Transport and Logistics Network
Firefighters were called to a lorry fire on the M6 which brought the motorway to a stop. Fire crews from three stations as well as police and highways officials descended on the southbound stretch last night.
The blaze – which started at around 8pm – s…
This list shows the faces of the people jailed last month for crimes linked to Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire. Judges sentenced Hanley robbers, sex offenders and drugs dealers over the course of November for their terrifying crimes on the stree…
Police have collected 980 knives in the latest crackdown on weapons being used in crimes across Stoke-on-Trent. The force set up ’12 surrender points’ across Staffordshire – including in Hanley[1] and Longton[2] – where people could hand in knives with…
Trading standards officials have seized £50,000 worth of illegal tobacco and vapes from a city shop – after it failed an under-age sale. Two boys, both 15, had been sent in to the Longton[1] business where they were sold a vape – and even when they adm…
Here are the latest cases from the region’s courts:
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Banned driver Mark Smith was caught after police carried out a check and discovered his car was uninsured. The 51-year-old was stopped by police in Lonsdale Street, Stoke[1], at 2.30am on March…
A funeral fund has been set up to raise money for the family of a ‘loving husband and caring father’ killed in a motorcycle crash on the A50 in Stoke-on-Trent.
Trucker Jason Wysoczan[1], 35, was confirmed dead at the scene in Longton[2] despite the eff…
A biker has died after a tragic crash that saw the A50 closed for around eight hours. StokeonTrentLive previously reported emergency services had been called to the stretch in Longton at around 7.30pm last night, July 2.
Now Staffordshire Police have c…
© Western Mail Police are investigating (stock image)Firefighters remain at the scene after a blaze ripped through a home in Stoke-on-Trent. Crews were sent to Heron Street, Heron Cross[1], at around 8am this morning (June 8).
A fire was discovered in…
A BMW driver who sped off from police and hit a 10-year-old boy has been banned from driving[1].
Sandris Hauberts, 24, admitted driving dangerously as he careered across a roundabout in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent[2], back in September 2018.
Hauberts was d…
A pensioner and her dying husband paid out more than £65,000 to a builder – only to be left with nothing but a half-built shell.
Joanne Dennis, 81, took on Kelvin Humphries to build an extension on the Longton[1] bungalow she shared with her husband Ch…