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CHEADLE: Two men were taken to hospital after being injured in a crash.

Police were called to a collision between a black VW Golf and a black Renault Clio in Tean Road, Cheadle, at 5.25am yesterday.

Two ambulances and a rapid response vehicle also attended the scene.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: "The two male drivers of the cars suffered from minor injuries."

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The men were taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire.

SHELTON: Staffordshire University student Dale Burnham has been banned from the roads for 17 months after he admitted drink driving at Shelton on September 25.

The defendant, of Crowther Street, Shelton, gave a reading of 70 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath against a legal limit of 35 micrograms.

North Staffordshire magistrates also fined him £110 with £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

MEIR: Raimis Arhipovs has been ordered to pay fines, costs and compensation totalling £174 after pleading guilty to theft of ink cartridges worth £49 from Tesco, Longton.

The 34-year-old, of Denton Grove, Meir, was also in breach of a conditional discharge.

North Staffordshire magistrates imposed a new two-year conditional discharge.

LEEK: Gareth Ferns, aged 23, of Prince Charles Street, Leek, has admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order made on January 6.

North Staffordshire magistrates revoked the order and made a new order with 12 months supervision and attendance at the custody diversion programme.

ABBEY HULTON: Viliamo Matakibau, aged 38, of Abbey Road, Abbey Hulton, has been banned from the roads for 12 months after admitting drink driving. He gave a reading of 52 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath against a legal limit of 35 micrograms. North Staffordshire magistrates also fined him £400 with £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.