of the children's mother, Penil Teklehaimanot, and will make his first appearance at Walsall Magistrates Court later on Wednesday.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

It's a grey start and here's how the rest of the morning is looking.

The BBC Weather website also has updated forecasts for any other time.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

It's a drizzly, slightly misty start in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent this morning - this was the road up to BBC Stoke headquarters just before 07:30.

Charlie Slater will be along shortly with the weather forecast for this morning and there'll be updates on the day's news, sport, travel and other issues to come.

You can be part of the page too - send in comments and photos of the area on email, tweet @BBCRadioStoke , externalor put pictures on Instagram with the tag #bbcstoke., external

A 48-year-old man who died when he was hit by a car while out on a morning run is named by police.

Anniversary of 'south pole Shropshire' prompts memories of those living through 1982's bitter winter.

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.

Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

The funeral of renowned sexual violence campaigner Jill Saward took place at Lichfield Cathedral today.

Over the course of 30 years she devoted her life to helping other survivors and trying to bring about changes in the law. 

Join me for BBC Midlands Today at 18:30 on BBC One.

A woman was forced to the floor and hit on the back of the head with what is believed to be a hammer in a robbery at a Co-op in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Police, external says.

Image source, Google Maps

Four men armed with hammers threatened staff at the site in Wimborne Avenue on Monday evening before stealing cash and cigarettes. 

The member of staff who was hit on the back of the head had a minor injury and did not need hospital treatment.

The funeral of renowned sexual violence campaigner Jill Saward took place at Lichfield Cathedral today. 

She was the first rape victim to waive her right to anonymity after she was attacked by intruders at her father's vicarage in Ealing, west London, in 1986.  

Images 1,2,3 and 5 PA, image 4 Getty images

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Tonight will be cloudy across much of the county and this will be thick enough to lead to a few spots of light rain or drizzle at times. Lows of 4C (39F). 

A man killed in a collision in Tamworth on Friday morning has been named by Staffordshire Police, external.

Mark Anthony Barlow, who was 48, of Polesworth Road, Grendon, Atherstone, Warwickshire, was running along Bolebridge Street at about 07:00 when he was struck by a grey Audi. 

Victims' rights campaigner Jill Saward's twin sister has told about 250 funeral mourners that her sibling's tireless work saved many lives. 

Ms Saward, 51, was the first rape victim to waive her right to anonymity after she was attacked by intruders at her father's vicarage in Ealing, west London, in 1986. 

In an at-times tearful tribute at the Lichfield Cathedral service, Sue Lancaster said while "the silly things" had bound the sisters together, her sibling's courage and compassion had kept people alive. 

Crewe Alexandra sign Leyton Orient striker Jordan Bowery on loan for the rest of the season.