Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Live updates for Staffordshire and Cheshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
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Updates on Wednesday 20 January 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 8:00 on Thursday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Video: Tonight's main stories on BBC Midlands Todaypublished at 17:55
Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands TodayWe've got Midlands Today for you on BBC One from 18:30 and here's a look at some of our main stories this evening.
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End of X postFootball: Full 90 minutes for Port Vale's Inniss on injury returnpublished at 17:48
Matt Sandoz
BBC Radio Stoke SportPort Vale's, external on-loan defender Ryan Inniss played 90 minutes for the club's reserves this afternoon as he comes back from injury.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe's been recovering from a long-term knee injury and played in the 3-2 defeat against Bradford, his second 90 minutes for the reserves.
A&E units 'may be understaffed almost half of the time'published at 17:40
A&E departments may be understaffed as much as half of the time, according to leaked documents, external.
Boy, six, walks for first time unaided, proving doctors wrongpublished at 17:30
Laura Mcmullan
Reporter, BBC Midlands TodayA six-year-old boy from Stoke-on-Trent has proved doctors wrong by walking on his own for the first time
Daniel Brough was born with a rare condition known as Charge Syndrome, which affects his heart, hearing, sight and balance.
Two years ago he couldn't even sit up, but after daily physiotherapy he's started to walk.
Taking over Shugborough Estate is 'daunting' says National Trustpublished at 17:24
Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke"A daunting prospect" - how the National Trust has described having the Shugborough Estate given back to them by Staffordshire County Council.
The authority's making the move to save an estimated £35m, external - it is halfway through the lease for managing the site, which it started in 1966.
From 31 October the National Trust will take over the running, with the council putting in £20.5m over three years towards maintenance and repairs.
Quote MessageWhen we first got news that they were interested in relinquishing the lease, we obviously had to do a lot of work to understand - oh dear, is the roof going to leak, does the lake leak?
Andy Beer, The National Trust's director in the Midlands
Your pictures: Boscobel House in sunshinepublished at 17:14
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveThis is the English Heritage-run property Boscobel House, external on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border and Matthew Wells has sent me his photograph of it.
Image source, Matthew WellsYou can share your pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire with me on Instagram, external, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or email me.
Football: Four parties 'interested in buying' Port Valepublished at 17:08
Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio StokePort Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite has revealed he's got four parties interested in buying the football club.
Image source, Port Vale FCThe Vale chairman put the League One side up for sale after their FA Cup exit at Exeter six weeks ago and said he "let the club down" by trying to run everything himself.
It's the first time Smurthwaite has disclosed interest in a potential sale.
News: National Trust takes on Shugborough; four 'interested in buying' football club; six year old walks unaided for first timepublished at 17:01
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeThese are among Staffordshire and Cheshire's main headlines
- The National Trust is to take over the running of the Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire
- The Port Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite has revealed he's got four parties interested in buying the football club
- A six-year-old boy from Stoke-on-Trent has proved doctors wrong by walking on his own for the first time
Bookshop closes down after more than 100 yearspublished at 16:52
One of Stoke-on-Trent's oldest businesses has closed, external after 102 years.
Image source, The SentinelWeather video: Stoke and Staffordshire's forecast tonightpublished at 16:45
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayYou can also get the latest forecast for Staffordshire and Cheshire from the BBC Weather website.
Video: West Midlands fall in unemployment is welcomedpublished at 16:36
BBC Midlands TodayEmployment Minister Priti Patel has welcomed the news that fewer people in the West Midlands are out of work, according to the latest official figures.
The Office for National Statistics, external said the number of people out of work in the region fell by 8,000 to 157,000 between September and November.
Travel: Pothole closes A449 lane in Gaileypublished at 16:29
BBC TravelA lane is closed on the A449 in both directions in Gailey between Gailey Island and the Station Drive junction, because of a pothole in the road.
Staffordshire community set to lose centrepublished at 16:19
Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio StokeA community hall near Chesterton is expected to close because nobody can be found to run it.
Image source, GoogleThe Holly Road Centre in Crackley is one of 15 centres owned, external by the borough council which, in 2014, launched a review, external into their future.
It's been trying to encourage local groups to take them on, but nobody wanted to take on Holly Road's.
£1.2 billion borough investment boompublished at 16:11
An unprecedented £1.2 billion of investments in shopping, business and homes, external developments are underway or about to come to fruition across Stafford borough - as interest in the region surges.
Council handing back historic Staffordshire estate to save millionspublished at 16:00
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Emma Thomas
Journalist, BBC Radio StokeThe Shugborough Estate is being handed back to the National Trust half-way through its lease to Staffordshire County Council.
The authority says it will save an estimated £35m by giving up the historic home 49 years early.
The National Trust will take over management of the tourist site on 31 October.
Your pictures: Winter sunshine on Staffordshire estatepublished at 15:48
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveA gorgeous shot of a wintry looking part of Trentham Estate from Andy Thomas here.
Image source, Andy ThomasPlease keep sending your photographs of the area by email, Instagram, external or tweet me on @journoallen., external
Football: Stoke City's 'oldest surviving player' passes awaypublished at 15:38
Stoke City say former midfielder Stuart Cowden, believed to be the club's oldest surviving player, external, has died at the age of 90.
They say he once played with Stanley Matthews in an FA Cup game in 1946.
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End of X post20,000 leaflets sent out to elderly Staffordshire residents over fire dangerpublished at 15:26
Around 20,000 elderly residents in Staffordshire have received a letter from the area's Chief Fire Officer, external as part of a safety boosting campaign.
Image source, Express and StarMan killed in fatal crash is namedpublished at 15:11
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeA 32-year-old man from Nantwich who died in a crash on the A49 near Whitchurch has been named, external by police.
Image source, GoogleCheshire Police say Andrew Beddows' BMW left the road on Thursday night and hit a tree near Bradley Green - he died at the scene.
