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Ahead of England's first game of the World Cup, police in Cheshire are urging people not to drink and drive.

Fire crews have had to cut a pensioner out of his car following a crash in Stafford.

Motorway police will now be responsible for the A500 in Staffordshire.

An investigation is underway following the death of a motorcyclist near Nantwich.

A Stoke City fan has been cleared of racially abusing striker Mame Diouf.

An inquest has ruled the death of an eight-year-old boy in a house fire in Sandbach was accidental.

A 'considerable amount of damage' has been caused to a Stoke-on-Trent business by burglars.

A kitten has been rescued by the RSPCA after getting stuck in a car in Stafford.

25 traders have so far taken advantage of an offer of reduced rent at markets across Stoke-on-Trent, and more are being encouraged to sign up.

Police in Northwich are warning teenagers about the risks of swimming in rivers and lakes around the area.

Ten of thousands of pounds is set to be pumped into the local economy in Middlewich this weekend.

Staffordshire health bosses say plans are being put in place now to deal with the challenges of winter.

Police investigating after a bike was stolen during a burglary in Stafford have made two arrests.

Crewe and Nantwich MP Laura Smith is one of six members of Labour's frontbench who have resigned over the party's stance on Brexit.

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been awarded more than £300,000 to support rough sleepers.

Melanie C will be performing a DJ set after racing at Uttoxeter tonight.

Mowers worth thousands of pounds have been stolen from Nantwich Town FC.

Former Crewe Alexandra youth coach Barry Bennell is appealing against his prison sentence for sexual offences.

A body has been found by police searching for a missing Stafford man.

Five nights of closures on the A50 at Uttoxeter start later, to connect new sliproads to the dual carriageway.

A Stafford businessman has been jailed after a blaze at his fireworks firm led to the deaths of two men.

Residents and market traders in Fenton are being asked for their views on plans to develop two sites in the town.

Changes to benefits take effect in Stoke-on-Trent this week.

Council bosses in Newcastle say they are doing everything within their power to remove traveller encampments as soon as legally possible.

An elderly man has been airlifted to hospital after colliding with a train at Penkridge railway station.

An area of Stoke-on-Trent has been cordoned off this morning, after emergency services were called out to reports of a woman in distress.

A taxi driver ha suffered head injuries after being attacked in Cheadle.

Stoke Studio College is to close by summer 2019.

Robbie Williams will entertain crowds at the World Cup's opening ceremony.

Hundreds of spectators turned out in force to cheer on competitors in Staffordshire’s fourth ever Ironman competition.

A businessman and owner of a 14th century Cheshire wedding venue has been jailed for 20 months for breaching serious fire safety rules.

A number of people from Staffordshire and Cheshire have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Police investigating the awarding of a historical contract by Cheshire East Council have passed a file onto the Crown Prosecution Service.

A Network Rail employee who stole more than £10,000 of copper cable from a Crewe rail depot has been jailed.

A fire at a chemical plant in Northwich has now been extinguished.

A Newcastle man who turned his life around after a health scare is doing a marathon by himself this weekend, to raise funds for four charities.

Three Stoke-on-Trent men have been jailed for a total of 20 years after admitting conspiracy to supply drugs.

A 36-year-old man's been arrested after police officers were assaulted in Stoke-on-Trent.

A drug driver's been jailed over the death of a man on the A50 in Uttoxeter.

A motorcyclist from Stoke-on-Trent who died in a collision in Whitchurch at the weekend has been named.

A struggling injured badger which got stuck at the bottom of a skate park bowl in Stoke-on-Trent had to be rescued by an RSPCA inspector - who also needed a helping hand to get out.

A man has changed his plea during his trial over having a machete outside a Stoke-on-Trent school.

Officers investigating the death of a man found in a distressed state in Stoke-on-Trent have arrested a man.

Councils in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle say they are working to move on travellers who have set up illegal encampments.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service say they have dealt with four serious blazes in the last week caused by smoking materials, including one in which a man died.

A Cheshire MP says he has been given ‘reassuring noises’ from the Transport Secretary on the return of passenger trains to Middlewich.

A charity shop in Stafford has closed its doors – less than a year after opening – because it was unable to afford the business rates.

Cheshire charity Motherwell is celebrating National Volunteers Week by staging a number of events to highlight their work.

Thousands of illegal cigarettes have been seized by Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s trading standards team.

Inspectors say a young offenders institute in Stoke-on-Trent is operating well, but they are still concerned about the level of violence.