A statue is to honour a lesser-known campaigner for women's right to vote, Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy.

She was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) but later left the suffragettes because, as a pacifist, she didn't agree with more militant tactics.

She died in 1918, just weeks after some women were given the right to vote for the first time.

The statue will be unveiled in Congleton, where she lived for more than 50 years, and will be revealed on International Women's Day in March.

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"I think Congleton should be celebrating this wonderful woman, what she did not just nationally but internationally," campaigner Susan Munro said. "The main reason why we wanted her here in the heart of the community is because that's where she would have been."

The statue was created by artist Hazel Reeves.

"She was an incredible Congletonian so I'm hoping they will embrace her warmly and she will become a real talisman for the town and people will want to go and have a little chat with her every day," she said.

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Shrewsbury Town manager Steve Cotterill hailed a "perfect hat-trick" by Ryan Bowman - just two weeks after the striker suffered heart palpitations.

Bowman had to go off in the 36th minute of Shrewsbury's defeat at Ipswich on 9 October and was taken to hospital.

But the 29-year-old netted with his head, left foot and right foot as they beat Cambridge United 4-1 on Saturday.

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"It can go in three times off his knee for all I care," Town boss Cotterill told BBC Radio Shropshire.

"But it was a nice hat-trick for him, he took them very well."

The game was Bowman's third since his heart scare a fortnight earlier, having been speedily cleared to return by doctors who instructed him to alter his medication.

Amelia, five, uses Hope House, near Oswestry, for respite care due to a heart condition.

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Hospitals in Stoke-on-Trent are under increasing pressure as Covid cases increase, the city's Director of Health said.

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are above the national average for coronavirus rates and people are being urged to do their bit to help reduce the spread.

The latest figures show there were 532 new cases per 100,000 people in the seven days up to 19 October. Like other parts of England, the rates are particularly high among schoolchildren.

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Dr Paul Edmondson Jones said: "We're obviously at very serious points at the moment... we know that's [case rates] having an impact on the Royal Stoke Hospital.

"Masks are really, really beneficial, I'd urge people to keep wearing their masks, if you're in a crowded space with people you don't know, you're in an indoor space that's not well ventilated, just wear your mask."

University Hospitals of North Midlands reported 110 new admissions with Covid-19 in the week up to 19 October, up from 93.

Read more: Are people wearing masks less often?

The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has urged the chancellor to provide more money for the police in this year's Budget, which he will set out on Wednesday.

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Simon Foster said without support from the government, the force would not be able to replace officers that had been lost over the past decade.

"My concern is unless the chancellor takes the opportunity in this budget for a fair funding settlement with West Midlands Police, we're going to be facing a £60m black hole as a result of rising costs and inflation and we're not going to be able to replace those missing 1,000 police officers," Mr Foster said.

The government says its manifesto pledge has allowed the West Midlands to recruit an extra 740 officers.

Emergency services are called to the fire in Wolverhampton just after 02:00 BST.

A 72-year-old man has died after he was involved in a crash with a car in Staffordshire while riding his motorcycle.

Staffordshire Police said it happened at the junction Eccleshall Road and Meretown Lane in Forton at about 15:20 BST on Saturday.

The motorcyclist, who was from the Newport area, died at the scene.

Detectives have appealed for any witnesses, or anyone who saw the black Mercedes and blue Honda motorcycle to get in touch.

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A Walsall MP has said she would welcome the return of some coronavirus restrictions as pressure mounts on the government to crack down on rising cases.

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Valerie Vaz, the Labour member for Walsall South, said coronavirus was "getting out of hand and putting a huge amount of pressure on the NHS".

"I think we should take these extra steps like mask wearing," she said. "The majority of people aren't wearing masks, even though they've been asked to do so."

Last week, cases rose above 45,000 a day, however hospital admissions and deaths stayed relatively level.

The government maintains that ministers are "monitoring the usual metrics" on coronavirus and "won't hesitate to act if need be".

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We can look forward to another mild week with temperatures on the up.

Expect some showers interspersed with sunny spells today with temperatures reacing 14C (57F).

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