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Former pottery site set for almost 200 new homes
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Updates from Friday 3 March 2017
There have been some snow showers this afternoon in Staffordshire.
These two photos came from BBC Weather Watchers Ian in Mow Cop and Farmets Wife in Totmonslow.
Image source, Ian
Image source, Farmets Wife
Sarah Robertson
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
The body of a burnt dog has been found in a field in Burton. , external
The RSPCA says the animal was so completely burnt that mainly the skeleton was left visible.
The charity says a passer-by reported the discovery on Friday on Lynwood Road, Branston and it's launched an investigation.
Quote MessageAt this stage we don’t know whether the dog was alive or not when the body was set on fire, and due to the body being completely burnt, we don’t even know what type of dog it is."
Laura Bryant, RSPCA inspector
Follow Final Score, text, images and analysis of the Premier League game between Stoke City v Middlesbrough.
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Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
Hail, sleet and snow is being forecast by officials, external in east Cheshire, who say they will be gritting major routes from 02:00 tonight.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning overnight, external for ice in the north west, which includes all of the county.
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Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
The Crewe Alexandra manager, David Artell, has told BBC Radio Stoke the result against Stevenage was the most frustrated he's felt as a manager.
The visitors held on for a 2-1 win against the Alex on Saturday despite having their goalkeeper sent off in the first half.
Crewe had also seen striker Chris Dagnall sent off after an unseemly tussle between the pair.
David Artell
John Acres
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
Putting the wrong fuel into their car saved the lives of a Staffordshire couple and their grandson as they missed an explosion at their house.
Alan Rhodes
The mistake, on Friday lunchtime, delayed Alan and Janet Rhodes from getting home which meant they were out when their house suddenly exploded.
Around 20 animals, including dogs, cats and rabbits, died in the fire on Lodge Road, Talke Pits.
More than 600 homes are without power in the Cannock area this afternoon., external
Western Power Distribution says they're aiming to get them back on within a couple of hours.
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Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
You asked on Your Questions : "Why did Stoke become a centre for potteries when it is so far from the source of the clay?"
Well, we thought we'd go to the experts and Angela Lee, manager at the Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, was happy to help.
She says the person asking the question is correct - as an industry at the time of the industrial revolution, the clay material came from long distance, mainly from the south west.
She says what Stoke-on-Trent did have was previous experience before the Industrial Revolution of making pottery and, crucially, coal seams in the area.
Angela says it takes around 10 times as much coal as clay to make a pot, so it was more cost effective to bring clay to the Potteries.
If you have something you want to know about Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire, ask us here and your question could be making the news.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
You keep sending in great pictures of Staffordshire and Cheshire and here are five of them I've picked out today.
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BBC Midlands Today
On Midlands Today this lunchtime, we'll hear how a BBC investigation has found an increasing number of students in part of the region are turning to sex work to pay off their debts.
"Sugaring" is an American phenomenon where young women find older men online who will fund their education in return for sexual favours or companionship.
And there's news that chicken farmers in part of the West Midlands say they're unhappy with new rules to tackle bird flu.
Both those stories on BBC One from 13:30 .
The man, in his 80s, died from injuries he sustained when a tree crushed a car during Storm Doris.
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Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent
Dario Gradi is to appeal against his Football Association suspension from working in the game.
One source has told the BBC the hearing is "imminent".
Solicitors for Gradi, who was Crewe's director of football at the time of his suspension, are believed to have gathered character references from players, coaches and executives he has worked with over his long career.
Image source, Chris Brunskill/Getty ImagesGradi, 75, was suspended by the FA on 25 November last year.
What is still not clear is whether the suspension relates to events while working for Crewe or to reports that while a coach at Chelsea in the 1970s he visited the house of a 15-year-old youth-team player to "smooth over" a complaint of sexual assault by the club's chief scout, Eddie Heath.
Heath, who has since died, has been accused by several people of sexual abuse in the 1970s and 1980s.
A spokesman for the FA said the governing body, which has started an independent investigation into how it handled claims of historical child sex abuse, was unable to comment.
Solicitors for Mr Gradi did not respond to enquiries.
Sarah Robertson
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke
There were 113,000 victims of crime across Staffordshire and Cheshire last year, according to figures seen by BBC Radio Stoke.
That's a rise overall of 13% from 2015 to 2016 - Staffordshire Police recorded 57,325 victims last year, up from 49,807, while Cheshire Police recorded 55,765, up from 49,796.
Both forces say the increase is due in part to a change in the classification of crimes and full support is always provided to victims.
Dario Gradi is to appeal against his Football Association suspension from working in football.
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BBC Local Live
Difficult driving conditions are being forecast by the Met Office for most of the West Midlands due to ice.
They've issued a yellow weather warning, running from 18:00 this evening until 10:00 tomorrow.
The Met Office says temperatures will fall below zero tonight on the back of showers today and into the night.
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Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
An otter cub, separated from her mother during Storm Doris, is recovering at an animal hospital in Cheshire after being rescued by the RSPCA.
Image source, RSPCAThe charity say the animal, which has been named "Daffi", was found "staggering" at the side of a Derbyshire river on Wednesday night.
They say staff at their Stapeley Grange centre, near Nantwich, are monitoring her closely and hand-feeding her five times a day.
Radically different approaches to bird flu lead to confusion at the English Welsh border.
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BBC Sport
The Stoke City manager, Mark Hughes, says the way his side let in four goals against Tottenham Hotspur yesterday was "not good enough at any level".
Mark Hughes after the game
A Harry Kane hat-trick and a goal from Dele Alli left the Potters 4-0 down after the first-half as they fell apart at White Hart Lane.
Stoke, who stay 10th, improved marginally in the second half but Mauricio Pochettino's side eased to victory.
Quote MessageWe were too passive and not doing enough to stop balls going to our goal. Clearly Spurs are very good but if you allow teams time and space then good players will hurt you."
Mark Hughes, Stoke City manager
Pink and Jay Z will be the headline acts for the annual V Festival at Weston Park.
More acts will be announced in the coming months, but here are the names announced so far.
Image source, V Festival