NEWS: A Stoke-on-Trent manufacturer has secured an order to build 261 new trailers for Royal Mail. Don-Bur is one of the UK’s leading trailer manufacturers, and have supplied the mail service for 20 years.

🎓 There's been plenty of good news coming out of @UniofStaffs recently! 🏫 A new £100m Student Village, named Modern University of the Year 2027 and a best-ever ranking in the Guardian University Guide. 🎙️ We spoke to Interim Vice-Chancellor Professor Philip Plowden about the university's achievements, challenges and opportunities. 📻 Hear the full interview on tomorrow's Breakfast Show, from 8:15am!

On this week's #BusinessSpotlight, @EmmausUK North Staffs CEO John Webbe returns to the studio, alongside Sharon Malkin-Blackburn, to highlight how the local business community can help Emmaus' mission to end furniture poverty. Tune in from 4:15pm, for more! @babababoon2017📻🐒

CHART: @ellalangleymsic's 'Speaking Terms' climbed FIVE places on this week's chart, to reach no.1! Can it stay there a second week? Here's @ChrisMountford with a quick chart update!

SUNDAY: Anne is joined by Sarah Morley, who's story is a testimony that God gives strength for whatever we face and opens doors that seem impossible. Listen to #CloseEncounters this Sunday, from 8pm, to hear more.

NEWS: A serving senior police officer working for Staffordshire Police has appeared in court charged with a sex offence. More: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6dj…

LATER TODAY: Join @jonbellamy1 for his regular catchup with @SoTCityCouncil Leader, @CllrAshworth. They talk about yesterday's Budget and almost-finalised government plans for a Mayoral Strategic Authority Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. Tune in from 4:15pm!

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire could be getting an elected major and a new strategic authority to help drive growth, under devolution plans. The announcement came in the Government’s Autumn Budget today. The Government says its in the final stages of agreeing Mayoral Strategic Authorities for 10 areas, including Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. The authorities operate as an regional tier of local government on top of existing council structures. They focus on things like economic growth, transport, education and skills and regional investment, with an elected mayor working alongside a regional board of local authority leaders. Labour MPs in Staffordshire have welcomed the announcement, saying it will bring more power and investment closer to local communities and give local leaders more control over the priorities that can grow the economy, create jobs and improve people’s lives. It comes as the Government paused plans for Local Government Reorganisation in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire last month.

NEWS: Two teenagers have been arrested following a wildfire in Stoke-on-Trent, back in August. They've been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage to property valued over £5,000, and on suspicion of arson. Read more here via @StaffsPolice: staffordshire.police.uk/news…

19 years on from writing the best-selling Christian novel 'The Shack', in 2007, William Paul Young has published a sequel - 'Return to The Shack', with a plot that draws on his own personal experiences. Catch his conversation with Will Porter on tomorrow's City Drive, from 4pm!

NEWS: The Leader of Staffordshire County Council - Reform UK's Martin Murray, has stepped down. Following a meeting, the party have confirmed that Cllr Hayley Coles will take his place - becoming the fourth person to lead the county's Reform group since December last year.

Small Business Expert and Virtual Assistant Rachel Calter talks about how VA's such as herself can help reduce overwhelm and actually encourage growth. Tune in to #BusinessSpotlight from 4:15pm tomorrow, to hear the full conversation! Brought to you with @babababoon2017 📻🐒

SUNDAY: Chris Edge remembers when his girlfriend invited him to church. What he experienced there amazed him, sparking a curiosity about faith and a desire to explore a relationship with God. Hear his full story on #CloseEncounters, this Sunday, from 8pm.

NEWS: Council chiefs are planning to buy a vacant city-centre office block - but haven't yet revealed what purpose the purchase will serve. Blackburn House in Hanley sits above the B&M store, but has been empty since HMRC closed its Stoke-on-Trent office in 2019.

NEWS: A 30-strong group of MPs, local councils, education providers and businesses have called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to back a Mayoral Strategic Authority for Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. Read more here via @DailyFocusUK: daily-focus.co.uk/2026/10/bu…

On this week's #BusinessSpotlight, Sonya meets Elite Estate Group founder Martyn Hanley, to discuss the importance building trust in business relationships. Tune in later today from 4:15pm to hear the full conversation! Brought to you in partnership with @babababoon2017 📻🐒

NEWS: Two more people have been arrested by police investigating the murder of a teenager on a city estate, bringing the total up to nine. Read more here via @StaffsPolice: staffordshire.police.uk/news…

SUNDAY: Rebecca Aladiran joins Anne to talk about her early struggles with depression. Despite these struggles, she continued leading worship, and at 16, gave up vices such as drinking and smoking. She discovered the power of worshipping through brokenness. Listen to her story on Sunday evening, from 8pm.

#NEWS Police are appealing for witnesses and information following a stabbing in Stoke-on-Trent. They were called to a disturbance on Deakin Road in Chell Heath at 10am today. A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life-threatening. A boy, described as 16-years-old, of slim build with long brown hair, ran off from the scene. A police helicopter was dispatched as part of search efforts, but nobody matching the description was found. Staffordshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information.

#NEWS Families and communities are set to benefit from £1.8 million of investment in parks, playgrounds and green spaces across Newcastle-under-Lyme. Newcastle Borough Council is promising new play equipment and recreational facilities over five years to ‘deliver better places for children to play, families to spend time together and residents of all ages to enjoy healthy, active lifestyles’. It comes as residents are invited to celebrate improvements at Bradwell Dingle on Sunday, where a new playground, outdoor gym equipment and pump track have been installed in a £500,000 transformation. The council says work is also progressing on improvements at Lyme Valley Park and Chesterton Park, with further investment planned in communities including Betley, Audley, Madeley and Alsagers Bank. Money secured from housing developers under Section 106 agreements will be used in around a dozen improvement projects. Councillor Ben Simpson, Cabinet Member for Waste, Recycling and Green Spaces, at the council said: "Too often, residents see new housing developments appearing without feeling that their own communities are getting anything back. We want to make sure that when development happens, local people see a genuine benefit." A £105,000 proposal to refurbish a 20 year old playground at Hugo Way in Loggerheads will be considered by the council’s cabinet next week.