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It's the first full day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. The Chancellor George Osborne has used it to announce a few different things, including a freeze in council tax for the second year running.

The world's most powerful radio telescope has begun operating - it may be three miles above sea-level in Chile but it's had a lot of help from Cheshire. We'll tell you more after 5pm.

We'll have have the very latest on the Stafford hospital inquiry with our reporter Chris King on the day that the hearing heard evidence from the former boss.

Find out why Staffordshire's chief fire officer is refreshing his firefighting skills.

A court in the Italian city of Perugia has heard a final plea for freedom from the two people jailed for the killing of the British student, Meredith Kercher. We'll have all the details with our reporter who's in Perugia, and hear how one of the smallest creatures in Cheshire has been the subject of an International Conference in Germany!