Bony says lack of playing time is 'crazy'published at 11:51 British Summer Time 16 July 2017
Stoke striker Wilfried Bony says his exclusion from the team is a "crazy situation", after he turned down a lucrative move to China last month.
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City of Culture 2021 shortlist expected soon
School minibus crash inquiry to take months
Nails on the road cost almost £8k to clear up
College brings in security after travellers move on to land
Updates on Friday 14 July 2017
Bony says lack of playing time is 'crazy'published at 11:51 British Summer Time 16 July 2017
Sexual grooming charge after 'altercation'published at 09:33 British Summer Time 16 July 2017
A man is charged following an altercation with several members of the public in Staffordshire.
Read MoreSexual grooming arrest after 'altercation'published at 14:51 British Summer Time 15 July 2017
A man was arrested following an altercation between him and several members of the public, police say.
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The man was arrested following an "altercation", Staffordshire Police said.
Read MoreRace on to be UK's next City of Culturepublished at 22:34 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Coventry, Paisley, Sunderland, Swansea and Stoke-on-Trent will compete for the title.
Read MoreHughes reveals Bony's China sale clausepublished at 19:45 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Stoke boss Mark Hughes says on-loan striker Wilfried Bony has a clause in his contract allowing him to be sold to Chinese Super League clubs in January.
Read MoreOur live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.
City of Culture 2021 announcement: Listen to our special radio showpublished at 17:52 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Liz Ellis
Presenter, BBC Radio StokeTonight I'm presenting a special show on BBC Radio Stoke from 22:00 ahead of the City of Culture 2021 announcement.
We find out if Stoke-on-Trent has been shortlisted to be the 2021 UK City of Culture. The city is one of 11 town and cities vying for the title.
Perth, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Coventry, Hereford, Warrington, Portsmouth, Wells, Swansea and St Davids have been shortlisted but later we find out who makes the final five shortlist before an announcement later this year.
Image source, CHRISTOPHER FURLONGLast year the BBC's Nick Higham looked at whether the city famous for its pottery could be a serious contender. Read more on BBC News.
This year Hull is enjoying the accolade after it was awarded the title in 2013.
Image source, PAPedestrian taken to hospital after being hit by buspublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
A teenager has been taken to hospital after being hit by a bus on a major city road., external
Helicopter used to arrest three people on drugs offencespublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of handling drugs in Blurton.
A 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs this afternoon.
A man, aged 42, and 39-year-old woman were also arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of class A and class B drugs, say Staffordshire Police., external
Many people in the local area may have seen a police helicopter which was used as part of the operation.
Watch: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayAfter a bright and dry evening with sunny spells, the region will tend to cloud over during the night. Low cloud, rain and drizzle will reach the region by morning. Lows of 14C (57F).
Media caption, Weather for the West Midlands.
Travel: M42 crashpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Dave Wade
BBC Local LiveAn accident on the M42 southbound is causing problems heading out of Leicestershire.
Image source, Highways EnglandThe crash, near Tamworth, has now been cleared but lengthy tailbacks are taking a while to clear.
Where is Barlaston? Residents angry over 'Stoke' signpublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
John Acres
Reporter, BBC Radio StokeIt's time to meet the village that doesn't want to be a part of Stoke-on-Trent.
The people of Barlaston, south of the city, have been frustrated with a street sign declaring "Welcome to Stoke-on-Trent".
They say, it's not in the right place and should say "Welcome to Stafford".
The sign has already been moved once and they're still not happy.
Quote MessageI know what the sign says, but you have to walk a mile up the road to be in Trentham. We don't understand. Why we have to have a sign saying welcome to Trentham when it is quite clearly in Barlaston, I don't know. It is a sign but it is wrong. It is nowhere near. We know where the boundary is.
Gareth Jones, Chairman of Barlaston Parish Council
So let's be clear - Barlaston is a borough of Stafford, not part of Stoke-on-Trent.
Mr Jones added: "We don't want those horrible bright blue bins. They are horrible."
Stoke-on-Trent City Council said "although the postal address may be Barlaston, some residents would need to travel into Stoke on Trent and along Stoke-on-Trent Roads to gain access to their property. This is important to distinguish these highway boundaries as to not confuse motorists when trying to report defects".
We can't turn the clock back, says son of Legionnaires' suffererpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
BBC Radio StokeThe son of a man who was affected by a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at a Stoke-on-Trent warehouse says his family's compensation will never make up for what happened.
Derek Cull is now in a care home, after being hospitalised due to bacteria at the JTF Warehouse in Fenton in 2012.
JTF was fined £1m earlier this month after admitting a health and safety breach.
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageI feel a small sense of closure, in the fact that the legal arguments are over and a financial settlement has been made but that doesn't change the lifestyle that dad now has. We can't turn the clock back. He is a frail and very disappointed man. He's alive but he doesn't have much quality of life."
David Cull, Derek's son
Revised local plan for Staffordshire Moorlandspublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Fewer homes will be built in the Staffordshire Moorlands Green Belt, external under a revised blueprint for development.
Steam railway society celebrates 50 yearspublished at 16:10 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Liz Copper
Reporter, BBC Midlands TodaySteam railway enthusiasts are celebrating 50 years of running passenger services along a line in north Staffordshire.
A gala's being held this weekend to mark the anniversary of the Foxfield railway which dates back to the 19th Century.
Originally the line was built in 1893 - the original purpose of the line was to export coal from Foxhill Colliery down to the main line (Blythe Bridge).
It finished in 1965 and the Foxfield Railway, external group was born.
Over the weekend, various passenger trains, coaches from the 1960s and demonstration freight trains, as well as connecting bus services, will travel on the line to celebrate the special anniversary weekend.
Sport headlines: Is there a race to sign Bruno Martins?published at 15:42 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Graham McGarry
BBC Radio Stoke SportHere are the top sport stories that we're looking at this afternoon on BBC Radio Stoke:
- It's being reported that Crystal Palace have joined Stoke City in the race to sign Bruno Martins Indi
- Port Vale's Adam Yates could make his long awaited comeback from injury in tomorrow's friendly away to Buxton
- Crewe's Callum Ainley will cope better with the game physically next season according to his manager David Artell
Pledge over restoration of listed buildingpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
Leek Post and Times
The owner of a listed building at the gateway to Leek has vowed to restore, external its original features and bring it back to life.
City of Culture shortlist expected soonpublished at 14:18 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
The final shortlist of towns and cities to host the 2021 City of Culture is expected sometime soon.
Perth, Paisley, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Coventry, Hereford, Warrington, Portsmouth, Wells, Swansea and the smallest city in Britain, St Davids have all thrown their hats in the ring for the title.
Only five will be chosen from that list before the winner/final city is chosen later this year.
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End of twitter postNails on the roads: Cost break downpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 14 July 2017
A 5km stretch of road which closed last month after tens of thousands of nails fell on to it took more than 15 hours to clear up.
A Freedom of Information request, external by a member of the public says it "proved very difficult" to pick up and remove the nails after a lorry shed its load on the road between Etruria and Porthill.
Highways England who dealt with the clearing of the nails said they received 11 inquiries from members of the public.
