BALL GREEN: A two-day trial has been fixed at North Staffordshire Magistrates' Court on June 8 and 9 for Dean Burton, aged 39, of Hesketh Avenue, Ball Green.

The defendant denies using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour on November 27 last year and two offences of resisting police officers on the same date.

CHESTERTON: Teenager Ethan Nelson, of Audley Road, Chesterton, has admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order made in September last year.

The 19-year-old will next appear before North Staffordshire magistrates on March 18.