It can take longer to travel by bus from Leek[1] to Hanley[2] than from Stoke to London by train, according to a new report. Figures quoted in the ‘Leek – Stoke strategic outline business case’ show it can take 11 minutes longer to travel from Leek to …
A man from Burton[1] was one of two men killed in a crash involving a vehicle that had multiple faults, an inquest has heard.
Paul Adams’ Citrreon was hit by the Subaru Impreza being driven by Jordan Patalong on the A53 Buxton Road in Leek. The Impreza…
Three trees have been saved from ‘the council axemen’ after locals came out to protect them. Residents had threatened to park their cars alongside the trees on Bagnall Road, Milton,[1] to stop workers felling them.
Now Stoke-on-Trent City Council[2] ha…
A man has been spared jail after framing his friend for his crime. Prince Bwalya, 31, of Ellerby Road, Blurton,[1] was stopped by police on Leek Road, Stoke,[2] on November 10 2022, at 2.30am, Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court[3] heard on October 25.
Police h…
Trains were brought to a stop and a key Potteries road shut after a truck smashed into a railway bridge. And officials with Network Rail say the incident resulted in ‘needless’ delays to both train passengers and motorists following the crash on Fenton…
A key road off the A500 has been shut this morning after a huge truck became stuck under a railway bridge.
Police and Network Rail engineers are currently at the scene on City Road in Fenton[1].
And the section between the Leek Road roundabout to Lytto…
An elderly BMW driver has been injured in a crash that shut a major road linking Stoke-on-Trent to the Staffordshire Moorlands. The A53 was closed this morning after a BMW and a truck collided in Stockton Brook[1], with queues stretching almost as far …
Scores of roads across North Staffordshire have been left under water as Storm Babet has brought hours of heavy rain to the area. Police say officers have been ‘working tirelessly’ to rescue people stranded in floodwater.
It comes as the area remains u…
A miniature steam railway that has been transporting families for years has been put up for sale. The 10.25 inch gauge Leek[1] and Rudyard Railway runs alongside the lake on the site of original rail tracks, for 1.5 miles.
It is a popular tourist attra…
Collision investigators are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist has been left in hospital following a ‘serious’ crash in North Staffordshire. Police[1] and paramedics had been called out to Biddulph’s[2] Congleton Road where the route was shut off …
A major emergency response was sent to a quiet residential street in Stoke this afternoon. Several emergency service vehicles including police and fire engines as well as two air ambulances descended on a residential estate in the Birches Head area at …
Labour has announced a reshuffle of its top team in Stoke-on-Trent just four months after taking control of the city council[1]. Jane Ashworth has kept the same nine councillors in her cabinet, but has moved them into different roles.
The Conservatives…
A pedestrian remains in a ‘critical’ condition in hospital four days after being involved in a late-night crash with a car. The man – aged in his 40s – suffered serious inuries in the collision in Leek Road, Bucknall,[1] on Friday evening (September 29…
Motorists are facing delays after a well-used road was dug up – again. And four-way lights have gone up at Maunders Road’s junction with Foxley Lane as gas works are again being carried out in Milton.[1]
The works are also expected to last another coup…