Rating **** Andy Richardson goes for a curry and finds the converstaion is saucy and spicy too!

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

Preparations are under way to ensure bonfires and firework displays in the region put a sparkle into seasonal celebrations.

Mystery surrounds the future of a landmark pub near Wolverhampton – eight months after it was due to reopen following a £1.5 million transformation.

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.

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.

Developers have won a fight to install a 230ft wind mast at the site of a controversial windfarm in South Staffordshire.

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.