It means eight schools - St Peter's, Mitchell, Berry Hill, James Brindley, Edensor, Trentham, Blurton and Brownhills - will merge into five academies.

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The Blurton councillor said many side roads on Monday were "heavily congested on both sides", there was "quite bad parking on corners" and entrances were blocked.

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In Hong Kong, says Jadis Blurton, a psychologist, the number of women coming forward, especially expatriates, has grown in the past five years but they have a battle getting local doctors to treat them.

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