BBC Local Live: Stoke & Staffordshire on Tuesday 10 November 2015

Summary

Updates on Tuesday 10 November 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 Wednesday

Live Reporting

Stephanie Barnard

BBC Radio Stoke Fans' Forum: Ask a question for just a £5 donation to Children In Needpublished at 15:03
Get your tickets for this Wednesday's BBC Radio Stoke Fans' Forum.
Got a question for the team? Make a £5 donation to Children In Need and you can be in the audience to ask the panel your question.
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Stoke manager Mark Hughes, captain Ryan Shawcross and chief executive Tony Scholes will be there, alongside Nigel Johnson.
Get your tickets from the Britannia Stadium and BBC Radio Stoke reception (office hours).
Free council parking throughout Stoke in Decemberpublished at 14:38
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
Good news if you're planning on doing your Christmas shopping.
Stoke on Trent City Council is offering free parking in all towns after 15:00 throughout December.
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Port Vale FA Cup replay against Maidenhead to take place next weekpublished at 14:17
Port Vale's first round FA Cup replay will take place next Thursday, the club announces.
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North Staffordshire community groups boosted by Lottery cashpublished at 13:52
John Acres
BBC Radio Stoke reporter
Seven community groups in north Staffordshire are getting more than £750,000 of Lottery funding.
The shared money is going to projects to help the long-term unemployed back into work and for offering help to unpaid carers.
Among those to benefit is Blythe Bridge Cricket Club (pictured), whose members successfully applied for a benefit grant of £17,000 for a new pavilion.
School goes into special measurespublished at 13:28
The Sentinel
Parents have voiced their shock after inspectors highlighted a series of failings at Thursfield Primary in Harriseahead. Read more online., external
Children In Need: What fundraising events are you holding?published at 13:08
Terry Goodwin
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke
How are you raising money for Children in Need?
BBC Radio Stoke is going on tour this Friday and our reporters will be out and about covering lots of your fundraising events.
So why not let us know what you're doing on Children in Need Day? We could come along.
Image source, Children In Need
Get in touch - email, tweet @BBCRadioStoke, external or get in touch via Facebook, external.
Crewe team 'need to motivate themselves' - Steve Davispublished at 12:49
BBC Radio Stoke Sport
Crewe manager Steve Davis (pictured) says his players will need to motivate themselves better if they`re to avoid relegation.
The Alex were one of four league clubs to be knocked out of the FA Cup by a non league side at the weekend.
Image source, Getty Images
Davis told BBC Radio Stoke: There's a real lack of quality throughout the team - the sharpness, speed, quality, tempo, all the things that we've talked about all week. You turn up with the wrong attitude - you get punished."
Latest headlines: Night vision goggles for dog poo detectives and Alton Towers job cuts 'vital' for theme park's futurepublished at 12:30
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
The top stories in the newsroom at BBC Radio Stoke at 12:30 include:
- Dog poo detectives in Stafford get night vision goggles, external to catch irresponsible owners who don't clean up after their pets
- Alton Towers says cutting 190 jobs is vital to preserving the future of the Staffordshire theme park
- Speed limits outside Cheshire schools could be cut to 20 mph
Weather: A cloudy and mild startpublished at 12:16
A cloudy and exceptionally mild start to Tuesday.
Watch Charlie Slater's one-minute forecast.
A34 southbound reopens after abnormal load closurepublished at 12:03
The A34 southbound has now fully reopened after it was closed earlier while an abnormal load passed through.
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Potential FA Cup second round drawpublished at 11:52
Port Vale or Maidenhead United will face Exeter City in the second round of the FA Cup on the weekend of 4-7 December.
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Night vision goggles to light the way in Stafford's dog fouling fightpublished at 11:33
In a "fight to reduce dog fouling", Stafford Borough Council says it'll use night vision goggles to find irresponsible owners not cleaning up after their pets, external.
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The council says it's taking the action during the winter months as it's more difficult to catch dog owners on fields and football pitches
The "monocular" goggles being used by council workers have a built-in laser infrared illuminator which improves viewing in the dark.
Council to discuss funding for vulnerable childrenpublished at 11:14
James Bovill
Political reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
There's been a big increase in the number of boys at risk of being sexually exploited in Stoke on Trent.
The number of 11-to-18-year-old boys referred to the council's Child Sexual Explotiation Support Service went up by 150% percent last year, compared with the year before.
Overall there were 146 new referrals last year - a 12% increase on the year before.
The city council says it needs to spend £55,000 more a year to keep up with demand.
It's one of the issues due to be discussed by the Cabinet at Stoke on Trent City Council from 13:00 today - see the full agenda here., external
BBC Radio Stoke asks: 'Who do you tip and how much?'published at 11:06
Perry Spiller
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke
Who do you tip and how much? The government's looking at who gets the little extra you leave behind for good service, or for someone going above and beyond.
What are the social rules to tipping? Phone 01782 208080, email or tweet us your comments., external
Dog poo night vision goggles to be used in Staffordpublished at 10:54
Stephanie Barnard
BBC Local Live
Dog poo detectives in Stafford are getting night vision goggles to catch irresponsible owners who don't clean up after their pets.
Image source, Staffordshire Borough Council
The borough council says dog fouling is a particular problem during the dark mornings and early evenings.
'Book your flu jab today'published at 10:41
Yesterday we brought you updates on the flu jab after the NHS encouraged those who are able to get a free vaccine to take up the offer.
This morning Staffordshire County Council gives details on how you can book yours.
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Three teens charged with firearms offences in Hanleypublished at 10:25
Three teenagers have been charged with firearms offences after an incident in Hanley and are due to appear before magistrates next month.
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Armed officers arrested three males, who can't be named for legal reasons, in August after they were spotted acting suspiciously on Stafford Street (pictured).
FA Cup draw: Exeter v Port Valepublished at 10:16
Graham McGarry
BBC Radio Stoke Sport
Port Vale will play Exeter away in the FA Cup second round - if they win next week's replay at Maidenhead.
Vale drew 1-1 with Maidenhead in the original fixture at Vale Park on Sunday afternoon.
Exeter are currently 14th in League Two - four points off the play-off places. Meanwhile Vale midfielder Michael O'Connor thinks they've had a mixed season so far, winning just five of their first 16 league fixtures.
Speed limits outside east Cheshire schools to be consideredpublished at 10:00
Parents and pupils across east Cheshire could see changes to the speed limit outside their school following a council meeting today.
Cheshire East will decide on plans to put advisory 20 mph speed limits outside all 160 local schools over the next three years.
Image source, Google
They may only apply at certain times of the day and there wouldn't need to be a formal consultation or legal approval because the limit isn't mandatory.
Cheshire East cabinet are due to discuss this later today from 14:00., external
One parent at Sound and District Primary School (pictured) said he wanted to see a speed limit reduction on the road outside, saying "it's one of the most dangerous roads in Cheshire".
Council objects to supermarket extending opening hourspublished at 09:41
Nantwich News
Nantwich councillors have hit out at plans by a town centre supermarket to open and sell alcohol from 6am to midnight every day, external – including Sundays.