However, passengers are advised to check before setting out.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

A fire in a factory roof in Stoke-on-Trent was caused accidentally by a boiler., external

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service sent two crews to the site at 11:40 on Brick Kiln Lane, Etruria. 

The service says it was put out within an hour and had been caused by the structure around a biomass boiler catching fire.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

You can also get the latest updates via the BBC Weather website.

Liam Barnes
BBC News Online

The service in memory of Evha at Saffron Hill Cemetery earlier was short and sombre.

Hundreds of mourners packed into a room at the cemetery, with many having to stand outside.

It was attended by male relatives and members of the community in Leicester, who may not know the family as they are new to the area, but were there to show their support.

A prayer was said before the coffin was carried out again for the burial.

Afterwards the head teacher of Evha’s school said her classmates had been given the afternoon off and said they would all “go back in tomorrow with a heavy heart”.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Campaigners trying to raise £75,000 to buy a historic railway station, external say they've raised more than half their total in under three weeks.

The Churnet Valley Railway is aiming to buy Cheddleton Station from the county council and carry out some urgent repairs to its roof.

They say they've been given three months to raise the total to buy and revamp the Victorian building which has been their base since 1974.

Network Rail has warned commuters some services remain suspended after the Army's controlled explosion on a wartime bomb in Aston.

There are no trains running between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley.

Local buses that have been accepting train tickets are experiencing delays. 

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

Some train services to and from Stoke-on-Trent are set to be affected by a fresh 24-hour strike.

Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union members with three train operators will walk out on 30 May.

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It's part of their ongoing disputes over staffing and driver-only trains. 

The three operators include Arriva Rail North which runs some Northern rail services from Stoke-on-Trent., external

Emma Thomas
Political reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

The prime minister has told a group of voters in Stoke-on-Trent that her proposals are the "biggest ever enhancement to workers' rights proposed by a Conservative government".  

Echoing what she said yesterday when the measures were unveiled, she pointed to plans for a right to time off in the case of parental leave, time off to care for a family member or to undergo training.

You can read what the other political parties have been announcing today and reaction to them here on the BBC Politics website.

Despite a controlled explosion being carried out on the World War Two bomb in Birmingham this afternoon, Network Rail says London Midland services are "likely" to remain suspended.

They've been cancelled on the Cross City line between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley since yesterday

BBC Weather Watchers

It's been a grey day with some rain around but that hasn't stopped our team of volunteers, the BBC Weather Watchers, from snapping their photos.

Here are two, uploaded today, from Staffordshire users Angus and me in Hednesford and Terry eyre in Leek.

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Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra midfielder Danny Hollands is set to turn his contract offer down and sign for National League side Eastleigh.

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The 31-year-old missed the last two months of the season through injury but manager David Artell had spoken last week of his desire to keep him at the Alex.

Hollands' contract at the club expires this summer and BBC Radio Stoke understands that a move back to the south east has swayed his decision to turn his back on league football.

Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke

A Staffordshire hospital which cares for children and teenagers with mental health needs should come out of special measures, external, the health watchdog says.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) had rated the independent Huntercombe Hospital in Wheaton Aston as "inadequate" last August.

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They'd raised concerns about the safety of patients and the training and supervision of staff.

The CQC now rates the hospital as "requires improvement", saying it recommends it comes out of special measures after improvements have been made including to safety. 

But it says more needs to be done including to improve patient's independence - managers at the hospital say they pleased with the latest inspection report.

The Army has carried out a controlled explosion on the WW2 bomb in Aston, but commuters thinking they'll be able to travel north on the Cross City line out of Birmingham may have to think again.

Here's Network Rail reminding passengers that emergency services need to first declare the route safe.  

Trains have been cancelled between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley since Monday - part of the route runs parallel to where the bomb was found.  

Tamworth Herald

Two areas of Tamworth have been the latest victims in a spate of vehicle damage incidents., external

West Midlands Police has confirmed the development within the last minute.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

The NHS trust running the Accident and Emergency unit in Crewe says it's expecting a surge in demand after the cyber-attack last week. 

The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Leighton Hospital, says it wasn't directly affected by the ransomware attack which affected dozens of other NHS trusts., external

But it says, as a precaution, it shut down its network over the weekend. 

Now the trust says with services "running as normal" it's expecting high demand on its emergency services due to the overall disruption and wants people to only use A&E for genuine emergencies.

Roads into central Birmingham remain closed for a second day and the M6 will be shut as detonation takes place.

Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online

Speaking after the service, the headteacher of the Jameah Girls Academy, Erfana Bora, said Evha's friends had been given the morning off school to visit her family and say their goodbyes.

She said the school would remain closed this afternoon.

Ms Bora said they would now work to establish a "fitting tribute" for Evha at the school.

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She said: "In the meantime Evha's mum has asked me to keep her name on the school register.

"I'm happy to do so as Evha will always be in our hearts and a part of our school."

Sandish Shoker
BBC News Online

The short service at the cemetery has finished.

The coffin is now being taken for burial, with hundreds of mourners following behind it. 

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