Politics Midlands: How Stoke-on-Trent lost Labour vote

Polar bears Nanook and Noori enjoy rolling around in the snow at the Peak Wildlife Park near Leek.

The Coldplay singer lands by helicopter to play at a wedding in Staffordshire.

The 29-year-old upset the odds to beat Liverpool's Peter McGrail in Monaco.

Serena Gough has been a BBC Weather Watcher for more than five years.

A man and woman are taken to hospital after the crash in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, on Sunday.

The animal visits a garden in Newcastle-under-Lyme every night with its family.

Community speed watch groups are monitoring drivers across Staffordshire.

The 29-year-old is jailed and banned from driving after the high speed chase through Staffordshire.

The roof panel was blown off the building at JS Bailey Cheese in Calveley, near Nantwich.

Students at the University of Staffordshire build their campus virtually via the popular video game.

Locals are calling for changes at the A521 junction outside the Huntsman pub in Cheadle.

James Whomsley, from Cheshire, secures two remote-control world records with his creation.

Annabel, 16, had a leg amputated after contracting a rare form of cancer as a child.

Three men were taken into custody by police investigating Sunday's disturbance in Tamworth.

Videos posted on social media show a Holiday Inn Express hotel in flames as a wave of violence continues

Pupils at two Stoke-on-Trent schools share their policy priorities.

Denise Leigh, from Staffordshire, is hoping with her husband to reach the final of the ITV1 show.

Cars are damaged and houses shake as a suspected tornado strikes in Knutton, Staffordshire.

The vehicle is destroyed in the blaze in Staffordshire which also damages windows and a nearby car.

Nemesis Reborn, the upgraded version of the famous Alton Towers ride, opens to the public on Saturday.