Worn-out pedestrian crossings across Stoke-on-Trent are being revamped as part of a £200,000 scheme. And the works to crossings on some of the busiest routes will see technology installed that can detect pedestrians in the road and give them longer to …
Five men have appeared in court in connection with a major police incident that forced a closure of the M42 in Warwickshire[1]. Motorists on the northbound carriageway experienced delays and diversions on Friday, September 8, as Central Motorway Police…
Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision[1] in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Officers, paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service and Midlands Air Ambulance were called to Leek Road, Longnor, just before 12.20pm on Friday, S…
A biker has been airlifted to hospital following a ‘serious collision’ in the Moorlands. The patient received ‘specialist trauma care’ before being flown to the Royal Stoke after the crash in Upper Hulme.
And Staffordshire Police has urged motorists to…
Police[1] are appealing for witnesses after a woman was ‘threatened and pushed’ by a group of people in a North Staffordshire pub. The incident took place at Leek’s[2] Black Swan on a Friday evening with the suspects – a man and ‘two young women’ – the…
A motorbike rider is in hospital after a crash on a busy road into the Peak District[1]. Officers were called to a report of a collision involving a motorbike and a car on the A53 Leek Road just before 3.30pm on Thursday, August 3.
The rider of the mot…
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Dad Paul Roberts has been banned from the roads for 14 months after he was caught drink-driving. North Staffordshire Justice Centre[1] heard the 41-year-old was seen driving a Volkswagen Golf…
An 11-year-old boy was left with a swollen and bruised face after he was assaulted in the street. The youngster was attacked by a man who got out of his car to assault the boy, police have said.
The boy was walking on Marston Grove in Staffordshire[1] …
Police[1] are continuing to investigate a town centre brawl. Officers and paramedics[2] were called to Sheep Market, in Leek[3], to reports of a ‘small group of men fighting’.
As reported by StokeonTrentLive[4] paramedics assessed one patient following…
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Drivers are being warned the traffic lights at a major Stoke-on-Trent junction have malfunctioned. The lights in both directions have stopped working this morning, July 4, at the Lime Kiln junction.
The lights that are out are located on the A52 Leek R…
Police are still yet to confirm whether anyone has been arrested or questioned over the discovery of a man ‘covered’ in an ‘unknown substance’. They spent the weekend attempting to identify the substance after calling in the bomb squad to search a prop…
Motorists face being slapped with £70 fines – for driving past Stoke-on-Trent’s main railway station. Stoke-on-Trent City Council[1] wants to ban through traffic with the introduction of a bus gate in the Winton Square area of Station Road, in Shelton[…