The Stone Roses are being lined up to headline next year’s V Festival at Weston Park, it emerged today.

A collection of pictures from the Express & Star over the past week, including a delighted Staffordshire teacher who is half the woman she used to be, the dramatic fire on Richard Branson’s Caribbean island and jubilant scenes in Libya as rebels took the capital Tripoli.

A massive clean-up operation was today under way at Weston Park as hundreds of volunteers sifted through the sea of tents, deckchairs and clothing left behind by V Festival revellers.

Chaos hit the M6 today with motorists facing hour-long delays in six-mile tailbacks following a crash.

Pictures of fans and some of the stars from V Festival 2011 at Weston Park. Bands include the likes of Rihanna, The Saturdays, Eminem, Olly Murs and Bruno Mars while celebrities include Coleen Rooney and Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington.

It was the year pop took over the V Festival with a line-up packed full of chart-topping artists.

Olly Murs, whose new single Heart Skips A Beat, featuring Rizzle Kicks is out today – will play Birmingham’s LG Arena next February as part of a headline arena tour.

Here’s a way to enjoy the V Festival in style – if you have a few thousand pounds to spare. While tens of thousands slum it under canvas, a select few were today waking up in pop-up hotels and designer sheds.

It’s that time of the year again when for one weekend and one weekend only it’s cool to be seen wearing wellies, all thoughts of washing go out the window and around 85,000 music fans descend on Weston Park, writes Amy Burns. It can only be V Festival 2011.

Here’s the complete breakdown of the acts performing at Weston Park in Staffordshire for V Festival 2011.