Arrests over theft of car

Two men and a teenage boy have been arrested after a car was stolen in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

It comes after a teenage boy was reportedly "dragged out" of a car by five young men, before the black mercedes was involved in a crash with a planter on Knutton Road.

Staffordshire Police said the car was then abandoned on the road and five people ran off. 

Officers arrested three people a "short time later".

A 22-year-old man, a 19-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, all from Newcastle-under-Lyme, were arrested on suspicion of robbery.

The 17-year-old was also arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous driving and failure to stop.