Allen Cook
BBC News
Image source, Cheshire Fire ServiceFirefighters have revealed how they released a woman who was trapped in this car after it ended up on its side on Whitchurch Road, Burleydam, near Audlem, Cheshire, last night., external
It took them just over an hour to cut her free and she was able to walk free, before getting treatment from paramedics., external
Jennie Aitken
Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
A man's started a jail sentence after being convicted of raping a woman after police say he's smoked monkey dust., external
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceOfficers say they were called to Weston Road, Stoke-on-Trent, on 14 July to reports of a man forcing a woman to perform a sex act.
Scott Onions, from Mollison Road, denied rape, saying the victim had consented.
But the 40-year-old was found guilty and jailed for seven years, as well as being placed on the sex offenders' register for life.
Sophie Calvert
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke
Council tax looks set to be increased again in Stoke-on-Trent as the city council says it needs to save £8m in the next financial year., external
A planned increase of 2.99% has been included in the local authority's latest budget proposals which it is now consulting on.
The council hasn't revealed where it's planning to make the savings from apart from cutting £3.4m from the adult social care budget.
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Two people have died after a crash involving a car and a van in Nantwich., external
Image source, GoogleIt was on Friday afternoon when police were called to the collision on the A530, Whitchurch Road, in Newhall.
A 63-year-old woman from Nantwich, who was a passenger in the car, died at the scene.
The driver of the car, a 66-year-old man, also from Nantwich, was taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital by air ambulance, but later died.
BBC Radio Derby
Voters in Derby and East Staffordshire will have to show ID if they want to vote in next year's local elections.
Both areas are participating in a government pilot project aimed at making it harder to commit fraud at the ballot box.
In Derby, voters will need to present either one form of photo ID or up to two forms of non-photo ID. People in East Staffordshire will need photo ID.
Image source, PALabour's leader in Derby, Lisa Eldret, said the move could reduce voter turnout and she would be pushing the city council to carry out a major education programme to make sure people are aware ID is needed.
A house fire that spread from a garage to the home's roof was caused by an electrical fault, a fire service says.
Image source, Staffordshire Fire ServiceThree fire crews were called early on Sunday morning after the people inside had escaped and called them to Brewood. , external
Staffordshire Fire Service says crews managed to save the "habitable rooms" in the house, adding that the fault was in a freezer., external
A church drapes a curtain of poppies across its front after thousands respond to an appeal.
Read MoreA 50-year-old man is held on suspicion of murder after police find the body of Anne Marie Pomphret.
Read MoreButcher's chain Crawshaw has closed 35 stores and one factory after appointing administrators last week, resulting in 354 job losses around northern England and the Midlands.
Nearly 170 jobs have been lost in Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire.
The redundancies have been spread across 16 stores in the region.
Administrators are now seeking a buyer for the business in a bid to preserve the 261 remaining jobs.
Stoke-on-Trent Live
The Stoke-on-Trent Live website is covering these stories today:
A man's died after his car hit a tree., external
Police say the 30-year-old's car crashed on Penkridge Bank Road, near Cannock, on Saturday night.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The brother of a murdered man says "massive failings" meant a violent criminal was free to kill.
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