Summary

  • New 24-hour emergency mental health team for Staffordshire

  • Colleges complete merger with 11,000 students

  • Football: Burton's Ben Turner banned for racial abuse

  • Saido Berahino: Former manager Tony Pulis says 'life is too short' to dwell on the past

  • Updates from Friday 31 March 2017

  1. Video: Are the blue skies going to continue?published at 08:23 British Summer Time 27 March 2017

    Charlie Slater
    BBC Weather presenter

    A lovely day in store, with plenty of blue sky and sunshine around with highs of 14C (57F).

    You can find a detailed forecast for your area here.

    Media caption,

    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  2. Good morning and welcome to Monday's live coveragepublished at 08:03 British Summer Time 27 March 2017

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    Hello everyone, what a weekend that was with lots of sunny weather - here's hoping you enjoyed it.

    This is how Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent is looking this morning, cloudy but with the hint that there could be more sunshine around today.

    Hanley today

    We'll have your full forecast shortly and then there'll be plenty of updates on the day's news, sport, travel and more for Staffordshire and Cheshire.

    You can also be part of it by sending in your recently taken pictures of the area on email or put them on Instagram, add the tag #bbcstoke to show you agree to share them , external .