Updates from Friday 15 July 2016
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Two families of Syrian refugees were moved following a racist incident hours after one was taken to a home in Stoke-on-Trent, the council says.
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A parish council has written to local cycling clubs to complain about some riders' speed and bad language.
Great Budworth is on the Cheshire cycle-way and the council says residents aren't happy with some behaviour.
Spokeswoman Hilary Brundenell says houses in the medieval village are "practically" on the roadside and "you cannot avoid hearing them sometimes using quite offensive language".
Image source, GoogleBut the letter hasn't had the best reception.
"We've had two clubs reply and say they weren't going to inform their members because they don't think it can be any of their members."
The Stoke Sentinel
Mark Hughes is hoping for great things from Stoke City's last two record signings, external when Xherdan Shaqiri and Giannell Imbula come under starter's orders on August 13.
One in 10 dairy farms in England and Wales have closed since 2013 - with Cheshire among the top five counties hardest hit.
The BBC's discovered that 63 dairy farms in Cheshire closed in the last three years.
Dairy farmer Stuart Yarwood, Cheshire spokesman for the National Farmer's Union, says consumers can help by buying quality British produce.
What's the weather got in store for us?
Weather for the West Midlands.
League One Port Vale take their summer signings to 11 after agreeing deals for Jerome Thomas and Anton Forrester.
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There's slow traffic at the roadworks on the A34 Radford Bank in Stafford at the Meadow Ridge junction.
Vandals tried to light a bonfire in the bottom of a disused swimming pool in Crewe before attempting to flood it.
Firefighters were called to Flag Lane baths on Sunday evening and found windows has been smashed and the fire hose pulled from the wall.
It was initially thought there were chemicals present but it was later confirmed there were none on the premises, Cheshire Fire Service said.
The pool has been closed since a new "lifestyle centre" opened in the town centre earlier this year.
James Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News
A Syrian family was racially abused within hours of them settling into their new home in Stoke-on-Trent.
It happened last Thursday evening in Bentilee when a council worker asked a neighbour of the refugees to turn down music. He abused the council worker and then racially abused the family.
The decision was taken to move the family to the home of relatives - also refugees who had just moved into the area. The council has now moved both families into a hotel until "appropriate" housing can be found.
A council spokesman said two other Syrian families brought to the city at the same time were "settling in well".
Staffordshire Police said it attended the incident and its enquiries were "on-going".
Here's the latest from the newsroom:
- A car has rolled into a house after nine vehicles were deliberately damaged in one night in Stoke-on-Trent
- Two Syrian refugee families resettled in Stoke-on-Trent were moved from their new homes within hours of arriving in the city after one of them was racially abused
- Fourteen-year-old Charlie Lucy helps print off Leek Town's new away kit after winning a competition to design it
A teenager has watched his design for Leek Town's new away kit go into production.
Charlie Lucy, 14, won a competition to shape the look of the strip and has visited a factory to see it come of the presses.
A car hit a house after vandals - whose spree damaged nine vehicles - let off its handbrake.
Police received several calls from the north of Stoke-on-Trent between 03:45 and 08:30 on Sunday. Officers found smashed windows on vans and cars, two of which had the handbrake released; one smashing into property and the second hitting another vehicle.
Two men were seen in the area at the time, say police.
One has been described as white, of slim build, aged about 25 years old. The second is said to be smaller and of a heavier build. It is believed they were driving a small silver car.
No one was injured in the incidents.
Burton Albion sign MK Dons defender Kyle McFadzean for an undisclosed club-record fee on a three-year deal.
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There's very slow traffic on the A53 Elder Road in Cobridge, Stoke-On-Trent, by the traffic lights and through the roadworks.
The RSPCA is urging people in Staffordshire and Cheshire to try their best to re-home pets if they're struggling to look after them.
Its figures show more than five were abandoned in the two counties every week last year and in many cases they were left for dead.
The charity says that in England and Wales, a pet was abandoned every hour.
It's now now braced for a summertime influx - this time last year they received their highest number of calls to abandoned pets.
JR sent in this photo of a rather overcast Gnosall, Staffordshire, to the BBC Weather Watchers page.
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Image source, JRJames Bovill
Staffordshire Political Reporter, BBC News
Two Syrian refugee families resettled in Stoke-on-Trent were moved from their new homes within hours of arriving in the city because one of them was racially abused.
The families, who are related, are staying in a hotel until the council finds new homes for them.
Image source, ReutersThe council says it was an isolated incident and two other Syrian families are settling in well.
Julie Kashirahamwe, North West Resettlement manager for Refugee Action, told BBC Radio Stoke it was "dreadful" for the family to experience such abuse after leaving a war-torn home.
