Missing cat put down after poisoningpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
One of 10 cats that went missing from the same street in a week is put down after being found poisoned.
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Missing Kidsgrove cat put down after poisoning
New charges for taking DIY waste to recycling centres
Shut school air quality 'still not safe'
Chief Constable announces retirement
Updates from Friday 14 October
Missing cat put down after poisoningpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Football: Port Vale's Amoros' 'good character' praisedpublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio StokePort Vale's assistant manager Michael Brown thinks Sebastian Amoros is proving to be an excellent summer signing with a lot of potential.
Image source, Port Vale FCAmoros has started the last two games for the Vale and is battling with the returning Paulo Tavares to start at Sheffield United tomorrow.
Quote MessageHe likes to play football the right way, he keeps it simple, moves it and everyday he's willing to listen and learn and it's another good character we've got."
Michael Brown
Chief Constable announces retirementpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceStaffordshire's Chief Constable is to retire next summer.
Jane Sawyers has been officially in the role since last June. , external
She says she's leaving after 32 years with the force and it hasn't been an easy decision.
New charges for taking DIY waste to recycling centrespublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeCharges are being introduced from next month in Staffordshire , externalfor getting rid of DIY and landscaping waste at the county council's recycling centres.
The authority says taking big bags of soil or rubble to its recycling centres will cost £3, plasterboard will be £4 a sheet and tyres will cost £4 each.
Image source, Staffordshire County CouncilThe county council says waste from things like DIY, home improvements or "extensive landscaping of gardens " isn't legally seen as household rubbish.
From 1 November it will charge to cover the cost of processing it and it will be applied at all the authority's waste recycling centres.
Watch: The weekend's weather for Stoke and Staffordshirepublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayHere's my look ahead to the weekend's weather and, if you want to get the latest forecasts across the next two days, check the BBC Weather website.
Media caption, Rebecca Wood
Latest: Hospital named for 'expensive' parking; shut school air quality 'still not safe'; charges introduced for DIY waste disposalpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeThis afternoon's headlines include:
- An investigation's named the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust among the most expensive hospital trusts in England for parking charges for a one-hour stay
- Repair work has not begun in parts of a school a year after it closed as the air quality is still not safe
- Charges are being introduced from next month in Staffordshire for getting rid of DIY and landscaping waste at the county council's , externalrecycling centres
Tools worth £30k and Land Rovers stolen in two burglariespublished at 15:00 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeThousands of pounds of tools and vehicles have been stolen, external in two separate break-ins in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Staffordshire Police say three people broke in to Staffordshire 4x4 on the Parkhouse Industrial Estate on 28 September.
Image source, GoogleThey stole around £30k worth of tools as well as two Land Rovers.
The same thieves also targeted Treadcare Tyre Services on the same night and took thousands of pounds worth of tools and vehicle-related equipment, officers say.
Sara Cox is 'All Stoked Up' for Staffordshire University £40m new-look campuspublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Staffs Live
BBC DJ and presenter Sara Cox was "All Stoked Up" when she helped launched Staffordshire University’s new-look College Road campus. , external
Image source, Staffs LiveExpert blames weather conditions for people seeing 'more wasps'published at 14:24 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Pete Morgan
Presenter, BBC Radio StokeA Staffordshire expert says if people are seeing more wasps in the county this month, it's because of the weather conditions.
A number of BBC Radio Stoke listeners contacted the radio station to say they'd seen a larger number of the insects around than usual.
Media caption, Wasps getting into bathrooms
Dr Dave Skingsley from Staffordshire University , externalsays the change in temperature in October after a relatively warm September's triggered a change in their behaviour.
He says when the queen has had enough sustenance to last the winter, she leaves the nest and goes off to hibernate - leaving the workers both out of a job and addicted to sweet things.
Quote MessageThe hives are no longer being controlled by the queen's pheromones so they are basically rummaging around for short-fix foods."
Dr Dave Skingsley, Senior Lecturer (Biological Sciences) at Staffordshire University
Football: Brayford and Mousinho doubtful for Burton's game at Wiganpublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Nathan Middleton
BBC SportBurton Albion have fitness concerns over John Brayford and John Mousinho ahead of their game this weekend at Wigan Athletic.
Image source, Getty ImagesBrayford has a groin injury sustained in the 3-1 loss to Norwich last month, while fellow defender Mousinho recently returned after a hamstring problem, but missed the 2-0 win over Cardiff.
Burton won this exact fixture 1-0 back in League One in the 2015-16 campaign; a season in which both sides claimed promotion to the Championship.
