Breaking news
Drug driver goes the wrong way down dual carriageway in dramatic 40-minute chase captured in police dashcam and helicopter footage Ethan Vernall,30, was captured in shocking video footage during a car chase He was spotted speeding through Stoke-on-Trent on April 19, 2020 by police The father-of-four was jailed for 14 months at Stoke on Trent … Read more
The people of Wirral are officially the fattest in Britain with more hospital admissions for obesity-related illnesses than anywhere else in the country. Hot on their heels are those who live in Wigan, York, Stoke-on-Trent and Nottingham. The five regions all recorded admission rates of over 3,000 per 100,000 population. However, Wokingham and West Berkshire … Read more
Stoke is the kindest town in the UK with the most generous residents as 70% performed at least three good deeds in the last month, study says Craft company Cricut asked 2,000 Britons which acts of kindness they had done Options included shopping for a neighbour or buying food for a homeless person 68 per … Read more
Murder probe after woman, 29, who fled house in Stoke dies of stab wounds and man, 39, is arrested The victim with stab wounds was seen fleeing onto the road in Stoke on Friday It followed a disturbance at a house in Leigh Street, Burslem, in Staffordshire Detectives are questioning a man from Bournemouth on suspicion of … Read more
Nearly 600 NHS hospital staff in Stoke and Stafford are self-isolating after six fell ill with coronavirus by not wearing masks when sharing a car. Yesterday 987 of the trust’s 11,500 staff were off sick, of whom 583 either had Covid-19 or were isolating because someone in their household had symptoms. Meanwhile, six staff were told … Read more
The locations with the biggest jump in housing transactions during the pandemic have been revealed. They include Sunderland, Dundee and Stoke-on-Trent, according to the exclusive figures by Lloyds Banking Group. It found that Sunderland saw the biggest rise in the number of transactions, up 91.3 per cent in the three months from June to August, … Read more
Three paintings set to be put on the wall of STUDENT FLAT in Stoke by landlord are revealed to be the work of celebrated Chinese artist and worth £20,000 Paintings that were to hang in a student flat in Stoke are set to fetch £20,000 Three paintings were bought in the 1950s and found in … Read more
Many bereaved families are suffering at the hands of heartless local authorities unwilling to extend council tax exemptions on empty properties that could not be sold during lockdown. The Mail on Sunday has been flooded with heartbreaking stories of grieving relatives hit with unexpected council tax bills following our report on the issue last week. … Read more
Boy, six, saves his pregnant mother and unborn sister’s life by using iPad to call for help and pushing keys through letterbox for paramedics after she collapsed with sepsis at home Max Lewis, six, called his aunt Sonia to tell her his mother was ‘breathing funny’ Nicky Lewis, 31, had developed sepsis while she was … Read more
A dog owner was left heartbroken when her beloved miniature pinscher was sold for £200 after escaping from her father’s home. Evita Fadina, 32, had left her dog Citos with her father in Stoke for a couple of weeks while she moved address. But mischievous Citos ran off on March 28 and despite a frantic … Read more