Louise Hancock
Newsreader, BBC WM

Inmates at a Black Country prison say they are so scared of other prisoners they want to be locked in their cells to stay safe . 

Today a report has condemned conditions at HMP Featherstone as "shocking" compared to its last inspection in 2013. 

The report says some prison officers showed concern to inmates but others referred to them as "scaredy cats" and said it was all self-inflicted. 

Reece Chisolm was released from Featherstone in December when he was there he asked to be locked in his cell. and said there was violence "on a daily basis" and he had been "all around the country and Featherstone was by far the worst prison".

Two metal detectorists say they were left "speechless" after finding a collection of Iron Age gold jewellery .

Mark Hambleton and Joe Kania found the jewellery just before Christmas on farmland in Staffordshire.

Image source, Staffordshire County Council

The two had the permission of the landowners, the Heath family, to detect on the land and will now split 50:50 with the family any proceeds if the pieces are declared treasure and sold.

Violence against staff has increased at a prison subject to riots last summer, an inspection report has said .

Chief inspector of prisons, Peter Clarke, said there had been a "shocking worsening in standards" at HMP Featherstone, near Wolverhampton.

The unannounced inspection found levels of violence, particularly against staff, had increased.

Two thirds of prisoners said it was easy to obtain drugs, with a fifth admitting they had developed a drug problem while inside.

The decline is not acceptable but reflects pressures, a spokesman said.

It's the kind of find all metal detectorists dream of - their machine goes beep and there in the ground is a collection of Iron Age gold jewellery .

Take a look at these pictures and imagine how you would have reacted if you'd uncovered them on farmland in Staffordshire.

They've been named the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs - pictures courtesy of the Staffordshire Council/PA.

BBC Weather

There's a yellow weather warning for ice this morning, so expect a chilly start with showers expected later - highs of 7C (44F). 

You can find a detailed forecast for your area here. 

Welcome to the Local Live service for Staffordshire and Cheshire on Tuesday morning. 

We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens. 

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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. 

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

A swan has had to be rescued by fire crews in Staffordshire after getting tangled in a fishing line.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service say it happened today at Bathpool Park, Kidsgrove.

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

A chilly night is expected, with some showers turning icy into the early hours and lows of -1 (30F).

You can find a detailed forecast for your area here.

Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

On Midlands Today this evening, we'll have news on legal action over a fire in Staffordshire that's still burning after several months. 

Image source, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service

We'll also hear about concerns over new rules to tackle bird flu and how a vase proved a record-breaker at a Midland auction. 

All those stories and more from 18:30 on BBC One .

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

The Port Vale midfielder, Sam Foley, says despite finding himself in a relegation battle, all of his team mates respect their current caretaker manager, Michael Brown.

Image source, Gareth Copley/Getty Images

Brown (pictured) has taken over the club since Bruno Ribeiro was sacked in December.

BBC Weather Watchers

Budding spring flowers seem to be the order of the day in many of the local photos we've had uploaded by our BBC Weather Watchers .

These two are both from Staffordshire and come from users Bucko in Uttoxeter and Graham's vista in Glascote, Tamworth.

Image source, Bucko

Image source, Graham's vista

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

A man has been charged with rape, external following an incident in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the early hours of Sunday morning. 

Staffordshire Police say the 20-year-old, from Cross Heath, is also charged with assault after the incident on Lower Street. 

He'll appear before magistrates in the town tomorrow morning.

Tamworth Herald

An animal welfare charity is appealing for information after a pigeon was shot in Tamworth. , external

Image source, RSPCA/Tamworth Herald

Olivia Morley
Journalist, BBC WM

Tens of thousands of people are carrying driving licences that have expired.

A BBC investigation found 180,892 in the West Midlands are carrying the out-of-date cards. 

Image source, PA

Photo card licences need to be updated every 10 years, at a cost, but it seems many people in our region are not aware of that.

It means people across the West Midlands could collectively owe £180m in fines - £1,000 per licence that's out of date.

You could also face an extra fine of £1,000 if the address on your licence is not correct – although in reality, very few people are prosecuted.

John Acres
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A family in Stoke-on-Trent say they have been left shaken after their hedge was set on fire. 

Jonathan and June Frost from Milton were woken a week ago in the middle of the night by a neighbour banging on the door.

When they looked outside they found their hedge was ablaze and they had to get out through the back of their house. 

The couple say it's the second time the row of conifers have been targeted in two years.

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Firefighters had to cut their way into a lorry, thought to be full of tinned fish, to put out a fire in Crewe this morning. , external

Image source, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called to the blaze this morning on the A534 in Haslington.

They say the fire involved the wheel of the lorry.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Drivers are being warned to expect tricky conditions during rush hour tomorrow morning by the Met Office, with icy weather set to last into Tuesday. 

Image source, AppyIppy

There have already been snow showers today in parts of the region and the Met Office says there'll be more tonight - it has issued a yellow weather warning. , external

Forecasters say temperatures could dip below freezing point and there could be snow over hills.

Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News

More than 300 people turned out in Nantwich today to campaign against cuts to school funding.   

They say that, under changes proposed by the government, schools in east Cheshire would become among the worst funded in the country. 

The Department for Education say the government has protected school budgets since 2010 and funding was more than £40bn in the last financial year.  

BBC Newsbeat

A woman from Cheshire says her local GP didn't understand her eating disorder and she was only helped by "online communities, internet articles, books and documentaries".

Campaigners are warning a worrying number of young people switch doctors because of eating disorders and referrals to specialists can take far too long. 

According to a survey by the UK charity Beat, external , many teenagers say their GPs don't know how to help them.

At 16, Laura Zuber, from near Crewe, says she was "15 stone and miserable", so she started dieting - by the time she was 22 had lost so much weight she was told she almost certainly needed hospital treatment. 

She says when she visited her doctor she told to "Just eat": 

"They clearly didn't understand anorexia," she says.  

GPs say "intense" workloads and time pressures can make it difficult to diagnose an eating disorder which can be "very complex".