Motorists have been caught up in huge queues after four-way traffic lights went up on one of Stoke-on-Trent’s busiest roads. The temporary lights have been installed on Weston Coyney’s[1] Weston Road at the junction of Weston Coyney Road.
They have spa…
Council highways bosses want to introduce parking restrictions on 58 Stoke-on-Trent roads. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is currently consulting over its plan for ‘no waiting at any time’ measures on the selected streets.
Drivers, residents and businesse…
A driver was treated for minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash in Stoke-on-Trent left one of the cars on its side. Emergency services were called to Burslem’s Scotia Road at around 10am today (November 29).
Police[1] blocked the route as officers de…
A woman has been taken to hospital after an A500[1] smash left a car on its roof – and triggered huge rush-hour queues. Police, paramedics and firefighters[2] were called to the northbound carriageway near the Tunstall[3] turn-off.
The collision – whic…
Annual checks have been ordered in all 17,500 Stoke-on-Trent council houses – in a crusade against damp and mould. Stoke-on-Trent City Council[1] has also created a crack ‘find it, fix it’ team set up to carry out repairs as quickly as possible.
It com…
Images of two queens are set to brighten up a Newcastle subway in new tiled design commemorating the borough’s 850th anniversary. The underpass emerges into the Queens Gardens in the town centre and features Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II.
The s…
A thief made a 150mph dash after stealing an £84,000 Range Rover from Manchester Airport. Sam Toms, 19, and another man were seen on CCTV at the Terminal 2 multi-storey car park breaking into the Range Rover Sport using a device before driving through …
Police seized more than 7,100 vehicles across Staffordshire in just one year – including hundreds in the Potteries. And unclaimed cars, trucks and motorbikes face being crushed or sold off.
An investigation by StokeonTrentLive has revealed how during 2…
Police[1] are hunting for the driver and passenger of a car who fled after a smash on a busy city road left a man in hospital. Officers, paramedics and firefighters were all called out to the smash, on Shelton New Road, in Cliffe Vale, and found two ca…
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…
Police are tonight still hunting for a man who barricaded himself in a house during a nine-hour stand-off – after he apparently ‘fled through next door’s loft’. A number of police officers armed with shields were stationed on Nash Peake Street, in Tuns…
Police, firefighters and paramedics have flooded a Stoke-on-Trent street as a ‘man in distress’ remains locked in a Stoke-on-Trent property – and is refusing to come out. Staffordshire Police[1] officers armed with shields – and some emergency service …
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Thirty-six-year-old Mark Andrea has been hit with a £511 court bill after he assaulted police officers and stole from a shop. Prosecutor Lee Stone told North Staffordshire Justice Centre[1] …
A TikTok influencer and her mother accused of killing two men during a high-speed car chase after ambushing them have been found guilty of murder. Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin died when their car left the A46 dual carriageway near Leices…