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Uttoxeter swimmer Adam Peaty says he hopes his gold medal win at yesterday's World Championships in Budapest inspires more people to get involved in the sport.

The 22-year-old Olympic champion, who had lowered the World Championship mark in qualifying, clocked 57.47 seconds - 0.34 seconds outside his own world record.

Peaty, who now holds the top 10 times in the world for the 100m breaststroke, finished more than a second ahead of his nearest rival.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

After a cloudy start it should be a dry and clear day with sunny spells and top temperatures of 22C (72F).

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.

Port Vale's players are continuing their fitness work at their training camp in Spain.

Firefighters have rescued a cygnet tangled in a fishing line at a lake in Leek

Graham McGarry
Crewe Alexandra commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Crewe Alexandra's George Cooper says playing over 50 games last season has helped him to become a more focused player.

He scored 10 goals and provided the most assists of any player in the squad.

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A man is in a critical condition after pouring a flammable liquid on a bonfire at his home in Stoke-on-Trent.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue said the 57-year-old had suffered "potentially life-threatening" injuries to his arms, chest and face.

After pouring a flammable liquid on to the bonfire, he then lit it with a cooker lighter, causing a flash flame to set fire to his clothing.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

We're forecast another mild night and tomorrow we'll have more of this light cloud, with some sunshine around.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A house in Stoke-on-Trent has been sealed off after a firework was thrown in while people were inside.

Police say it happened on Lightwood Road at three this morning - and scenes of crime officers have been working at the scene through the day.

Officers say firework let off smoke but thankfully didn't start a fire, and no one was hurt

DNA testing shows mystery body found in 1971 is not missing Llangollen man John Henry Jones.

Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

Two men have been charged after three burglaries in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

They're jointly charged with stealing a laptop from a business in Keele, while one is also charged with burglary at a house in Keele Road later the same evening.

One of the two men is also charged with burglary at another house in Keele on Saturday night, as well as failing to provide a sample for a class A drug test, obstructing a police officer and assaulting another police officer following his arrest.

BBC News Travel

Train operator London Midlands says services between Lichfield and Birmingham are on hold because of a "disturbance" aboard a train, external.

We'll bring you more when we get it.

Staffordshire Newsletter

Rugeley and Brereton residents are being asked to have their say on the future of the power station site, external.

Graham McGarry
BBC Radio Stoke Sport

Former Stoke City defender Denis Smith expects more signings at the Bet 265 Stadium before the new Premier League season kicks off.

Mark Hughes has so far brought in Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma on a season-long loan and midfielder Darren Fletcher from West Bromwich Albion

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The Sentinel

Families are angry about plans to build 85 homes on a playing field in Newcastle, external.

A cat stuck between two walls and a snake tangled in an electric fire are some of the 15,293 animal rescues fire services have attended in the last three years.

It took fire crews four hours to rescue a careless cat called Mickey which became wedged in a gap between two walls in Stoke-on-Trent in February.

Image source, RSPCA

The cost of these reached at least £6m between 2014 and 2016, with an average cost of £400 per rescue, Freedom of Information requests show.

Firefighters say without their help, people can attempt dangerous rescues themselves.

But the Taxpayers' Alliance said it was not an efficient use of public money.

Lee Blakeman
Port Vale commentator, BBC Radio Stoke

Port Vale striker Dan Turner says he wants to add more goals to his game.

The 19-year-old made 17 appearances last season for the first team, but failed to score.

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A van overturned and landed on its roof on the M6 Toll route this morning.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to the northbound carriage, between J5 for Lichfield and J6 for Brownhills, at 07:55.

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

The service said the van had "rolled several times" before coming to a stop.

The driver, a man in his 50s, managed to get out of the vehicle. He was treated for minor neck and knee injuries and was taken to hospital.

Image source, West Midlands Ambulance Service

Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A man who died in a crash near Lichfield has been named by police as Joshua Reece Coppinger, from Birmingham.

The 25-year-old was riding his motorbike when he was involved in a collision in Drayton Bassett last week.

Image source, Staffordshire Police

In a statement, his family said: "Our beloved, one of a kind, treasured son, brother, uncle and family member who was lucky enough to have two families. One he was born into and the other family of friends that he chose."

Staffordshire Police has now begun an investigation.

Motorcyclist Joshua Reece Coppinger, 25, was in collision with a van and died at the scene.