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Mum of Tunstall Tik Tok star loses murder sentence appeal bid
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (574+ words) A high-speed car chase saw two men killed The mother of a Tunstall Tik Tok influencer involved in a high-speed car chase that led to the deaths of two men will not get a reduction in her jail sentence, Court…...
Three flee flipped car on shut Stoke-on-Trent road as lamppost wiped out
2+ week, 1+ day ago (372+ words) Three fled a flipped car that wiped out a lamppost - shutting a Stoke-on-Trent road. And the crash in Tunstall has also been referred to the police watchdog as officers appeal for witnesses to come forward. Meanwhile a 22-year-old man is…...
Life will never be the same again for Stoke street brawl victim as thug jailed
3+ week, 2+ day ago (626+ words) Ryan Tapner, aged 35, was jailed for two years after he pleaded guilty to affray and inflicting grievous bodily harm on June 29, 2025. A man was left with a serious spinal injury after being kicked in the head in a 5. 40am town centre…...
Fencing up at shut Hanley Bus Station as passengers get update
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (217+ words) Fencing has gone up outside shut Hanley Bus Station where 'extreme variations in temperature' have been blamed for causing a light fitting to fall. Yesterday passengers were asked to leave the transport hub as bus operators issued alerts to North…...
ATG Entertainment lands new council deal to run Regent Theatre and Victoria Hall
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (181+ words) The show must go on! National operator ATG Entertainment has landed a new council contract to keep running two of Stoke-on-Trent's biggest venues. The deal means ATG Entertainment will continue to run the Regent Theatre and Victoria Hall, in Hanley....
Heart attack victim slams easy Jet as sons barred from flight
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (749+ words) John Evans and family(Image: Handout) A father-of-two was on holiday with his family when he suffered a heart attack - and faced turmoil when trying to fly their children home. John Evans had been on holiday with wife, Annette, and…...
Clubber Clive, 65, groped woman having wee in Hanley alley
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (203+ words) Clive Hamilton has been jailed Clubber Clive Hamilton touched a woman's private area as she was crouching down to urinate in a Hanley alleyway. The 65-year-old had left a city centre nightclub and wanted food to take home when he…...
Lamppost wiped out after car crashes into Stoke-on-Trent memorial garden
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (162+ words) The scene of the late-night crash in Milton A car wiped out a lamppost as it crashed into a memorial garden in the early hours. Residents in Milton say they were woken at around 2am to police and a recovery wagon…...
Dodgy playing Leek - Date, time and how to get tickets
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (197+ words) Stoke-on-Trent Live Britpop legends Dodgy are playing North Staffordshire They are performing at Foxlowe Arts Centre, in Leek, on Friday 8 May It is part of Leek Arts Festival 2026 It comes as Dodgy's latest album - Hello Beautiful - is being released on…...
Tragic Stoke-on-Trent baby dead at 10 weeks was 'unkempt and smelly"
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (568+ words) Royal Stoke University Hospital A baby who died after being exposed to heroin and cocaine was found to have dirt under her fingernails and armpits after being taken to hospital. Nurses had concerns about Phoebe-Rose Douglas' 'unkempt and smelly' condition…...