Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

You've kept sending in great pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire in the snow this morning.

Clair took this one of her ponies in the snow in Stoke-on-Trent.

Image source, Clair

James Hilton says he took this one of Trentham Golf Club in the snow.

Image source, James Hilton

And BBC Radio Stoke's Perry Spiller found this "friendly" horse in field by canal near Birches Head.

Image source, Perry Spiller

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has thanked Tristram Hunt for his service to people in Stoke-on-Trent, as the MP has today said he's standing down. 

The 43-year-old says he's going to be the director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum (pictured), triggering a by-election.

Image source, Google

A spokesman for Labour leader Mr Corbyn said: "Jeremy would like to thank Tristram Hunt for his service to the people of Stoke-on-Trent Central and to the Labour Party. Jeremy wishes him well in his future pursuits at the V&A." 

The deputy Labour leader Tom Watson said he was "disappointed" Mr Hunt was quitting, saying his departure will be "keenly felt" by the party and parliament. 

But former UKIP leader Nigel Farage tweeted: "Tristram Hunt's resignation from Stoke will be followed by many others. Labour is doomed."

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Two women are being treated at the Royal Stoke hospital after four-vehicle crash on the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent., external

Image source, WMAS

West Midlands Ambulance Service say, despite their car ending up badly damaged and the wrong way round on the northbound carriageway, no-one suffered serious injuries.

They say the air ambulance was stood down en route to the scene just before midday.

Two men who used aid convoys to Syria to funnel cash to extremists are jailed.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

This afternoon's headlines include:

- The Stoke-on-Trent MP Tristram Hunt, who's announced he's quitting as an MP, says he's been frustrated about how Labour should respond to political shockwaves

- A judge at the Old Bailey has sentenced a former probation worker from Stoke-on-Trent to five and a half years in jail for using aid convoys to Syria to fund terrorism 

- A man out running has died after being hit by a car in Tamworth

BBC Travel

There are hazardous driving conditions on the A53 in Upper Hulme near Leek at the Upper Hulme Village junction, due to snow.

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A woman's been hurt after being hit by a car in Stafford this morning, external.

Staffordshire Police say they were called just before 07:30 to Lichfield Road near the Queensville roundabout. 

The force says there was "heavy congestion" in the area while they and the ambulance service dealt with the incident. 

Officers say the woman was taken to hospital with a reported pelvic injury.

Not possible to return consultant-led maternity services to Stafford's County Hospital, review says.

Tristram Hunt's neighbouring MP Ruth Smeeth says his decision to resign is a "huge disappointment"

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Our headlines this lunchtime include:

- Stoke-on-Trent Labour MP Tristram Hunt is quitting as an MP to become the director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, triggering a by-election 

- A judge at the Old Bailey has sentenced a former probation worker from Stoke-on-Trent to five and a half years in jail for using aid convoys to Syria to fund terrorism

- A review into whether maternity services could return to Stafford's hospital has concluded it would not be possible to safely bring them back

All lanes on the M6 northbound near Stoke-on-Trent have reopened now, Highways England says, after the earlier crash.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

After a morning of snow showers adding to overnight snowfall and bringing disruption, it looks like, in parts of Staffordshire and Cheshire, it's already melting away.

This was the scene outside Hanley Town Hall as council staff cleared some paths.

The BBC Weather forecast is for sunny spells this afternoon with the chance still of wintry showers.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A judge at the Old Bailey has sentenced a former probation worker from Stoke-on-Trent to five and a half years in jail for using aid convoys to Syria to fund terrorism. 

Syed Hoque, 37, (pictured, left) sent thousands of pounds to a nephew who was fighting in Syria with a group linked to al-Qaeda.  

Image source, North East CTU

The father-of-four was found guilty of two charges of funding terrorism last month. 

Another man, Mashoud Miah, 27, of east London, was jailed for two-and-a-half years after being convicted on one count of the same charge.

Amy Cole
BBC Midlands Today

On Midlands Today this lunchtime, we'll be reacting to the news that voters in Stoke-on-Trent will be returning to the polls within the next few months. 

It follows the sudden resignation of Labour's former education spokesman, Tristram Hunt, who has represented Stoke-on-Trent Central since 2010. 

We'll have reaction from 13:30 on BBC One.

Some stay in their car, others go on foot and some opt for sledges to get about as the snow falls.

The Sentinel

Tristram Hunt has announced he is to resign as Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central to become director of the Victoria and Albert Museum., external

Image source, The Sentinel

A man out running dies after being hit by a car in Tamworth.

After reports of ice in parts of east Cheshire, including Alsager, Cheshire East Council says they have their gritters out again.

We're getting warning of long queues building on the M6 northbound near J16.

West Midlands Ambulance Service says crews are treating six patients after a four-vehicle crash.

We'll bring you more details when we get them.