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Updates from Friday 9 June 2017
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Here are five picks today from the photos sent in by you, our audience, of Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Send your pictures of the area in on email or put them on Instagram, with the tag #bbcstoke to show you agree to share them, external.
Your pictures
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
It will be a dry evening, with some clear spells and winds continuing to ease. However, cloud will increase from the west overnight to bring some light rain later, mainly in the north.
Tomorrow, will be mostly dry and bright after patchy rain clears in the morning.
Charlie Slater has your forecast
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Firefighters are tackling a fire at a derelict factory in Stoke-on-Trent.
Staffordshire Fire Service says three appliances and an aerial platform were called just after 17:00 to Westport Road, Burslem.
They're telling people nearby to keep their windows closed.
BBC Radio Stoke
Work's finished several days early on improving part of a main road in Stafford., external
Image source, GoogleThe county council's been working on the A34 Foregate Street at the junction with Greyfriars Place and Browning Street north of the town centre.
They say both are finished and all their equipment's been removed ahead of the original deadline of Saturday.
BBC Sport
The Stoke City player Joe Allen says his suspension for Wales' next 2018 World Cup qualifier against Austria in September is a "huge blow on a personal level".
Image source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyThe midfielder received his second yellow card in as many campaign games as they drew 1-1 against Serbia.
Stoke's Allen says he went into the game hoping to avoid a booking, but it was hard because of the "type of game" Wales were in.
Quote MessageI really struggled to stay out of the referee's book. And I'm really disappointed I'll be missing the next one."
Joe Allen, Stoke City and Wales player
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Developers behind plans for a new shopping development in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent say it's "damaging" that Next has pulled out.
Image source, Realis EstatesThe retailer says it has decided to stay at the nearby Intu Potteries rather than become a so-called "anchor tenant" at Unity Walk in Hanley, which is planned for the site of the old bus station. , external
Developer Realis Estates says it'll find an alternative and will now hope to start building work early next year.
Quote MessageIt's obviously disappointing but Next... obviously we did see them as one of our main anchors but we do believe there are other operators that we can bring in that we're speaking to at the present time. "
Duncan Mathieson, Managing Director of Realis Estates
Lamont Howie
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
A hedgehog "blown up like a beach ball" is now said to be doing well after a vet says she "popped" it with a needle.
The animal, which had inflated to twice its size, was spotted wandering around in Doncaster and was diagnosed with a severe case of balloon syndrome.
The male was taken to the RSPCA centre in Stapeley Grange where a needle was inserted to drain out air trapped under its skin.
Staff say the hedgehog's "not out of the woods yet" but is eating well and they're very hopeful of a recovery.
Quote MessageThe first thing to do with one of these balloon hedgehogs is actually to essentially pop them, so to pop a needle in and just drain all of that air out."
Bev Panto, Head vet, RSPCA Stapeley Grange
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Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough says he wants to sign Ross County and Northern Ireland striker Liam Boyce.
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Liz Ellis
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke
The Stoke-on-Trent Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says her party still has work to do despite a better than expected showing in last week's general election.
Jeremy Corbyn "ready any time" for another election
Labour gained 30 seats in Thursday's general election to take its total to 262 seats, but the Conservatives remain the largest party in Parliament with 318 seats.
Ms Smeeth, who has in the past been a critic of her party's leader Jeremy Corbyn, external, says he impressed her during the election campaign.
Quote MessageMy challenge was never about Jeremy's policies, it was about some of the concerns I had around issues of leadership. He showed leadership during the election campaign, he had a very, very good election campaign but, and it's a big but, we still didn't win so what we've got to do now is figure out how we win a general election."
Ruth Smeeth, Stoke-on-Trent North Labour MP
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
We've got a bit more on the crash on the M6 near Keele Services.
All four of the people who were hurt suffered minor injuries, West Midlands Ambulance Service says.
Highways England says the whole southbound side had to be shut between junctions 16 and 15 so they could right the lorry which had overturned., external
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
A dog's been rescued after getting trapped for over an hour in a fox hole.
Scramble's rescue
Staffordshire Fire Service says Scramble the spaniel got stuck on farmland off Chaseley Road, Rugeley this morning.
They say two of their crews spent 15 minutes digging him out before a reunion with his owner Sarah.
Allen Cook
BBC Local Live
Four people have been hurt, the fire service says, in a crash involving a car, van and lorry on the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent. , external
Staffordshire Fire Service says it happened at around 16:00 between junctions 16 and 15 southbound.
There are no details on what injuries have been suffered.
Highways England says one lane's still shut and Keele Services are also closed., external
Police say Sarah Jeffery, 48, is victim of a strangling after her body is found at her home.
Read MoreThe grey skies have continued to move across Staffordshire and Cheshire this morning but our BBC Weather Watchers have spotted some brightness in between.
These two photos are from users Sky Watcher in Wybunbury and Mrs Penberthy Photos in Oakamoor.
Image source, Sky Watcher
Image source, Mrs Penberthy PhotosEddie Hall takes part in a sports day at his daughter's school in Staffordshire.
Read MoreAllen Cook
BBC Local Live
A teenager's suffered serious injuries, external after coming off a motorbike in Staffordshire.
West Midlands Ambulance says they were called at 14:17 yesterday to the junction of Heatley Lane and the B5013 near Abbots Bromley.
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance ServiceThey say the bike's thought to be the only vehicle involved in the incident and the woman was the passenger and suffered arm, suspected pelvis and back injuries.
She was flown to the Royal Stoke University Hospital while another man, who suffered minor injuries, was taken by ambulance to hospital.
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance ServiceAllen Cook
BBC Local Live
A fish and chip shop's been fined after Stafford Borough Council says dead flies were found floating in pineapple juice and flies were breeding near a potato-chipping machine., external
The authority says the owners of Stafford Chippy, Bejal and Pratul Kumar Patel, admitted to magistrates charges of not ensuring food was protected from contamination and failing to control pests in the food storage.
Image source, Stafford Borough CouncilThe inspection happened at the Foregate Street takeaway in October, the council says, and found a "significant infestation of drain flies".
The council says the couple closed voluntarily, cleaned the site and then reopened, gaining a "satisfactory" rating after their latest inspection.
The A525 at Woore, from the junction with the A51 heading east, is closed from today for five weeks for improvement works, says the council., external
In addition, the A51 will be closed on Friday 30 June between the hours of 19:00 and 06:00 at the junction with the A525.
A signed diversion route is in place, and the road will reopen during the affected weekends.
Image source, Shropshire Council
Matt Sandoz
Stoke City commentator, BBC Radio Stoke
Stoke City's Jack Butland is to play the second-half of England's friendly against France tomorrow., external
Image source, Laurence Griffiths/Getty ImagesSpeaking at a press conference this afternoon, manager Gareth Southgate says Butland will play the second 45 minutes, with Burnley keeper Tom Heaton playing the first half.
The changes some after Joe Hart faced criticism for his performance against Scotland at the weekend which saw him conceded two free-kicks within three minutes.
