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A chef has told how his family were lucky to escape serious injury after a car ploughed into his home – as he was making curries. Trev Robinson says the two-car crash just two days before Christmas left him with a ‘car sticking out of his house’.
The 4…
A motorist was taken to hospital after police, paramedics and firefighters were called out to a crash on the A50[1]. Emergency services were scrambled to the scene – between Fenton[2] and Longton[3] – at 12.25pm on December 24 where they found ‘a car h…
From petty thieves to drug dealers and murderers, many criminals have been locked up in Stoke-on-Trent over the past year. The longest sentence a court can impose is life in jail.
A range of other powers are also open to judges including extended sente…
Here are the latest cases from the region’s courts:
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Three men have admitted two charges of burglary. Matthew Stevens, aged 22, of Dividy Road, Bentilee[1]; Jack Burton, aged 21, of Dividy Road, Bentilee; and Wade Gibben, aged 21, of Har…
Motorists are facing a number of delays across the Potteries this rush-hour following collisions on key routes. Meanwhile various roadworks are also sparking queues around North Staffordshire.
Due to the number of incidents on our roads this evening we…
It’s in a perfect location with Stoke-on-Trent being at the heart of the country’s transportation links
A trailer-refurb centre that opened almost 18 months ago has introduced a new, two-lane Authorised Testing Facility (ATF) which has cost between £60…
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…