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Staffordshire's Adam Peaty, along with team mates Freya Anderson, James Guy and Georgia Davis, won gold at the European Swimming Championships.

They beat rivals to win the mixed 4x100m medley relay at the games in Glasgow.

Seventeen-year-old Anderson, from Ellesmere College, Shropshire, held off her male rivals as the team broke the European record.

Earlier in the competition Peaty, from Uttoxeter, broke his own 100m breaststroke world record to retain his European title.

The funeral will take place today of a campaigner who fought to have the breast cancer drug, Herceptin, to be made widely available on the NHS.

Lynne Burton, from Clayton, Staffordshire died last week at the age of 68.

She was part of the Women Fighting for Herceptin group which challenged the Government in 2005.

What could be the remains of a medieval road, created by the Knights Templar, has been discovered by scientists at Keele University.

The recent heatwave has exposed the long-hidden foundations on land near Keele village in Staffordshire and students have been using a drone to try and map out the parch marks and look for more historical features.

Image source, University of Keele

Image source, Keele University

Keele village was founded as a centre for the Knights Templar, external when the land was given to the order in the 1160s by King Henry II, the university said.

A Templar chapel is believed to be underneath a church in the village but the location of other buildings from the Templar age are still unknown.

The Knights Templar were known for their role in the Crusades and as one of the Middle Ages’ most powerful and wealthy religious orders.

The hot summer's been a boon for archaelogists as outlines of ancient structures have been revealed by patterns in the growth of grass and crops.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Kerry Ashdown

There are fears that plans to turn a narrow road in a town into a one-way street could stop hearses getting out of a main churchyard.

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Staffordshire County Council's proposing making the change on Church Street, Stone, in a bid to improve safety.

But, at the latest town council meeting, councillor Rob Kenney said if people were leaving the church and wanted to turn right "it is impossible in a Mini; let alone a hearse.”

The local authority called instead for the one-way system to cover part of Church Street, rather than the whole road.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

It will be a warm day with sunny spells and top temperatures of 27C (81F).

Murder-accused Michael Stirling is the brother-in-law of midwife Samantha Eastwood's former fiancé.

Coventry City sign winger Dexter Walters from Conference North neighbours Tamworth on a two-year deal.

Local Democracy Reporting Service
Kerry Ashdown

Highways officials have no control over what roads are used by construction vehicles building HS2 if there are fewer than 24 journeys a day, a council has admitted.

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Work has already started in Staffordshire to get ready for the first stage of the high-speed rail line, with main civil engineering due to start next year.

However, at its latest meeting looking at which routes would be used by construction vehicles, the county council's admitted HS2 Ltd doesn't need its consent if it only has 24 or fewer lorries in action in a day.

But the authority says it's tried to avoid too much disruption by meeting with HS2 Ltd to agree to a series of assurances, such as routing traffic away from the middle of Lichfield.

Sarah Robertson
Journalist, BBC Radio Stoke

A project in Stoke-on-Trent wants to make sure all girls in the city can access free sanitary products.

Campaign group Period Power, external already delivers towels and tampons to local food banks and charities.

Now, it says it wants to make Stoke-on-Trent the first city in the UK to offer free sanitary products in every school.

The group says many families in the area don't have much money and face tough choices at food banks.

Motorway police say several drivers were witnessed driving past a serious crash on the M6 today, filming the scene on their mobiles phones.

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Part of the northbound carriageway was closed for a time at Junction 14 in Staffordshire after the four-vehicle crash.

The Central Motorway Police Group tweeted , externalofficers had "filmed them filming us," and that the drivers will be dealt with accordingly.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A bridge has been reopened after the multimillion-pound scheme finished weeks ahead of schedule., external

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Staffordshire County Council spent £6.1m on repairs and improvements to St Peter's Bridge and Burton Bridge in Burton upon Trent, external, to avoid having to otherwise close one of them permanently.

St Peter's was revamped last year and, having started on 18 June, the authority says its workers have finished on the second bridge, three weeks early.

BBC News Travel

Traffic's been stopped on the M42 near Tamworth due to a van fire.

Highways England says fire crews are on the way but vehicles are being held on the southbound side between J10 and J9., external

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BBC News Travel

There's some better news for drivers on the M6 near Stoke-on-Trent this evening, after the northbound side was completely shut following a car fire at J15.

Highways England now says traffic is using the hard shoulder to get past the scene, although three lanes are still shut , externalwith the carriageway expected to be resurfaced tonight.

Allen Cook
BBC News

The sister and ex-fiance of midwife Samantha Eastwood have been to see the flowers at her home in Stoke-on-Trent, external, after her body was found at the weekend.

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She was discovered in rural ground near Caverswall, Staffordshire, on Saturday, eight days after she was reported missing.

This afternoon, her younger sister Gemma Eastwood visited her house and looked at the dozens of cards and flowers left by other people.

This morning, 32-year-old Michael Stirling appeared in court charged with the 28-year-old's murder and was remanded in custody.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

It should be a dry and clear night with just a few patches of cloud and lows of 13C (55F).

BBC News Travel

All railway lines are shut between Crewe and Shrewsbury this evening.

Arriva Trains Wales says it's due to a track defect that's been found and all routes are facing disruption., external

The number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment at two Cheshire hospitals has almost quadrupled in 12 months.

Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said 1,011 patients at Crewe's Leighton Hospital and Victoria Infirmary in Northwich had suffered the long waits following referrals in June 2018.

This compared to 271 patients in June 2017.

Allen Cook
BBC News

A woman has died after the car she was in came off a road and rolled into a field., external

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The crash happened yesterday afternoon on the B5062 in Newport heading towards Tibberton, police say.

Officers say they don't yet know why the car mounted the grass verge which caused it to roll over.

A 52-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene, while a 56-year-old man was taken to hospital.

West Midlands Police urged to carry out more effective checks and auditing of ammunition by IOPC.

BBC News Travel

The M6 northbound carriageway has been shut at junction 15, the turn-off for Stoke-on-Trent, after the vehicle fire earlier.

Image source, CMPG

The Central Motorway Police Group says the road is going to have to be resurfaced , externaland that will be done tonight.

Highways England says drivers should take the A500 diversion , externaland expect long delays in the area.