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A fire at a former youth club in Crewe is believed to have been started deliberately.

Staffordshire and Cheshire Police forces are taking part in a national campaign telling people not to drink or take drugs and drive.

An eight-month-old baby has been rescued after being accidentally locked in a car in south Cheshire.

A drink driver who left a pedestrian with life changing injuries following a crash in Middlewich has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

Ready-meal maker Kerry Foods is to close its Staffordshire factory, with the loss of 900 jobs.

Three teenagers have been arrested by officers investigating an alleged attack on a boy in Newcastle.

The MP for Stoke-on-Trent south says he is shocked by the Planning Inspectorate's decision to grant permission for 227 new houses to be built in Trentham.

A 13-year-old boy was among four people arrested in Crewe at the weekend in a bid to reduce knife crime

NSPCC figure reveal children are increasingly being targeted on the web by sex offenders – with an average of 22 crimes a day.

Inspectors visited in February and have just published their report.

Dropping a cigarette butt in the town centre has cost a Leek man £400.

Residents are calling for traffic calming measures on a Stoke-on-Trent housing estate.

A man in a wheelchair who had fallen into Westport Lake in Stoke-on-Trent has died.

Around £75m is needed to bring Staffordshire’s roads up to a decent standard, a meeting has been told.

Seventeen people were searched and one person arrested after police in Crewe were given extra powers to tackle knife crime.

An airport worker from Cheshire has been jailed for 18 months after admitting having sexual activity with a child and possessing thousands of indecent images.

School children, businesses and local communities are leading a new campaign to help improve air quality in Staffordshire.

Planning officers are again calling on councillors to reject Aldi's plans for a new store in Crewe.

Cheshire Police are urging witnesses to come forward after a driver fled the scene following a collision in Nantwich.

The police watchdog has found the Staffordshire force undertook several safeguarding steps after they were contacted by a woman, who was later killed by her estranged husband.

A Staffordshire couple, whose two month old baby died after being smothered, have been jailed.

A man has been charged with drug offences following a raid on a property in Stoke-on-Trent.

Detectives investigating allegations of non-recent child sexual abuse in Stoke-on-Trent have arrested 12 people. 

Police in Crewe have been given a temporary boost to their powers to stop and search anyone they suspect of carrying a weapon.

The Donna Louise Hospice has called on the Government, NHS England and local councils to increase the Children’s Hospice Grant to £25 million per year.

Police say a teenager suffered a broken ankle after allegedly being assaulted from behind at a Staffordshire nightclub.

Patients and staff amongst guests celebrating the official opening of a new chemotherapy garden at County Hospital in Stafford.

Police are investigating reports a teenage boy was attacked in a derelict building in Stafford.

Newcastle Borough Council to discuss progress on the launch of a new recycling system for residents following consultation.  

12 years after closing many of their care homes, Staffordshire County Council is looking at creating new ones to meet demand from an ageing population.

Two Stoke-on-Trent MPs have delivered a letter to Downing Street - urging the Prime Minister to use her last days in office to address the funding gap councils are facing.

Cheshire Police are warning people to be vigilant, as thieves target shoppers across the county.

A man has been arrested in connection with reports a vehicle had been driven towards three teenagers in Stoke-on-Trent.

The chair of Cheshire’s police and crime panel says he has been ‘vilified, pilloried and castigated’ over comments about rainbow lanyards.

Staffordshire County Council's cabinet has agreed options that could see day services for people with complex needs redesigned to increase capacity, and better match their requirements.

An RSPCA cattery is looking to find a home for a long-stay cat who has been looking for a new home for six months.

Fire crews have tackled a blaze at a mill in Congleton.

Police are investigating a report of a hate crime at Stoke-on-Trent Pride.

The cost of making the A500 near Crewe into a dual carriageway have risen by £10 million pounds.

NHS health commissioners from Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire meet in public next week to consider the next steps in determining the future of local health services.

44 drivers have been stopped as part of a two week crackdown on tailgating on the M6 in Staffordshire.

Students at Thistley Hough Academy are conquering exam stress thanks to support from their own ‘happiness consultant’.

Work has started on building a number of private rental apartments on a former garage site in Stoke-on-Trent.

Cheshire's police commissioner is calling for the resignation of the chair of the county's police and crime panel - after suggesting a senior officer was breaching regulations by wearing a rainbow lanyard.

A man has been charged following an incident at a shop in Stoke-on-Trent.

Fire bosses in Staffordshire have issued a warning, after attending five blazes started accidentally by household appliances in the last couple of weeks.

The new leader of Cheshire East Council says tackling climate change is one of their biggest issues they are facing.

A 29-year-old man has been stabbed in Crewe.

Officers from The Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) are marking a successful first year of policing the D-Road through Stoke-on-Trent.

A man has been taken to hospital, after being cut free from his vehicle following a crash in Staffordshire.

A man has been jailed for two years after a road traffic collision in March last year that left a 21-year-old woman with serious injuries in Newcastle.

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) wants residents' views on the state of policing in the county.

Fire crews were called to a fire at a house in Newcastle this morning.

The woman brought in to review Stoke-on-Trent City Council‘s troubled children’s services department is being paid £800-a-day.

A group of young people from Staffordshire have landed life-changing jobs at Alton Towers Resort, following months of unemployment.

Stoke-on-Trent South MP Jack Brereton has welcomed a free trade agreement between the UK and South Korea.

Stafford Borough Council is to lease two more properties for homeless households.

Staffordshire County Council says a new fund will help support projects they can no longer provide due to budget cuts.

Work has started on building a number of private rental apartments on a former garage site in Stoke-on-Trent.

People across Staffordshire are being urged to spot the signs of scams, report them and look out for those who may become victims.

Two more people have died from listeria, linked to pre-packed sandwiches made by a Staffordshire-based company, after picking up the infection in hospital.

Police are hunting offenders who robbed a shop near Northwich, armed with a machete.

A lorry driver was trapped this morning after his vehicle left the M6, collided with a tree and went down an embankment.

Officers from Crewe have arrested seven people as part of a two-day operation targeting county lines drug dealing in the town.

Tens of thousands of pounds will be pumped into the local economy in Middlewich this weekend.

More youngsters in Stoke-on-Trent will get help to reach their potential, thanks to a lottery grant to a local charity.

The lifesaving work of staff at the Royal Stoke University Hospital will again be shown on TV.

The MP for Stafford has announced that he does not intend to stand at the next general election.

A nurse re-arrested by Cheshire police investigating the deaths of a number of babies at the Countess of Chester hospital has been bailed pending further enquiries.

Detectives investigating two burglaries on one day in Crewe are appealing for information.

A new pilot programme has been created to support families of people who have been victims of sexual abuse.

Cheshire Fire and Rescue have been deployed to help a man in a stranded vehicle.

An assistant town clerk has been jailed for four years after she admitted to stealing more than £200,000 of public funds.

A new licensing policy has been approved by councillors in Newcastle who say ensuring the safety of the public is “an absolute priority.”

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is holding a licensing committee tonight to discuss changes to the way taxi owners operate.