AROUND £16,000 of taxpayers' money will be spent replacing 'welcome' signs around the Potteries.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is installing 16 of the new signs at gateways into the city, at a cost of £1,000 each.
Each 12ft sign will have a greeting that reads 'Welcome to Stoke-on-Trent', along with the city's traditional coat of arms and the name of the area.
Council leaders say many of the existing signs, which were installed around 10 years ago, are in a poor condition. They...
