By Sam Morter: A community radio station is taking to the airwaves in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Cre8 Radio will begin its FM broadcast on May 21 and will be run entirely by volunteers from the local area.

The community station status means revenue does not come from commercials and the station is instead funded by Government grants and public donations.

By Tom Shingler: Labour have become the strongest party in the Borough of Newcastle after 11 of their councillors were voted into power.

By Harriet Holland: Angry Kidsgrove residents have hit out after response units from the local police station were moved to Newcastle, despite fierce opposition.

Several Staffordshire police stations are under threat of closure as the force looks to make major budget cuts.

By Harriet Holland: A new sports centre under construction in Newcastle-under-Lyme is already boosting the town’s economy, councillors say.

The £10.5 million Jubilee 2 centre is to replace the Jubilee Pool and Knutton Recreation Centre, and will boast a 25m pool, a training pool, a fitness centre, a health suite, a climbing centre, two studios, an activity zone, an exhibition space and a café.

By Jennideep Hayre: A community project aimed at uniting people from different backgrounds could be axed due to lack of funding.

The One World Project educates young people against the prejudices associated with asylum seekers and refugees.

By Luke Mallett: Staffordshire University students have raised over £1,000 for charity through their own Diversity fashion show.

The event was a huge success with over £1,000 raised towards two different charities.

By Robert Emanuel & Siobhan Congreve: A store gutted by fire in the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme is to be demolished.

The three-storey Pound Stretcher shop building was destroyed in one of the biggest fires in the town for years.

By Georgina Evans-Phillips. Residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme are putting the brakes on speeding motorists with help from Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership.

Twelve volunteers at Alsager’s Bank have been trained to use a hand-held radar device to record speeding vehicles in their village.

By Liam Kerin: Police today named the Stoke-on-Trent man who died in a road accident on the A53 as Mark Clinton.

Father-of-two Mr Clinton, 45, of Leek New Road, Stockton Brook, was killed after his blue VW Passatt collided with a silver Ford Fiesta, before crashing into a tree.

He suffered serious head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

By Luke Mallett: People interested in fostering or adopting children are urged to call in at special Staffordshire County Council’s drop in sessions.

It is hoped the council’s campaign, called ‘Time to Care’, will encourage more people from North Staffordshire to come forward and be prepared to foster.