Summary

  • Hospital trust 'has to save £50m by March'

  • 'Nobody's been interested' in saving historic pottery firm

  • Marathon cancelled by 'lack of all round support'

  • Calf rescued after getting stuck in trees by canal

  • Updates from Wednesday 7 June 2017

  1. London Bridge attack: Taxi driver 'saved life' of student nursepublished at 08:43 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    BBC News UK

    Police at London BridgeImage source, Getty Images

    A student nurse from Cheshire's told the BBC she believes words shouted by a taxi driver saved her life during the London Bridge terror attack.

    Rhiannon Owen from Nantwich was at a cash point when she says the driver yelled at her to run.

    Rhiannon Owen

    "I saw the knife and I didn't turn around again. I just started running as fast as I could," she said.

    The 19-year-old from Cheshire saw the attacker behind her and ran into Applebee's pub where she joined 30 or 40 others and hid in a stock room.

    She said she owes the taxi driver her life and appealed for him to get in touch: "You saved my life and you let me go and make sure other people were safe."

  2. Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:21 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Lucy Martin
    BBC Weather

    Rain gradually moving in from the west this morning, becoming heavy and persistent in some places this afternoon with highs of 15C (59F).

    Media caption,

    Latest weather West Midlands

  3. This is the start of Monday's live coveragepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 5 June 2017

    Allen Cook
    BBC Local Live

    Morning everyone, hope you had a good weekend - the rain is already falling across Stoke-on-Trent and it's been a grey start for pretty much everywhere.

    BBC Weather Watcher Dragonlady took this picture in Nantwich:

    NantwichImage source, Dragonlady

    Of course we'll have a complete look at your day's weather shortly and there'll be news, sport, travel and more through today.

    Do keep sending in your photos of Staffordshire and Cheshire on email or, for users of Instagram, put them there with the tag #bbcstoke, external to show you agree to share them.