Delay in council misconduct case

Three people arrested as part of an investigation into alleged fraud at Stoke-on-Trent City Council have had their bail extended.

Former elected mayor Mark Meredith, councillor Roger Ibbs and millionaire businessman Mo Chaudry were arrested earlier this year.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is looking at police evidence and will decide how to proceed.

The three men are now due to return to a police station in July, police said.

Mr Ibbs was arrested on suspicion of corruption in public office in February followed by Mr Meredith on suspicion of misconduct in a public office and complicity in corruption while in public office a month later.

Mr Chaudry, millionaire owner of Stoke-on-Trent attraction Waterworld, was arrested in April.