Updates on Friday 10 June 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Monday
Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local LIve
I've been visiting a newly opened community garden and memory café in Crewe.
It's based at St. Barnabus' church hall, external and is aimed at people in the first stages of dementia.
Those behind the scheme told me the idea is to provide a space for people to enjoy activities and reduce isolation.
Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Crewe Alexandra's first team coach says relegation has made the club's management a "much stronger team".
Image source, crewealex.netJames Collins is also number two to Steve Davis and he admits there were some "dark times" as the club were relegated to League Two last season.
Quote MessageIf you can get through those bad times, and, as you can imagine, there were some dark times last season, you learn about each other's character, you move on and you get stronger."
James Collins, Crewe Alexandra's first team coach
Audlem Online
At Monday night's Audlem Parish Council meeting, a letter from Cheshire East Council was read out saying that the council was now considering letting the playing field, car park etc in Audlem to the Parish Council on a 30-year lease, external.
Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
Health bosses are warning people not to put extra pressure on the A&E unit at the Royal Stoke University Hospital during Euro 2016.
The University Hospitals of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, external says they usually see 350 patients a day at the unit but that's already increased to 400 a day because of "frail elderly" people needing help.
The trust says numbers are likely to rise again during Euro 2016 because of "alcohol related cases" and wants people to avoid coming in with minor injuries if they can.
BBC Sport
The big day's here for football fans - Euro 2016 kicks off this evening with the first game as hosts France face Group A opponents Romania at the Stade de France.
But could you do better than the pundits in forecasting the results? Get signed up to our predictor and find out.
Stoke fans, if you're keeping a close eye on the performances of Jon Walters, Glen Whelan and Shay Given, the Republic Of Ireland launch their campaign against Sweden on Monday.
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Jack Dowling
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
To get you caught up this afternoon if you're just checking in, our latest headlines are:
- Two teenagers have been arrested after a road rage incident between Whitchurch and Nantwich in which a man was threatened with what appeared to be a gun, external, police say
- Health bosses are warning people not to put extra pressure on the A&E unit at the Royal Stoke University Hospital during Euro 2016
- Cans labelled with toxic stickers were among items which Staffordshire Police says were part of a "potentially dangerous fly-tipping incident, external"
BBC Travel
The A520 Longton Road in Oulton is blocked in both directions between Vanity Lane and Nicholl's Lane because of an accident involving a tanker and a car.
Graham McGarry
BBC Radio Stoke Sport
Hundreds of runners and walkers will be taking part in this Sunday's Potters 'Arf Marathon in Stoke-on-Trent. , external
Organisers say they're expecting nearly 2,000 competitors to line up for the main race, including Cheadle runner Rebecca Harrison (featured in video) who won it in 2007.
The Potters 'Arf has been taking place since 2005 and large crowds are also expected for the now-annual event.
After a break of four years, the famous Lichfield Dash will return to the city centre's streets, external this summer.
Image source, Lichfield Mercury
Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News
Over 500 school pupils in east Cheshire could soon find they're no longer eligible for free transport, external to school.
Image source, GoogleThey live in areas which haven't previously been designated as safe to walk to school - but Cheshire East Council insists improvements to roads and pavements mean it is now safe.
If approved, the change will come into effect next April, but parents will be told this summer and the authority says it could save nearly £500,000 over four years.
Cheshire East Council says the schools affected would be Tytherington, Poynton High, Brine Leas, Wheelock Primary, and Malbank (pictured).
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
Here are a couple of the many great photos of Staffordshire and Cheshire our BBC Weather Watchers have been uploading in the past 24-hours.
The stunning field of poppies was taken in Himley, Staffordshire by MacJ and the garden in Chatterley, Staffordshire is from user Gooldy.
Image source, MacJ
Image source, Gooldy
Jenny Coleman
Reporter, BBC Local Live
More than 60,000 visitors are expected in Cheshire this weekend at one of the North West's biggest motorsport events.
The three-day Cholmondeley Festival of Power and Speed, external in Cheshire is in its ninth year.
Organisers say it contributes millions to the local economy.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Cans labelled with toxic stickers were among items which Staffordshire Police says were part of a "potentially dangerous fly-tipping incident, external".
The force says they were called last night to Six Ashes Road, near the Six Ashes pub, and found tyres, wood, a leaking water tank and the cans which had "skull and crossbones" stickers on them.
Image source, GoogleOfficers say they called out Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service because of the toxic labels and they "made the area safe".
The force has said today that so far they can't confirm what was in the cans, as tests are being carried out.
Joanne Writtle
BBC Midlands Today
Music fans from across the world are heading to Lichfield this weekend to hear the legendary Welsh singer Sir Tom Jones.
He's the headline act at the Beacon Park Show, which also features the town's own Tony Christie.
I'll be in Lichfield this lunchtime for Midlands Today on BBC One from 13:30, to look at how preparations are going.
Burton Albion have an offer for Australia midfielder Jackson Irvine rejected by Ross County.
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James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News
Polling cards have been wrongly sent out to 21 EU citizens in Staffordshire who are not allowed to vote in the EU referendum, external, the Electoral Commission has revealed.
A software "issue" meant polling cards and some postal votes were sent out to some "non eligible" voters.
Image source, Getty ImagesAccording to the commission's figures, Cannock Chase Council sent out 15, five went out in the Stoke-on-Trent City Council area and one in South Staffordshire.
The Electoral Commission said any postal votes wrongly issued would be cancelled and none of those affected would appear as an eligible voter on the electoral registers used at polling stations.
Jack Dowling
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
This afternoon's main headlines include:
- The results of a serious case review due to be revealed next month after the murder of a 21-month-old toddler in Burton have been put back "by several months"
- Two teenagers have been arrested after a road rage incident between Whitchurch and Nantwich in which a man was threatened with what appeared to be a gun, external, police say
- Health bosses are warning people not to put extra pressure on the A&E unit at the Royal Stoke University Hospital during Euro 2016
Andy Giddings
BBC Local Live
Two teenagers have been arrested after a road rage incident between Whitchurch and Nantwich in which a man was threatened with what appeared to be a gun, external, police say.
West Mercia Police say it happened at 22:00 on Wednesday on the A525 - they are looking for three other people who may have been in the teenagers' car.
Two men, aged 19 and 18, have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
A pub landlady in Atherstone has been left "heartbroken" after flash floods severely damaged the building's cellar., external
Image source, Tamworth Herald
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
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