BBC Radio Stoke

The chair of Port Vale supporters club has told BBC Radio Stoke those responsible for the trouble at Saturday's match against Grimsby will be punished.

Port Vale's 1-1 draw was overshadowed by trouble in the crowd and the match had to be suspended when the pitch was invaded.

Mark Porter said this kind of behaviour was "unacceptable".

Humberside Police said no arrests had been made after the trouble with fans from both teams at the match at Grimsby.

Officers say it looks like it was confined to the ground and dealt with there.

Homophobic abuse forced a Pride organisation to abandon their stall at a Warwickshire market over the weekend, it said.

Image source, Warwickshire Pride

Stratford-upon-Avon MP Nadhim Zahawi said he would be working with police after volunteers for Warwick Pride were subjected to a "shocking amount of anti-LGBT+ comments and behaviours" from members of the public at the town's market.

Image source, Nadhim Zahawi / Twitter

In a statement, the organisation said more than 100 people "walked past the stall or approached it and either tutted, gave looks of disgust or made comments".

The incidents have been reported to Warwickshire Police, it said.

Clare Lissaman
BBC News

Prayers have been said for the family of a man accused of carrying out a knife attack inside a church.

John Delahaye, 46, was due to stand trial after three men were stabbed at New Jerusalem Apostolic Church, Aston, but he was found dead last Monday.

"We are in touch with and have offered our support to his family at this difficult time," a church spokesman said.

"The thoughts and prayers of the entire church are with them."

Image source, PA

The prison's director said his death would be investigated.

Karl George, Adam Brooks and Jorge George suffered knife injuries in the attack during a service at the church on 10 September, 2017.

Mr Delahaye, of Ettington Road, Aston, was to stand trial at Birmingham Crown Court, charged with attempted murder, making threats to kill, wounding, and two counts of possessing a bladed weapon.

Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Work on a new supermarket in Longton has started today.

The new Lidl store in Trentham Road will replace the existing shop on The Strand.

The build is expected to take about nine months and 20 jobs will be created when it opens.

Cheshire fire service is reassuring the family and friends of its fire apprentices they are safe.

It's as the group are out in Nepal, near to where at least 40 people have died as a US-Bangla plane veered off runway.

Image source, EPA

The service tweeted, external: "We would like to reassure everyone that our Fire Apprentices out in Nepal are safe and well and have not been affected today by the incident at Kathmandu Airport.

"We are not sure yet whether they will be able to fly out of the airport tomorrow, but will keep you posted."

Shropshire Star

Some of the main stories on the Shropshire Star website today are:

• Farmer knocked out victim in row over sheep rustling, external
• Drug and gambling addict stole £97,000 from pensioner, external
• Shrewsbury Town fans snapping up tickets for Wembley cup final, external

BBC Business News

When a serious injury ended Greg Cox's hopes of making it as a professional rugby player, little did he know it would set him on the path to making a fortune in business.

Image source, Quint

On the books of top English club Wasps back in 1999, the then 18-year-old was playing regularly for the second team, and had been called up by the England Under 19s squad.

Then one rainy evening training session Mr Cox says he twisted his knee ligaments "and that was that".

"I had a full knee operation, and I did return to Wasps the next year," he says. "But still recovering from the injury I couldn't apply myself as much when I came back. And you have to be 100% committed [to be successful at rugby]."

BBC Sport

Stoke City take on league leaders Manchester City at home tonight, but they will be without forward Mame Diouf due to a shoulder injury.

Kevin Wimmer and Saido Berahino, who have been placed on programmes to improve their fitness levels, may return to the match-day squad.

Second from bottom Stoke have been thrown a lifeline as Man City's top scorer Sergio Aguero is out for two weeks with a knee injury and will miss tonight's game.

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The trial of three men who are accused of prison mutiny is set to start at Birmingham Crown Court today.

