BBC Local Live: Stoke & Staffordshire on Thursday 10 March 2016

Summary

Updates on Thursday 10 March 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Friday

Live Reporting

Allen Cook

News: Raiders smash into shopping centre; second day of junior doctors' strike; criticism of police over parking ticketspublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Staffordshire and Cheshire's main headlines this morning include
- Raiders targeting a jewellers smashed through glass windows and started a fire at a shopping centre in Stoke-on-Trent
- Further disruption is expected at hospitals across the Midlands today as junior doctors take part in the second day of their 48-hour strike
- A solicitor from Crewe has criticised a decision by Cheshire Police not to pay back drivers who were wrongly issued, external with parking tickets
Travel: Traffic light failure on A520 near Stoke-on-Trentpublished at 09:45 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
BBC Travel
There's slow traffic on the A520 Windmill Hill in Rough Close, Staffordshire, at the A5005 Lightwood Road junction, because of a traffic light failure.
It's in the roadworks area.
Junior doctors' strike enters second daypublished at 09:40 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
BBC Midlands Today
Further disruption is expected at hospitals across the Midlands today as junior doctors take part in the second day of their 48-hour strike.
Dozens of operations and thousands of hospital appointments were cancelled yesterday. NHS England said Thursday was likely to prove "more challenging".
Today is the third strike over government plans for a new contract which makes changes to working hours and pay. Two more strikes are planned next month.
No injuries in Stoke-on-Trent shopping centre break-inpublished at 09:26 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
No-one was hurt in the break-in at the intu Potteries Shopping Centre in Stoke-on-Trent and the centre says it is open today, say the operators.
In another tweet they say some areas of the site are restricted, external as police investigate.
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Break-in at intu Potteries Shopping Centre in Hanleypublished at 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
The Sentinel
Police have launched an investigation into a break-in at the intu Potteries Shopping Centre, external.
Image source, The Sentinel
Watch: Stoke-on-Trent shopping centre sealed off after jewellers break-inpublished at 09:00 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio Stoke
Stoke-on-Trent's intu Potteries shopping centre has been sealed off by police this morning, external after a break-in.
Staffordshire Police say the break-in at Beaverbrooks Jewellers happened just after 02:35 today but it's not known yet what was taken.
The force says the offenders broke through the main glass front doors of the centre and started a fire there.
Officers say the centre will remain closed until "detailed forensic examination work" is completed.
Latest: Shopping centre break-in; police criticised over wrongly issued parking tickets; junior doctors' strike continuespublished at 08:46 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
The main headlines for Staffordshire and Cheshire include:
- Stoke-on-Trent's intu Potteries shopping centre has been sealed off by police this morning, external after a break-in
- A solicitor from Crewe has criticised a decision by Cheshire Police not to pay back drivers who were wrongly issued, external with parking tickets
- Further disruption is expected at hospitals across Staffordshire and Cheshire as junior doctors take part in the second day of their 48-hour strike
Watch: Stoke and Staffordshire's weather todaypublished at 08:30 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
You can also go to the BBC website at any time for the latest forecast for Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Travel: Police incident shuts B5047 in Hanleypublished at 08:14 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
BBC Travel
In Stoke-on-Trent, the B5047 Town Road in Hanley is shut in both directions because of a police incident.
It's between the Union Street junction and Providence Square.
Good morning - join us for today's live coverage for Staffordshire and Cheshirepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 10 March 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Welcome to Thursday, the skies are grey over Stoke-on-Trent but, at the moment in Hanley, it's dry.
Charlie Slater's going to have the latest weather forecast shortly and then through today we'll have Staffordshire and Cheshire's news, sport, travel updates and more.
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