Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

A man's been arrested after three people reportedly armed with a kitchen knife robbed a house in Tamworth. , external

Staffordshire Police say two men and a woman turned up at the home on Milton Avenue on 6 August.

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They say a man inside was forced back into the house when he answered the door, there was a struggle and he suffered a wound to his neck that needed hospital treatment.

Officers say several small items were stolen.

The force says a 47-year-old man's been arrested in connection with the robbery and released under investigation.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

We'll have a few showers tomorrow and more on Sunday, but the weather is expected to improve next week.

BBC Sport

Stoke City's latest signing, Jese Rodriguez, is an "elite level player", according to his manager.

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The 24-year-old made the switch to the Potteries this week on a season-long loan from Paris St-Germain.

He joined Real at the age of 14 and was part of their Champions League-winning squads in 2014 and 2016.

BBC Radio Stoke

A Staffordshire-based police officer's been convicted of drink driving.

Thomas Doubtfire, 54, from Worcestershire, had denied driving a motor vehicle over the prescribed limit.

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He was found guilty at Birmingham Magistrates' Court and giving a 16-month driving ban and fined.

Staffordshire Police says the officer, who's based in Wombourne, is currently suspended and they'll now start misconduct proceedings., external

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

You might think you're good at parking your car but how's this?

Midlands Air Ambulance says its pilot carried, external out some "impressive bay parking" when helping Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service in Stafford last night.

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Force says it is "extremely disappointed" in PC Thomas Doubtfire who was disqualified for 16 months.

Clive Coleman
BBC legal correspondent

A mother from Staffordshire says finally getting an apology from the government over her soldier son's death in Iraq in 2005 is "bitter sweet".

Sue Smith from Tamworth's fought a 12-year legal battle after Private Phillip Hewett died when his "snatch" Land Rover he was travelling in hit a roadside bomb.

He was the ninth of 37 service personnel to be killed in the vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan, which came to be known as "mobile coffins".

Following a legal battle that reached the Supreme Court, Sue has finally got her apology from the MoD.

She's exclusively told the BBC the long battle's taken a heavy toll on her and her family, but she feels that Phillip's death now leaves a legacy.

Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A teenager's been found trying to smuggle 200 pills into the V Festival site at Weston Park., external

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Routine bag searches by Staffordshire Police turned up the tablets and the 17-year-old from Stone's been arrested for possession with intent to supply.

Separately, the force says a 16-year-old boy was thrown out of the event after 28 MDMA pills were seized from him and he was also referred to youth offending for rehabilitation.

Chris King
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

I've been a Stafford station this morning where many festival-goers arrive off the train and then take shuttle buses to the V Festival site at Weston Park.

There's been a buzz of excitement around the place since 07:00 with many arrivals telling me they were going to the event for the first time.

The station's been a sea of tents, wellies and rucksacks with some groups made up of as many as 20 friends, all eager to get to the Staffordshire event.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

The Stoke City striker Peter Crouch is going to appear in a special football match next month in aid of the community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

A range of free sports programmes over the summer is ending in a 90-minute match at QPR's Loftus Road on 2 September.

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Game 4 Grenfell will feature ex-professionals, celebrities and musicians.

Organisers say Crouch will appear alongside his childhood friend Gregg Jules, a firefighter directly involved in the relief effort at the tower., external

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

This weekend's V Festival in Staffordshire will see rapper Jay Z headline the event tomorrow and popstar Pink then headline on Sunday.

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For those not familiar with how the event works, it takes place over two sites, one at Weston Park and the other in Essex.

Performers appear at both locations, swapping over the two nights.

As well as the headliners, those at the festival will also see Craig David, Madness, Stormzy, Ellie Goulding and Clean Bandit, external - among many more.

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BBC News England

Rail services in the West Midlands are to be run by a new operator from December - but what does this mean for passengers?

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West Midlands Trains Ltd says it will put £1bn into improving the routes it takes over from London Midland.

The plans include 400 new carriages, free wifi and space for an extra 85,000 passengers on rush-hour services in Birmingham and London.

BBC News website readers sent in questions about the takeover and you can read some of the answers here.

BBC Weather Watchers

We were promised sunshine and showers today and that's what our BBC Weather Watchers have been reporting from across Staffordshire.

Firstly in the Moorlands, user Hannah Storm Chaser snapped a photo of a downpour in Onecote and that was soon after Terry Eyre uploaded a picture showing sunshine in Leek!

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BBC News Travel

A car's over-turned on the M6 near Crewe in a crash this afternoon.

Highways England says two lanes have been shut southbound between junctions 17 and 16 in the roadworks area because of the collision.

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Lee Blakeman
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke

A man from Stoke-on-Trent is recovering after being attacked in Biddulph., external

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Staffordshire Police says the 38-year-old from Abbey Hulton was found with slash wounds to his arm yesterday afternoon at the Uplands.

Officers say they've arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with the assault.

After a 12-year legal battle, Sue Smith finds justice for her son who died in a Snatch Land Rover in Iraq.

Allen Cook
BBC Local Live

There are queues already at the entrance to Weston Park as festival-goers arrive ahead of this weekend's V Festival.

Staffordshire Police's Ch Insp Mark Joynson who's at the site for the force says people in the queue are happy, even if it is busy., external

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Phil Bowers
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

Delays are building on the M6 northbound in Staffordshire this afternoon , externalafter an oil tanker's come off the motorway.

It's happened just before Stafford Services and long queues are reported already in the area.

Port Vale sign Burton Albion winger Marcus Harness on a season-long loan and ex-Bolton defender Lawrie Wilson.

Huddersfield Town striker Rekeil Pyke joins League Two club Port Vale on a season-long loan.