Crewe Alexandra frustrate Portsmouth in a goalless draw at Gresty Road to remain unbeaten this season.

Tammy Abraham's 95th-minute goal earns Bristol City a dramatic victory at Burton Albion in the Championship.

Trevor Sinclair
Former England winger on Final Score

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Xherdan Shaqiri has missed the wall and hit the target and that's as much credit as you can give him. If the keeper stands still he catches the ball. He'll be disappointed when he sees that.

A six-year-old girl is stung up to 40 times after slipping on leaves and disturbing a nest.

A drunk driver who killed his two friends when he hit a lorry is jailed for eight years.

National League club Chester re-sign Port Vale midfielder Ryan Lloyd on loan until 1 January.

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 Monday, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening. 

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

Here's how your weekend forecast is looking - keep updated for the latest news on the BBC Weather website.

Duncan Leatherdale
BBC News Online

What goes into getting a Premier League club's pitch ready for the new season? Well BBC Sport has been speaking to Middlesbrough's head groundsman as they prepare to welcome Stoke City tomorrow.

With just hours until they kick-off against the Potters, he admits there is much more to it than just cutting the grass a few times a week.

"There is a massive science to it and we are learning all the time," said Bell.

Read about all the work that goes into the summer overhaul of a Premier League football pitch on the BBC Sport website.

Phil McCann
Cheshire Political Reporter, BBC News

The government has again dismissed plans for almost 200 houses to be built , externaljust outside a Cheshire town.

It's the second time Muller Property Group's proposals to develop land in Stapeley off Audlem Road/Broad Lane near Nantwich have been thrown out.  

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It comes almost four years after the plans were first submitted - with the initial refusal reversed in court last year. 

In the latest conclusion, the secretary of state said he disagreed with a planning inspector's recommendation to allow the appeals - and instead has dismissed them.

Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Stoke City go into their opening game of the new season at Middlesbrough with defender Glen Johnson doubtful due to a thigh problem.

Joe Allen is set for his debut, while Marko Arnautovic and Xherdan Shaqiri have both been passed fit. 

Stephen Ireland is out with a broken leg, while Ibrahim Afellay is also a long-term absentee with a knee ligament injury.

BBC Radio Stoke

Masked men have stolen a safe from a vets in a Staffordshire village. , external

The trio, who were also wearing gloves, climbed on the roof of the surgery in Great Wyrley in the early hours of this morning.

Staffordshire Police says they disabled the alarm, broke in and took the large safe, which contained a "large amount of cash", and hundred of painkiller tablets.

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale have announced this afternoon that they've signed the Birmingham City striker Alex Jones on loan until January. , external

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The 21-year-old is the Vale's 14th signing and will go straight in to the squad for tomorrow's game at home to Southend.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

We've brought you his story over the past few months and now the day is almost here when Staffordshire's Eddie Hall will bid to win the World's Strongest Man competition., external

It starts tomorrow, 13 August, and the father-of-two from Newcastle-Under-Lyme has dedicated the past five years of his life to extreme training, polishing off a staggering 10,000 calories a day.

Posting on Facebook earlier this week, external, Eddie Hall said he was leaving for the contest "honestly feeling the strongest and fittest I've ever been".

Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Let's get you up-to-date now with our latest headlines:

- A man's been jailed for eight years after police say the car he was driving crashed, external into a lorry on the A500 in Stoke-on-Trent last year, killing two passengers

- The trust that runs the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Stafford's County Hospital says not having enough beds available is why its A&E waiting times are so poor, external

- Stoke City's confirmed that first-choice goalkeeper Jack Butland will miss their opening game at Middlesbrough tomorrow, external after picking up a training injury

Caroline Gall
BBC News Online

Inmates at a Staffordshire prison have assaulted staff and started "multiple" fires in a week-long outbreak of disorder.

A major incident was declared at Featherstone Prison on Thursday, the Prison Office Association (POA) said.

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Riot staff were drafted in to deal with the trouble, which also included a hostage situation.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said any prisoners involved could face disciplinary action.

There'll be more on Midlands Today this evening from 18:30 on BBC One.

League One side Port Vale sign Birmingham striker Alex Jones on loan until January - their 14th signing of the summer.

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Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough is expected to make a number of changes for the club's first ever Championship fixture at the Pirelli Stadium.

The Brewers, who rested eight players for Wednesday's EFL Cup win over Bury, could hand a league debut to record signing Jackson Irvine.

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Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A Stoke-on-Trent pub, which the council says has been branded an eyesore by people living nearby, is being knocked down. , external

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The city council says the Queen of Hearts pub on Lillydale Road, Bucknall has reportedly become a hub for anti-social behaviour.

It says it has now secured the right to demolish the building and the owner of the land is selling the site for development.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

The trust that runs the Royal Stoke University Hospital and Stafford's County Hospital says not having enough beds available is why its A&E waiting times are so poor, external.

New NHS England figures show that the two sites are among the worst in the country for emergency department waiting times. 

The University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust says a lot of people who are in their beds don't need to be there - but they can't be sent home safely and improvements are needed in the social care system.