Grooming gang took girls to Stoke-on-Trent and lined them up for sex
The ringleader of the UK's most notorious sex grooming gang Mubarek Ali has been jailed for a further 12 years
View ArticleWarning over party drug after boxer killed own mum as he 'thought she was a...
The increasing popularity of Class B ketamine has left a trail of grieving families in its wake
View ArticleLive: Police descend on North Staffordshire street
Two marked police cars are at the scene in Knypersley
View ArticleDWP issues early payments for Universal Credit and other benefits this week
The DWP will change the date Universal Credit payments are made this month, as it makes a key change ahead of the late May Bank Holiday. Here's everything you need to know
View ArticleBBC spends £169m chasing TV licence dodgers in 'blatant waste of money'
The BBC has spent £169 million chasing TV licence dodgers in a move that has been branded a "blatant waste of money" by the TaxPayers' Alliance
View ArticleDWP claimants could get 40 hours of free driving lessons - how to apply
DWP claimants could get 40 hours of free driving lessons - but there's a catch
View ArticleHousing Benefit claimants warned not to ignore important letter arriving soon
It comes as part of changes coming in June
View ArticleManchester Airport hand luggage liquid rules ahead of May half term
Major airports and airlines including Manchester Airport and easyJet have urged passengers to continue following the 100ml liquid rules for hand luggage this summer
View ArticleEvery FLiRT Covid-19 symptom you need to know as experts say 'it's a real risk'
The highly-contagious variant of Covid, named FLiRT, is spreading rapidly across the UK, with cases continuing to rise. Here are the symptoms you need to look out for
View ArticleStoke-on-Trent holidaymaker dies in Phuket jet ski accident
Electrician Jonathan Greene, 37, from Baddeley Green, has lost his life in a Bangkok hospital
View ArticlePotteries Centre issues statement as store's shutters down
Lids has become the latest big-name retailer to quit The Potteries Centre
View ArticleAll 2,300 Keele University workers can apply for redundancy
Keele University is bringing in a voluntary severance scheme to save cash and shed jobs
View ArticleRaging drunk 'diced with death' as he strangled girlfriend in frenzied attack
Now Russell Thompson, 31, of Kidsgrove, has been jailed at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court
View ArticleDevastated family 'failed' by police after loved-one's death
The family of Lee Currie, 39, from Silverdale, are lodging an official complaint with Staffordshire Police
View ArticleLive: Met Office issues amber alert as Stoke-on-Trent set for 'hours of rain'
There will be heavy rain across North Staffordshire throughout today
View ArticleStaffordshire Police out of special measures after two years as it's...
Inspectors say the force has improved how it investigates crimes and responds to the public
View ArticleDelve into Stoke-on-Trent's past as new £1.7m home for city's archive opens...
Thousands of historical documents - including one signed by Queen Victoria - have been moved to the facility at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
View Article'Bully' councillor 'on notice' after breaching code of conduct
Angela Drakakis-Smith has been formally censured by Betley, Balterley and Wrinehill Parish Council
View ArticleDashcam captures 20 geese going for a walk over Festival Park roundabout
The sight of the birds have become a common one on the retail park
View ArticleLeek rapist to spend 'rest of life in jail' after being handed 30-year sentence
Pensioner Brian Lines had been found guilty of 29 sexual offences
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