The mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Barry Panter, has died following a car crash. The leader of the borough council, Simon Tagg, said his friends and colleagues were "shocked to hear this news".

Councillor Barry Panter, mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, died in hospital in February after a car crash [Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council] The life of a mayor who died in a car crash will be ...

Friends, family and dignatories are preparing to pay their respects at a civic service following the death of a mayor.