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05/03/2012

Tim Wedgwood rounds up the day's news and sport, plus the Race Against Drivetime quiz.

Passions were running high as Port Vale supporters yesterday held an emergency meeting to discuss the club's future.

You can hear from the father of Ruby Owen, a four year old girl from North Staffordshire who'll fly out to America later this week for potentially life-saving treatment.

The only remaining 'hole in the wall' oatcake shop in Stoke-on-Trent is to close. You can hear from the owner who's worked there for 30 years.

We have the news that one national company plans to create twenty thousand jobs in the UK over the next couple of years. It wants to target young unemployed people in particular. Hear why Prime Minister David Cameron is decribing it as a "Massive confidence boost for the UK economy".

We'll be finding out about the programme which aims to inspire future Paralympians, and a little away from home, a huge protest is taking place right now in the centre of Moscow, with tens of thousands of people demonstrating against Vladimir Putin's victory in the Russian elections. Our reporter is there with more details after 5pm tonight...

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