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  • Murdered toddler serious case review delayed

  • Hole opens in road in Longton

  • JCB boss backs EU Leave campaign, although PM describes his views as 'an exception'

  • Cancer drug campaigners fear prospect of postcode lottery

  • Updates on Thursday 9 June 2016

  1. Adam Peaty in call for leisure centres to stay openpublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 16 October 2020

    World record-breaking, Olympic breaststroke champion Adam Peaty has called for sports facilities to remain open across the country.

    Gyms in parts of England on the "very high" tier have shut their doors.

    The 25-year-old from Uttoxeter, said "at whatever cost we've got to keep the leisure centres open, but keep it safe."

    "I don't want to be another voice pretending to be an expert," he told BBC Breakfast.

    "I just know how much sport can help people."

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  2. Fleetwood sign Stoke right-back Edwardspublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    League One side Fleetwood Town sign right-back Tom Edwards on a season-long loan from Stoke City.

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  3. Second inquest finds boy died from milk allergypublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Jonnie Meek's parents always maintained he had a reaction to milk he was given at Stafford Hospital.

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  4. Women attacked with knifepublished at 10:00 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    Two women have been attacked and threatened with a knife in Stoke-on-Trent.

    Armed police were called to a property on Harding Terrace in Penkhull just before midday yesterday.

    Staffordshire Police carImage source, Staffordshire Police

    The police helicopter carried out a search for suspects, but no-one has been found.

    The women suffered what Staffordshire Police called minor injuries.

  5. Overturned lorry causing congestionpublished at 09:19 British Summer Time 15 October 2020

    BBC News Travel

    An overturned lorry is partially blocking a stretch of the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent.

    Overturned lorryImage source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

    It's closed between the A5007 Victoria Place Link and the A500 D Road at Heron Cross.

    Traffic towards Newcastle-under-Lyme is being affected.

  6. Virus leaves thousands waiting a year for operationspublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 14 October 2020

    Eddie Bisknell
    Local Democracy Reporter

    Nearly 3,000 people face waiting a year for NHS hospital treatment or operations in Chesterfield, Burton and Derby.

    The huge increase - from 45 in March - has been caused by operations being cancelled in lockdown, Derby City Council was told at a meeting.

    SurgeonImage source, Getty Images

    Zara Jones, planning lead for Joined-Up Care Derbyshire, which oversees all NHS services in the county and city, said such waits were rare before the pandemic.

    She said the main area affected was elective surgeries in orthopaedics - including hip and knee operations - but cancer treatments continue to be prioritised.

    Figures show 2,509 people waiting 52 weeks for treatment at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust as of the week ending 2 October.

    At the Chesterfield Royal Hospital the figure was 298 patients.

    Ms Jones also highlighted an "unidentified need" of people believed "not to have presented for health care" - avoiding NHS services due to Covid-19 concerns.

  7. University to carry out more coronavirus testspublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 14 October 2020

    There's going to be more testing of students at Keele University, as part of steps to tackle an outbreak linked to 75 positive coronavirus cases.

    Staffordshire County Council said about 400 students on and off campus have already been asked to take tests.

    Keele UniversityImage source, Google

    A further 80 students without symptoms from two accommodation blocks will be encouraged to book a test.

    More than 300 students have now been asked to self-isolate because they have tested positive or been in close contact with someone who has tested positive.

  8. Your photos: A crescent moon and a misty dawnpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 14 October 2020

    BBC Weather Watchers

    The BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing photos of last night's crescent moon, like this one, taken in Penkridge overnight.

    Penkridge moonImage source, Hazlenut

    And they've also shared photos of the mist that was around this morning, including this one taken at Wolston in Warwickshire.

    Misty graveyardImage source, Emma Gillett
  9. Burst water main floods high streetpublished at 06:55 British Summer Time 14 October 2020

    High Street in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, has been badly affected by flooding.

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  10. Suspect in 2002 murder case 'can't be prosecuted'published at 16:57 British Summer Time 13 October 2020

    Failings in the initial investigation of Kevin Nunes' murder mean a suspect cannot be prosecuted.

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  11. Remains of historic pottery kilns discovered in car parkpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 13 October 2020

    BBC Radio Stoke

    Archaeologists think they've uncovered the remains of 19th Century pottery kilns at a car park in the Fenton area of Stoke-on-Trent.

    The site is being redeveloped as part of an £18.5m housing investment in the town and 42 apartments are due to be built there.

    Dig site

    The dig is ongoing and the archaeologists are hoping it could reveal even more.

    Dig site
  12. Oxford v Crewe postponed for second timepublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 13 October 2020

    Oxford United against Crewe Alexandra in League One is postponed for a second time with the visitors unable to fulfil the fixture.

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  13. Covid-19: New walk-through testing centre openspublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 13 October 2020

    A new walk-through testing centre has opened at Fenton Manor Sports Complex car park in Stoke-on-Trent.

    Testing will be available for people with coronavirus symptoms, including a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss or change to their sense of smell or taste.

    Testing signImage source, ge

    People with symptoms are being asked to book a test at nhs.uk/coronavirus, external or by calling 119.

    A pilot test centre was set up there last month and there were complaints about the speed with which the slots filled up, and later about people not turning up for their appointments.

  14. The volunteers who got the game back onpublished at 09:32 British Summer Time 13 October 2020

    BBC Sport meets volunteers who trained themselves during lockdown to maintain grass pitches for their communities.

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  15. People banned from mixing indoorspublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 12 October 2020

    Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, and Wolverhampton are in the "high category".

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  16. Cheshire East also in 'high' alert categorypublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 12 October 2020

    Cheshire East is also in the "high" alert category.

    It means people living in Crewe and Nantwich, like much of the West Midlands conurbation, won't be able to mix indoors - whether it's in private homes, or pubs and restaurants.

    Drive through testing centreImage source, Reuters

    However, two households will be able to socialise outdoors, up to a maximum of six people.

    While Manchester saw rates of new infections peak at 448.8 per 100,000 people in week up to 9 October, Cheshire East recorded a rate of 145.5 - a total of 559 new cases in the week.

  17. Motorcyclist air lifted to hospital after crashpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 12 October 2020

    A motorcyclist is in a critical condition in hospital after a three-vehicle collision near Leek, Staffordshire, on Sunday.

    A53 in Upper HulmeImage source, Google

    Emergency services were called to the A53 in Upper Hulme shortly before 15:00 after the crash, which police say involved a red Peugeot 206, a blue Lotus Elise and a yellow Aprilia motorcycle.

    Staffordshire Police said a 35-year-old woman who was driving the Peugeot was also taken to hospital by ambulance, alongside a two-year-old child for treatment while the driver of the Lotus, a 33-year-old man, was also treated for minor injuries.

    The force appealed for information, particularly dashcam footage, from witnesses.