Administrators agree deal to save Widnespublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019Breaking
Administrators agree a deal with a consortium to take over and save Widnes Vikings, to be formally ratified on Friday.
Read MoreAdministrators agree deal to save Widnespublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Police consider Whatsapp for crime reportspublished at 18:30 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Cheshire Constabulary may take reports of non-emergency crimes via messaging service Whatsapp in future.
Read MoreCity budget passes by just three votespublished at 18:24 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Cuts of £8m and a 2.99% increase in council tax have been agreed by Stoke-on-Trent city councillors, this afternoon, but only just.
They voted in favour of the budget by 20 votes to 17.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe savings include a reduction of £3.4m in the adult social care budget and new charges for getting rid of soil, plasterboard and rubble at recycling centres.
Old and young bond over a boogiepublished at 18:10 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Primary school children regularly visit older people at a care home to sing and dance with them.
Read MoreWeather: Cloudy with a risk of showerspublished at 18:02 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Staying fairly cloudy through this evening and overnight into Friday with a further risk of showers or longer spells of rain at first, though these will mostly fade through the early hours.
Lows of 5C.
Video: What's the weather got in store?published at 18:01 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayIt will remain cloudy this evening and overnight with some showers and patchy rain with lows of 5C (41F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
BBC star remembered in packed cathedralpublished at 15:29 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Family, friends, colleagues and BBC viewers remember the life of BBC presenter Dianne Oxberry.
Read MoreShould Gordon Banks have had a knighthood?published at 14:31 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
The Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North has told Parliament people in the city are "upset" that Gordon Banks didn't get a knighthood in his lifetime.
Ruth Smeeth suggested a debate on the issue of posthumous knighthoods and the leader of the house, Andrea Leadsom replied, suggesting she takes that idea forward.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe world-cup winning goalkeeper will be laid to rest on Monday, with his funeral being held at Stoke Minster.
Quote MessageOn Monday it is Gordon Bank's funeral, there will be lots of people lining the streets, but one of the issues that is very much upsetting constituents in Stoke-on-Trent is that he never got given his knighthood. Can we have a debate in government time on how we honour people, our heroes, in their lifetime as opposed to after they've departed."
Ruth Smeeth, Stoke North MP
Dianne Oxberry: She brought sunshine to us allpublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
A film tribute, compiled by Dianne's North West Tonight colleague Peter Marshall, shows a few of her many TV highlights.
Weaving motorist pulled over 'for eating Twix McFlurry'published at 13:46 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
A driver has been stopped by police on the A500 in Staffordshire, for trying to eat a Twix McFlurry while doing 60mph.
The Central Motorway Police Group said he was spotted weaving in his lane and reported, tweeting there was "very nearly a snack-cident".
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceOther Twitter, users have responded to ask if he had been given his "just desserts" and if officers had "given him the two fingers".
In the papers: Machete and nunchuks seizedpublished at 13:33 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Stoke-on-Trent LiveHere are some headlines from Stoke-on-Trent Live today:
- Machete and nunchuks seized in traffic stops, external
- Motorist seen weaving while eating Twix McFlurry, external
- Dozens of teaching assistants set to go on strike, external
Knives and machete found after car stoppedpublished at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
A man from Stoke-on-Trent has been arrested after police found a machete and knives when they stopped a vehicle on Clough Street in Hanley last night.
The 46-year-old remains in custody while investigations continue.
Image source, Staffordshire PoliceMore knives have also been seized during a separate car stop in Stafford this morning.
Plans for retail park near M6 rejectedpublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceA planning application for a major retail development near the M6 in Cheshire has been turned down.
Cheshire East Council's planning committee yesterday said Muller Property Group's scheme for a petrol station, drive-through restaurant, cafe and other shops off Junction 17 at Sandbach shouldn't go ahead on farmland south of Old Mill Road.
Image source, Muller Property GroupThe company also wanted to build 92 new homes and a 78-bed care home, plus convert an existing barn into two houses and transform a farmhouse on the site into two homes.
Concerns had been raised about the amount of traffic it would create, the layout of the site and the effect on the town centre.
Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:12 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2019
Alex Hamilton
BBC WeatherAfter a chilly start, with some bright spells, cloud will build bringing showers and rain with highs of 11C (52F).
Media caption, Latest weather for the West Midlands
In the papers: Drug dealer jailedpublished at 18:40 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2019
Staffordshire LiveThe Staffordshire Live website has these stories today:
Tonight and tomorrow's weatherpublished at 18:32 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2019
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands TodayA clear start to Wednesday night but it won't stay that way, here's the full forecast for tonight and tomorrow for the West Midlands:
Media caption, Rebecca Wood
Get a latest forecast at any other time from the BBC Weather website for your part of the West Midlands.
Your photos: What a difference a year makespublished at 16:50 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2019
Today we've had beautiful blue skies and temperatures up to 16C (61F), but just 12 months ago we were in the grip of snowstorms, brought over here by Storm Emma.
Schools were closed, roads closed and these sheep were glad of their woolly coats.
Image source, Blythe Bridge Photo
Image source, Alec WestCompare those views with another photo from Staffordshire today.
Image source, Angus and MeDrink-driving police officer reinstatedpublished at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2019
Staffordshire officer Zoe Cullen had been sacked, after pleading guilty at court.
Read More'Udder' heroes - fire service comes to aid of thirsty cowspublished at 12:40 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2019
Lee Thomas
Newsreader, BBC Radio StokeHundreds of cows have been saved from becoming dehydrated thanks to local firefighters., external
Image source, Staffordshire Fire ServiceStaffordshire Fire Service says the water supply at the farm on Three Mile Lane, Whitmore, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, failed yesterday.
The farm was struggling to find an alternative for the herd of 400 cows and called the fire service "in desperation".
A fire engine and a water carrier was sent over with 8,500 litres and now the service says the farmer's managed to reconnect the supply.
In the papers: Family 'stripped' of disability benefitspublished at 11:13 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2019
Stoke-on-Trent LiveThe Stoke-on-Trent Live website's covering these stories today:
