Allen Cook
BBC News
Ahead of the weekend, medical staff and military personnel have held Remembrance services at hospitals in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) held the events, external at the Royal Stoke and County hospitals with visitors joining staff this morning:
Image source, UHNM
Image source, UHNM
Stoke-on-Trent Live
The Stoke-on-Trent Live website is covering these stories today:
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
Mostly cloudy and increasingly windy with rain at times, mostly quite light and patchy.
A few brighter spells are possible too though.
Wet and windy this evening and into tonight with a band of heavier and more persistent rain moving through.
Some of the headlining stories on the Express and Star website today are:
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Hospital bosses in Staffordshire say their winter preparations may mean they won't be forced to use a community hospital to cope with overspill.
Last winter, beds were opened at Bradwell Hospital in Newcastle-under-Lyme as more than 200 patients at other hospitals were waiting to be discharged.
Two new modular wards are due to open early next year creating 64 more beds for the county.
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
It will be rather cloudy today with some bright spells before heavy rain and strong winds arrive towards evening with highs of 13C (55F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Food companies worried about a "no-deal" Brexit are storing away supplies at warehouses, a boss says.
Read MoreIan Naude, accused of raping a 13-year-old girl, tells a court "she told me she loved me".
Read MoreVicky Norton
BBC Radio Stoke
Organisers behind a Remembrance service say they're devastated after discovering four generators needed for Sunday have been stolen.
Image source, GoogleIt's believed thieves broke into the compound at Queen's Park, Longton, where the generators were stored, overnight.
Staffordshire Police says an investigation has been launched and officers are currently checking CCTV pictures.
In a post on Facebook, the Queen's Park Partnership says, external the theft means they're also going to have to scale back how many events they hold next year.
Sophie Calvert
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
A council's agreed to pay £363,000 towards getting a leisure centre back in use - but only if that happens within a year.
Kidsgrove Leisure Centre shut in June last year, despite protests from people who used it,because it was said it would cost millions to repair., external
The building was owned by Staffordshire County Council but it has now agreed to hand it over to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council for a nominal fee., external
With that, the authority says it's also giving the £363,000 - the amount it says it would cost to demolish - to the borough council, on condition it is brought back into use for leisure within a year.
A volunteer group, Kidsgrove Community Interest Organisation, external, is currently working with the borough council on bringing some of the centre back into use.
Allen Cook
BBC News
While 31 new sites in the West Midlands have been added to Historic England's At Risk register, the organisation says dozens in the region have also been saved., external
Image source, GoogleThey include the Redhouse, Whitehouse and Newhouse glassworks in Stourbridge, described as a "landmark icon" of the British glass industry.
Also saved are the All Saints Church on Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, (pictured) and Clifford Castle, Clifford, Herefordshire.
Image source, GoogleBut sites newly added to the At Risk register include the family home of Joseph Chamberlain, Highbury Hall (pictured), Birmingham, and Kinlet Hall in Shropshire.
Image source, Google
Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today
Tonight looks set to be dry with clear spells and patchy cloud cover with highs of 8C (46F).
Latest weather for the West Midlands
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
Tomorrow will bring wind and rain, with a little bit of brightness early on but heavier rain into the evening.
Weather for the North West on 8 November
Liz Ellis
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke
A village is preparing to unveil a new war memorial on the centenary of the end of World War One.
Following the closure of the local chapel, Norton Green, on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent, was left without a permanent tribute to those from the area who'd died in the conflict.
But, after the local community raised several thousand pounds to pay for it, a new war memorial is to be officially unveiled on Remembrance Sunday., external
Plans to build a £75m Eddie Stobart warehouse on green belt land in Cheshire have been rejected.
Image source, bbcThe proposals for a new national distribution centre at Stretton Green Distribution Park in Warrington have been rejected by council planners.
Eddie Stobart predicted the plan could create about 480 jobs.
But councillor Judith Wheeler said the "shameful" proposals show the firm's "arrogance and utter contempt for the local community,".
A "neglected" 17th Century pond, which was once used to catch about 400 ducks a year, has been placed on Historic England's Heritage at Risk list.
Image source, Carole and Rob CockbainHale Duck Decoy, a pentagonal pool surrounded by a moat and ditches, was "important", the organisation said.
Rob Cockbain of Friends of Pickerings Pasture, who has campaigned to save the pond in Widnes, Cheshire, said it was underappreciated.
"People would make a fuss over it... if it was a house [or] painting," he said.
The 17th Century decoy, which was used to catch ducks, is "important", Historic England says.
Read MoreStoke-on-Trent Live
The Stoke-on-Trent Live website has these stories this morning:
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A man's been arrested this morning after a gun was fired at a house in Stoke-on-Trent., external
Image source, GooglePolice say they carried out raids on Mollison Road, Meir and Lightwood Road, Dresden, and there'll be searches throughout the day.
A 19-year-old is being held on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage with intent to endanger life.
Officers say his arrest relates to an incident in Meir on Monday evening, adding that no-one was hurt and it was "not a random attack".
