Crewe's university campus to close
No arrests yet over giant bunny sculpture arson
Driver 'stopped by police 17 times in 12 months'
Repeat of Stafford Hospital scandal across the NHS 'inevitable'
Snow warning for Staffordshire and Cheshire
Updates from Friday 10 February 2017
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A man from Crewe has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a search involving a police helicopter and dogs.
Cheshire Police say the 26-year-old was detained in the town after 21:00 last night and remains in custody.
Aleena Naylor
BBC Radio Derby newsreader
A man from Burton has been sentenced to three years in prison, external after a spate of house burglaries and car thefts across East Staffordshire.
Jordan Hart, 21, pleaded guilty at Stafford Crown Court to the three burglaries which took place last year.
Image source, Staffordshire Police
Nick Hope
BBC Sport Olympic sports reporter
A Cheshire halfpipe skier who was a Winter Olympics hopeful in 2014 has been told the BBC how injuries she suffered changed her life and almost saw her leave the sport.
Alsager's Rowan Cheshire was being talked of as a medal prospect in Russia but made a mistake in training, landed on her head and woke up in hospital having suffered severe concussion.
The freestyle skier with a second chance
She suffered two more head injuries in the next 18 months and said they caused "severe side-effects" and almost ended her sporting career.
Now the 21-year-old says she is targeting a place at the Pyeongchang games, which start in a year's time on 9 February 2018.
Read more of her story and how her parents played a huge" role in her recovery here on the BBC website.
A Nantwich councillor said he was “staggered” and “bitterly disappointed” after a cabinet minister gave the go-ahead for housing developers to use an “unsafe” access point. , external
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Football memorabilia and trophies have been stolen , externalduring a burglary at a house in a Staffordshire village.
Staffordshire Police say they were taken last night from a home on Bevan Avenue, Talke Pits.
BBC Travel
The A34 London Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme is partially blocked northbound at the junction with Occupation Street, due to an accident.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
A dead pigeon, mouldy wet clothes, a tortoise and a wooden leg are among some of the more unusual items recently reported missing or handed into Staffordshire Police.
The force has now put a lost and found link on its website because it says lost property is the third most common type of call to its 101 phone service. , external
Other items handed in over recent weeks include a parrot, a 12 inch album, a set of false teeth and a ping pong ball.
Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local Live
More than 100 drivers have been caught using their mobile phones illegally by police in Cheshire. , external
Image source, PAOfficers took part in a national operation targeting people on their phones last month.
All the drivers who were stopped were issued with a penalty notice.
In March, the penalty for driving while using your phone doubles to six penalty points and a £200 fine.
Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
The son (pictured) of a Stoke-on-Trent woman, whose fatal spinal cancer, it's claimed, went undiagnosed for months, says he wants medics to admit they had made mistakes.
The University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust has promised an immediate investigation after Patricia Ann Whitehouse died on Tuesday.
Her family say she went to her GP seven times in two months complaining of back pain and to hospital but was sent home with paracetamol.
The 62-year-old was eventually told her condition was terminal in November after being diagnosed with two tumours on her right lung and one on her spine.
Quote MessageWe want them to admit it's a mistake and we want them to learn from it."
Chris Whitehouse, Son of Patricia Ann Whitehouse
BBC Midlands Today
On Midlands Today from 13:30 we will be covering tributes today to the former England cricketer and World Cup winner Rachael Heyhoe Flint.
Image source, Getty ImagesHer funeral is taking place in Wolverhampton today after she died last month aged 77 and hundreds of people are gathering in the city.
We'll have more from 13:30 on BBC One.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Three women have been charged with attacking another woman in Burton. , external
Staffordshire Police say the trio, all from the town, have been charged with offences including assault by beating and unlawfully and maliciously wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm.
Image source, GoogleThe force says the victim, a 27-year-old from Uttoxeter, was attacked on the High Street in November.
The three women are due to appear before magistrates in March.
Sarah Robertson
Producer, BBC Radio Stoke
Nearly £700,000 was paid to informants by police forces in Staffordshire and Cheshire over the last five years.
The figures, obtained by BBC Radio 5 live, found that, across the UK, at least £22m was paid out by police forces from 2011-16.
In Staffordshire, the police paid out £380,367 and in Cheshire the total was £289,317.
A Home Office spokesman said it was "an operational matter for police".
The National Police Chiefs' Council defended the practice saying the intelligence from the payments "provided helps to prevent and solve the most serious of crimes".
More than one in four people spent longer than four hours waiting in A&E at two of Staffordshire’s biggest hospitals., external
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
You've been sharing your stories of NHS treatment after we reported the story that the NHS "failed" a woman whose fatal spinal cancer went undiagnosed for months, it has been claimed.
Patricia Ann Whitehouse from Stoke-on-Trent died on Tuesday and the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust said it would "immediately investigate".
Image source, Whitehouse familyOn the Midlands Today Facebook page, Neil Roberts wrote, external: "This happened to my sister last year. The GPs never looked at her due to the new system for getting a GP. But once my sister got passed that and into hospital, you could not fault the hospital and the end of life care she got after they found the cancer."
Kathleen Cleaver added, external that she has always needed medical care since a child and: "I can't complain with hospital treatment I've had from spinal injuries, Oswestry to Papworth Hospital, Cambridge - but where I feel the care has dropped is with GP services, I feel that that's all changed "
And Rachel Moss posted, external: "Exact same thing happened to my mum, I can't praise the NHS enough but my mum was lost in the system."
Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Fire crews have again worked through the night to continue damping down at the site of a major fire in Stoke-on-Trent, which broke out on Sunday morning.
From Sunday - time lapse video of smoke from blaze
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service says it's still working on the cause of the fire at Hanbury Plastics Recycling (Stoke) Ltd, Redhills Road, Milton.
It says two crews from Hanley and Biddulph stations remain at the scene.
It's working with the Environment Agency to recycle water to use at the incident, to try and prevent harm to the environment. , external
The mayor of Uttoxeter has hailed a victory for "people power" after the town's electorate voted in plans that will protect its countryside for years to come., external
Image source, Burton Mail
Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
The Stoke City goalkeeper Lee Grant says he's not thought about the possibility of an England call-up, despite some suggestions he should get one.
Image source, Gareth Copley/Getty ImagesGrant has become a regular in the Stoke team with Jack Butland out injured, despite not being number one at former club Derby.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Time now for a selection of your pictures that you've shared with us of Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Your pictures
These ones include:
John Acres
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
Former addicts in Stoke-on-Trent have told BBC Radio Stoke that working on a local farm is helping their recoveries.
The owners of Whitegates Farm, Bucknall, contacted the charity Stoke Recovery, external to see if users would like a day a week in the fields.
The team muck out the animals, help with feeding and walk the pigs.
Quote MessageThis service in reality is saving people's lives. It's a unique service, there hasn't been one before like this, I honestly believe it's saving lives."
Kev Robson, Former addict who works at farm
Michele Paduano
Health correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
The NHS "failed" a woman whose fatal spinal cancer went undiagnosed for months, it has been claimed.
Patricia Ann Whitehouse visited her GP seven times in two months complaining of back pain, her family said.
Mrs Whitehouse said the NHS had "failed" her
She also went to hospital but was discharged with Paracetamol. The 62-year-old was eventually diagnosed with multiple tumours and died on Tuesday.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust said it would "immediately investigate".
Trent Vale Medical Practice said it was a "tragic" case but it could not comment.