Jayon Foster, 34, Hayden Mills, 23, and 29-year-old Sean Kinsella have all pleaded not guilty to a charge of prison mutiny in relation to a disturbance at HMP Birmingham in December 2016, which saw 500 prisoners let out of their cells and cost G4S, which runs the prison, £6m.

Image source, Reuters

The charge alleges the men engaged in conduct with one or more other persons "intending to further a common purpose of overthrowing lawful authority".

BBC Midlands Today

Prince Edward officially opened the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire last night.

The Earl of Wessex is a patron and last night he attended a special gala performance at the new concert hall based at Millennium Point.

It’s one of five venues and the Conservatoire's principal says he is looking forward to attracting a variety of talent.

Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

A large rubbish fire in Tunstall was started deliberately, Staffordshire Fire Service says.

Crews were called to Goldendale Pool shortly before 04:45.

There's a lot of smoke drifting across the A500 and Reginald Mitchell Way and motorists are being advised to take care.

Hussien El-Maghraby, whose operations have been criticised by other surgeons, is on YouTube.

Pensioners and disabled people fear losing homes ahead of housing costs support changes, it is claimed.

BBC Shropshire

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), set up to investigate claims against local authorities as well public and private institutions, should come to Telford, said the council leader.

It follows new newspaper claims of widespread abuse of teenage girls dating back to the 1980s.

The Labour leader of Telford & Wrekin Borough Council, Shaun Davies, told BBC Radio Shropshire the "shocking and appalling" allegations needed to be investigated.

"In the time that I've been leader we've co-operated with an Ofsted review, a Home Office review, a Department for Education review, a cross-party scrutiny review and we want to engage with the review known as the Jay inquiry."

The IICSA inquiry chairwoman Prof Alexis Jay headed the investigation into child abuse in Rotherham.

"I'll be writing to the home secretary today to bring forward that review to Telford," Mr Davies said.

The dog named Best in Show at Crufts was seemingly unphased by the protesters who disrupted coverage of the live event.

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Two-year-old whippet bitch Tease took the top prize for owner Yvette Short, of Edinburgh.

Ms Short quickly grabbed Tease as several men ran down and cornered the protester in front of a live audience.

The crowd broke into applause as the intruder was taken away.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after two fires were started outside a pub.

The 25-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent, was held following blazes in Cobridge at about 01:25 on Sunday.

Staffordshire Police said the man had been arrested following reports of him kicking something on fire in the street, lighting a fire outside the Wedgwood Inn and then appearing to kick a wing mirror off a parked van.

The force said he had since been released on conditional bail.

The water regulator for England and Wales is to investigate why thousands of homes suffered water shortages in the wake of the recent cold weather.

Image source, Reuters

Homes and businesses in parts of Birmingham and Staffordshire faced days without running water after pipes burst during a thaw which followed freezing weather conditions.

Production at Jaguar Land Rover and Cadbury was temporarily halted.

Ofwat will look at how prepared water firms were and what support they subsequently offered customers.

It said at the time that companies had "fallen well short".

Telford's MP is renewing her call for an independent inquiry into child sexual exploitation, external in the town after further allegations were made.

Image source, PA

Conservative Lucy Allan said she would raise the latest Sunday Mirror allegations , externalin Parliament and was urging authorities in the town to commission an independent inquiry.

The paper said it had evidence to suggest hundreds of children may have been abused in Telford over the past four decades.

Telford Council said it was working with all agencies in the borough and would leave "no stone unturned" in its investigation.

A body was found on the A45 in Meriden last night, police have confirmed.

Officers were called to the site, near to the Maxstoke Lane junction, just after 19:00.

The death is being treated as "unexplained" the force said, and they're appealing for anyone who saw a pedestrian in the area to come forward.

The road remains closed westbound.

The Sentinel

Here are some of the stories the Stoke Sentinel is looking at this morning:

• Man arrested following incident which led to Stoke-on-Trent pub being taped, external off for eight hours
• Firefighters tackling huge rubbish fire with flames , externalseen from A500
• Thief’s accomplice is still at large and ‘mocking’ police, external on Facebook