BBC Local Live: Stoke & Staffordshire

We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.

It's expected to stay cloudy, but dry, through the night - lows of 1C (34F) 

Saturday will then start cloudy and murky, but some brighter spells should develop through the day, before a little rain arrives overnight.

 Maximum Temperature: 7C (45 F).

Problems with Newcastle-under-Lyme's new recycling system were caused by a massive increase in the amount of waste put out for recycling, according to an independent report for the council. 

It also found that a complaints line became overwhelmed by the volume of calls about missed collections.

A new service was introduced in July and saw recycling move to weekly, rather than fortnightly, collections, as well as extra recycling containers introduced.

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Tomorrow's derby match between Shrewsbury Town and Port Vale is extra-special for Shrewsbury's attacking midfielder Louis Dodds, who used to play for the Burslem club before moving to Shropshire in the summer.

Shrewsbury have slipped back to the foot of League One after Tuesday's poor 3-0 defeat at Fleetwood, but Dodds believes the atmosphere of the match can lift the team.

From a broken loo seat to help setting up a new mobile phone - two non-emergency calls the ambulance service has received in the last 24 hours.

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There will be a whole host of attractions at the switch on of Burntwood's Christmas lights at Sankeys Corner on Saturday 3 December

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A new prison will not be built in Winsford, a local MP says she's been informed by the government 

An industrial estate site in the town had been suggested as a potential site, but Antoinette Sandbach says the prisons minister has confirmed no further work would be undertaken as it is "not viable for prison development".

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It was a cold and clear start to the day and we've had some great photos shared by the BBC Weather Watchers.

These ones were taken near Audley and No Man's Heath.

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Our top stories this evening:

- A number of people face allegations of child sex abuse in football, police say

- Manchester Metropolitan University plans to close Crewe campus

- Nurse suspended for concealing ill health of ebola victim Pauline Cafferkey

A 25-year-old has been arrested after a car crashed near Morrisons petrol station in Leek in the early hours of yesterday morning and burst into flames.

Police say a man from Leek has been charged with a variety of driving offences and is appearing before magistrates in Newcastle today.

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A man has been jailed for 10 years as police describe how he slashed the face of a man from Stoke-on-Trent in front of his young children.

Badr Rayan, 20, of no fixed address, was found guilty of wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

The 39-year-old father from Hanley was attacked as he watched his children, aged four and 10, play football in Hanley Park in April, Staffordshire police said.  

Rayan was confronted by the man after he narrowly missed a child's head with a can after failing to get a light for his cigarette, officers said, prompting him to attack the father with a sharp implement.

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Quote Message: This was a horrific and completely unprovoked attack on an innocent man who was trying to enjoy an afternoon at the park with his children from Det Con James Bowers Staffordshire Police

This was a horrific and completely unprovoked attack on an innocent man who was trying to enjoy an afternoon at the park with his children

A Sentinel investigation can today reveal the biggest burglary hotspots across North Staffordshire and south Cheshire.

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