BBC Local Live: Staffordshire & Cheshire on Friday 14 July 2017

Summary

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

Live Reporting

Stephanie Barnard

Unemployment up in the West Midlandspublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Monica Rimmer
Journalist, BBC Online
The unemployment rate in the West Midlands has risen by 6,000, bringing the total number of unemployed people to 166,000.
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), that equates to 5.9% of the West Midlands population being out of work.
Image source, PA
Nationally, UK unemployment fell by 64,000 to 1.49 million in the three months to May.
It meant the unemployment rate fell to its lowest since 1975, at 4.5%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) added.
Digger maker sees earnings grow by more than £70mpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Jennie Aitken
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
JCB says earnings grew by over a third last year despite challenging market conditions.
The Staffordshire-based manufacturer says earnings last year rose to £287m compared with £214m the year before.
JCB Chairman Lord Bamford says the global construction market in 2017 so far is buoyant and they'll continue to launch new products to secure more growth going forward.
Police unable to identify woman killed on A38 near Burtonpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local Live
An investigation into the death of a woman on the A38 near Burton last week is "ongoing" and police say they are struggling to identify her.
A 39-year-old man has been charged with breaching a restraining order and is due to appear at Stafford Crown Court on 11 August.
He was also arrested on suspicion of murder, police say, but has been released pending further investigation.
Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service
Police believe the woman was Lithuanian and are working with colleagues in that country to identify her., external
She was struck by a car on the A38 on 6 July after leaving the man's vehicle.
Davis named new Orient head coachpublished at 11:36 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Leyton Orient appoint former Crewe Alexandra manager Steve Davis as their head coach on a two-year deal.
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A cap and gown for Staffordshire Olympianpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Liz Ellis
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke
Staffordshire Olympian Joe Clarke is being honoured by Keele University later this morning.
In the last 12 months, Clarke has won gold at Rio in the K1 Slalom, and been made an MBE.
At 11:30 today he'll made a Master of the University - for bringing distinction to his sport and inspiring others.
'Aggressive' Stone rogue trader ordered to pay compensation for 'shoddy' workpublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
The Sentinel
"Aggressive" rogue trader Steven Kelly has been ordered to pay almost £10,000 compensation, external after carrying out "shoddy" work - and even refusing to return clients' keys.
Image source, The Sentinel
More than 500 incidents of online child abuse investigatedpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Staffordshire Newsletter
Police have investigated more than 500 incidents involving online child abuse to protect vulnerable young people, external.
Your pictures: Three cheers for our wonderful Weather Watcherspublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
BBC Weather Watchers
Thank you to our happy snappers (clockwise l-r) Terry Eyre of Alton, Thornhill Watch of Hednesford, Videoman of Leek and Jon in Barlaston.
If you love where you live and you want to send in your photos, click here.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers
Motorway litter clean-up costing millionspublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Motorway bosses say clearing up litter by the carriageways in Cheshire contribute to a tax-payer bill totalling millions of pounds.
Highways England collected 40,000 sacks of litter from motorways in the north west of England last year - at a cost of £1.6m.
Image source, Highways England
Tamworth woman claims trampolining world recordpublished at 08:41 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
A woman from Tamworth has claimed a world record for the most amount of people bouncing on their own mini trampolines at the same time.
Jenny Belcher, was invited to take up the challenge in Singapore, by the government there.
She managed to organise 375 people to bounce at the same time for five minutes at a fitness fair.
Watch: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 08:21 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter
It will be a fine day with plenty of sunny spells, these perhaps becoming more prolonged during the afternoon and evening.
With light winds it will feel much warmer than on Tuesday - highs of 21C (70F).
Media caption,
Weather for the West Midlands.
Welcome to live updates for the daypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 12 July 2017
Welcome to Stoke and Staffordshire Live on Wednesday morning.
We'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens.
If you'd like to get in touch you can email, tweet us on @bbcradiostoke, external or message via Facebook, external.
Vale sign Huddersfield's Pyke on loanpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Huddersfield Town striker Rekeil Pyke joins League Two club Port Vale on a season-long loan.
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Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
We're back from 08:00 on Wednesday.
Don't lock people up with mental health issues, says campaignerpublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Liz Ellis
Presenter, BBC Radio Stoke
A Staffordshire man says people suffering a mental health crisis are still being locked up - or sent miles away for care. That's despite a change in the law earlier this year to prevent people being kept by police.
Grant Williams, from Clayton, who had a family member previously locked up - claims it's because North Staffs Combined Healthcare only has one crisis bed.
Image source, Getty Images
Quote Message
We are working closely with North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust to understand the local demand for this service so we can ensure there is sufficient capacity across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire, and also to make sure those in need are seen in the most appropriate local facility without having to travel out of area.”
Spokesperson, Stoke-on-Trent CCG and North Staffordshire CCG
He's now working with Staffordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Matthew Ellis to stop the use of police cells in these instances.
Care home fined £50,000 for breaching fire safety regulationspublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Tim Wedgwood
BBC Local Live
A care home company has been fined a total of £50,000 and ordered to pay £9,000 in costs after pleading guilty to serious breaches of fire safety regulations.
There were found to be two breaches of the regulations at Cypress Court Care Home on Broad Street in Crewe.
In each instance they were ordered to pay £25,000 by Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts in Liverpool.
Image source, Google
Quote Message
The safety of people living, visiting and working in all premises such as this is of paramount importance. Establishments where people sleep and may need assistance to get out in the event of a fire are especially significant and fire safety must be treated as a priority.”
Mark Abram, Fire protection manager at Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service
It follows a fire safety audit on 7 March 2016 following a complaint from a relative of a resident who had concerns.
Concerns related to fire detection and warning and means of escape and evacuation procedures, all of which fire officers said put the lives of people at risk of death or serious injury.
Cathedral painting sells for £310kpublished at 17:45 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Nick Owen
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
A painting of Lichfield Cathedral by Joseph Turner has been sold for £310,000.
The watercolour was bequeathed to the cathedral from a private collection.
More than 20,000 people came to see it when it was put on display a few weeks ago.
The money will be used to help preserve the building for future generations.
Mum and daughter remain in hospital after being hit by reversing carpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
A mum and daughter from Stoke-on-Trent remain in a serious but stable condition after they were hit by a reversing car near Sandbach.
The three-year-old and her 32-year-old mother from Bradeley were injured on Saturday afternoon at Wheelock Hall Farm.
Police say the car was being driven by an 89-year-old man.
Image source, Google
Officers say no arrests have been made, and they're continuing to investigate what happened.
Weather: More rain to come in the West Midlandspublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter
The rain should clear up overnight and it will be a lot dryer tomorrow, but there will be lots of cloud around.
Media caption,
Weather forecast for the West Midlands
Turner's watercolour painting of Lichfield Cathedral sells at auction for more than £300,000published at 17:17 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Lichfield Mercury
A rare watercolour painting of Lichfield Cathedral by renowned Romanticist artist JMW Turner has sold for more than £300,000, external at London's famed Sotheby's auction house.
Image source, Lichfield Mercury/Sothebys