BBC Weather Watcher pictures: Longport and Congletonpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Here are a couple of sunrise photos from the many that our BBC Weather Watcher volunteers have uploaded in the last few hours.
These are from users Peter l in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent and Dawn Treader from Congleton.
Image source, Peter l
Image source, Dawn TreaderCheshire hospital trust 'among most expensive for car parking charges'published at 13:35 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveAn investigation's found the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is among the most expensive hospital trusts in England when it comes to car parking charges.
The research by the Press Association news agency found the trust, which runs Leighton Hospital in Crewe, charges £3 for a one-hour stay., external
Across England, the highest charge for a one-hour stay was £4. The investigation also found a third of hospital trusts have increased their parking charges in the last year.
BBC Radio Stoke has approached the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for a reply and, when they come back to us, we'll let you know what they have to say.
Coming up on Midlands Today: Car cloning 'on the rise'published at 13:04 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Elizabeth Glinka
BBC Midlands TodayMotorway police are warning "car cloning" appears to be on the rise in the West Midlands.
It involves criminals copying and making fake number plates, and then fixing them to other vehicles to commit crimes.
The BBC has discovered that getting hold of a set of fakes isn't that difficult - we'll have more from 13:30 on BBC One.
Latest: Man jailed for 'drowning housemate in bath'; Cheshire hospital 'among most expensive' for parking; air quality in closed school 'not safe'published at 12:29 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeOur top stories this lunchtime include:
- A man from Stoke-on-Trent has been sentenced to life in prison as police describe how he drowned his 69-year-old housemate in the bath, external
- An investigation's found the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is among the most expensive in England when it comes to car parking charges
- A Stafford primary school remains unsafe more than a year after pupils had to be moved out after a chemical leak
'My daughter was stillborn - I still want to talk about her'published at 12:08 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Amelia Butterly
BBC Newsbeat reporterAs politicians talk about the issue of stillbirth and the loss of newborn babies in parliament, one Staffordshire mother who had a stillborn baby says she still talks about her daughter.
Rosie Felton, 23, carried two daughters - Ella-Rose, who is now nine weeks old, and her big sister Layla, who was born two years earlier. Layla was stillborn.
Image source, ThinkstockTelling BBC Newsbeat the story of the days and hours leading up to Layla's birth, she says: "I feel like my heart's being pulled out but in a way, I find it easier to talk about it every time."
In parliament Cheshire Conservative MP Antoinette Sandbach, who lost her five-day-old son in 2009, described this as the "most devastating" event a parent can suffer.
Quote MessageI gave birth on 16 November 2014 to a beautiful, beautiful little girl called Layla, I got to spend as much time with her [as I wanted], even though I look back now and I feel like the time that I had with her wasn't enough."
Rosie Felton, Mother from Staffordshire
Shut school air quality 'still not safe'published at 11:52 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Repair work has not begun in parts of a school a year after it closed as the air quality is still not safe, it is revealed.
Read MoreFootball fans causing issues for residents with parking in the townpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
A Burton shop worker has claimed 'inconsiderate parking' from football fans heading to Burton Albion's ground on match days has left people loathed to move their cars from outside their homes fearing they will not be able to park, external on their return.
Image source, Burton MailFootball: Stoke's Johnson out injured for up to four weeks says Hughespublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Graham McGarry
BBC Radio Stoke SportThe Stoke City manager's confirmed this morning at his press conference that the England right-back Glen Johnson will be out for "three to four weeks" with a thigh injury suffered in training.
Image source, Getty ImagesMark Hughes has been revealing his team's latest injury news ahead of their match tomorrow at home to Sunderland.
He also says there'll be a late fitness test on midfielder Joe Allen who suffered a hamstring injury when on international duty with Wales.
Watch: This afternoon's weatherpublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Lucy Martin
BBC WeatherHere's a look at this afternoon's weather - to get forecasts at another time for your part of Staffordshire or Cheshire, head to the BBC Weather website.
Media caption, Lucy Martin
Man jailed for life after 'drowning housemate in bath'published at 11:07 British Summer Time 14 October 2016
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveA man from Stoke-on-Trent has been sentenced to life in prison as police describe how he drowned his 69-year-old housemate in the bath. , external
Raymond Till, 61, from Victoria Road in Fenton murdered Keith Tunstall at their home on 27 June 2015.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceStaffordshire Police say that, after being called to the property, officers were led to the bathroom where they found the partially clothed body of Mr Tunstall in the bath.
Officers say the two men had known each other for around 40 years and had shared a house for two years.
At Stafford Crown Court, Raymond Till was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 18 years after being found guilty of murder.
