Public loo closure causes a stinkpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Dozens of people marched through Hanley to protest against the closure of public toilets.
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Public loo closure causes a stinkpublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Dozens march over toilet closure planspublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Dozens of campaigners march through Stoke-on-Trent in a bid to stop a council from demolishing a toilet block.
Read MoreStoke public loo closure causes a stinkpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Dozens of people marched through Hanley today to protest against the closure of public toilets. Stoke-on-Trent City council wants to knock the building down on Stafford Street and replace it with a single automatic "tardis". It's also proposing new toilets at the indoor market. Campaigners say people need a decent public facility.
Four serious fights a week in prisonspublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Children's scooters banned at theme parkpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Corinne Wheatley
BBC WM, JournalistA Staffordshire theme park says it has banned children's scooters after a young boy hit a grandmother on one, shattering her kneecap.
Image source, GoogleJane Moran, 63, from Birmingham was on a day out with her family at Drayton Manor, external in Tamworth last week when the accident happened.
The theme park says, after a full review of its regulations, scooters will no longer be allowed to be ridden there.
Travel: Can and van crash on A5 in Strettonpublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
BBC TravelThe A5 in Stretton is partially blocked in both directions at the School Lane junction after an crash involving a car and a van.
Residents protest over greenbelt home-building planspublished at 14:28 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC NewsPeople living in Biddulph say they haven't had enough time to oppose plans to build homes on greenbelt land. , external
Land off Akesmore Lane to the west of the town is on a new list of sites where housing could be built in the next 15 years.
Image source, GoogleThere have already been protests about other proposed sites and campaigners claim the district council isn't listening to people's concerns.
The authority's leader Sybil Ralphs has told BBC Radio Stoke that local people have been consulted and they're on target to submit their plans to the government in February 2017.
Quote MessageMy worry is that they (the council) will just shrug their shoulders, say we've run out of time, this is the best we can do at the moment. God forbid if the bogeyman, the government inspector, comes round and says you haven't got a plan, I'm going to allocate land."
Nigel Yates, Biddulph resident
Murder arrests over fish pool deathpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Two men are arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who died after being pulled out of a fish pool.
Read MoreFootball: Crewe get 'big help' from Blackburn transfer sell-on feepublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio StokeCrewe Alexandra's manager Steve Davis says the club really needs the £550,000 they're due to receive after Grant Hanley's move to Newcastle.
Image source, Getty ImagesHanley was part of the Alex academy as a schoolboy and Crewe inserted a 10% sell-on clause when he left to join Blackburn.
Quote MessageIt's been a big help at this stage because we needed that to keep the club, the finances running monthly, certainly helped that I have to say. Obviously it's not going to last long but it makes things a little easier."
Steve Davis, Crewe Alexandra manager
Motorbike fire investigated as arsonpublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeA motorbike fire in Nantwich this morning is being treated as suspected arson., external
Image source, GoogleCheshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called to Birchwood Drive just before 03:00.
It is believed to have been started deliberately.
Your pictures: Trentham's lake and Hanley Parkpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveThis picture of Trentham from the weekend was taken by BBC Radio Stoke's Perry Spiller and he says, if you look carefully, you can see a swift "in full flight".
Image source, Perry SpillerWhile another member of staff, Andrew Bowman, took this today in Hanley Park - picnic this morning anyone?
If you've got pictures of the area to share, send them in on email or use Instagram - just add the tag #bbcstoke on Instagram so I can find them., external
Image source, Andrew BowmanTransplant winner sending gold medal to donor familypublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Matt Jackson
Producer, BBC Radio StokeA transplant patient from Staffordshire who won four medals in a national athletics event is to donate one to her donor's family.
Sue Bennett, 42, from Ranton received a new liver last June.
She won two gold and two silver medals in the British Transplant Games, external at the weekend.
Image source, Sue BennettThe mother-of-three also told BBC Radio Stoke she was considering sending another medal to a second donor family she met at the weekend in Liverpool.
Quote MessageI'm still on a high, I'm buzzing. I ache, I'm tired but I'm absolutely over the moon, so thrilled, it was wonderful."
Sue Bennett, Medal-winner at the British Transplant Games
BBC Weather Watchers: Dark clouds over Gnosallpublished at 10:55 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
The dark clouds look to be rolling across Staffordshire according to this BBC Weather Watcher photo, uploaded today by user JR.
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Image source, JRFootball: Port Vale 'close' to two more signingspublished at 10:40 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio StokePort Vale are expected to sign the Portuguese goalkeeper Miguel Santos later this afternoon.
The 21-year-old, who has played over 50 games for Benfica's B-team, featured in the last half an hour of yesterday's 3-0 friendly defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.
Media caption, Port Vale's Michael Brown speaking after latest friendly
A decision is also expected today on whether the Vale will make the former Norwich striker Jamar Loza another summer signing.
Port Vale assistant boss Michael Brown says both signings are "pretty much done".
Man dies after falling into poolpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio StokeA man's died after falling into a pool in Stoke-on-Trent.
Image source, GoogleStaffordshire Police say when ambulance crews arrived at the site off St Michael's Road they found two men in the water.
The force says one was in cardiac arrest and died at the scene - they say two men are "helping officers with their enquiries".
Travel: One lane still shut after A500 crashpublished at 09:53 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveOne lane is still shut on the northbound side of the A500 after the earlier crash this morning, police have told me.
Staffordshire Police say the southbound side is completely open after the collision near junction 16 of the M6, adding that there are "severe" delays in the area.
One late northbound is staying shut as highways teams treat the surface after oil and petrol was spilled.
James Brindley: The canal pioneer who changed Englandpublished at 09:44 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Alex Homer
BBC Local LiveA new exhibition marking 300 years since the birth of canal pioneer James Brindley has opened.
How did his work transform the English landscape and unlock a new era in the Industrial Revolution?
Image source, CANAL & RIVER TRUSTHe grew up in a farm in Leek, Staffordshire and went on to be heavily involved, as engineer, in the Trent & Mersey Canal, Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
I've been looking at his impact as well as an unusual use of Cheshire cheese to get Parliament's attention - read more on the BBC website.
Protest march over toilet block demolitionpublished at 09:25 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Lee Thomas
Journalist, BBC Radio StokeCampaigners trying to stop the demolition of a public toilet block in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent will march through the city centre at around midday today. , external
Members of the North Staffs Pensioners' Convention and the British Toilets Association will join the protest which will go from the Potteries Museum to the site on Stafford Street.
Image source, GoogleStoke-on-Trent City Council says it's planning to put in new toilets in or around Hanley's indoor market.
The authority adds that it'll be meeting the Pensioners' Convention later today to talk through their concerns.
Police shut A500 after lorry, motorbike and car crashpublished at 08:50 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
Lucy King
News Editor, BBC Radio StokeThe A500 is closed in both directions at its junction with the M6, 16, near Crewe after a crash this morning between a lorry, motorbike and a car.
Image source, GoogleStaffordshire Police say it happened at around 07:20 and the road was closed both ways so the air ambulance could land.
The force says the road is "likely to be shut for some time" as there's also oil and petrol spilled on the carriageway.
Travel: Congestion on A500 in Audley after crashpublished at 08:14 British Summer Time 1 August 2016
BBC TravelThere's slow traffic on the A500 in Audley near the Audley turn-off because of an accident.
