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Pumps that move water around the city have stopped working - affecting thousands of households
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Guns seized, £420k of drugs found and 386 arrests as police smash criminal gangs
Among those detained included a Stoke-on-Trent cocaine gang
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan's arrest over trans tweets condemned
Conservative MPs described it as ‘ridiculous’ and accused the police of ‘arresting people for making jokes’
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Predators using back-to-school photos to track your children down, expert says
The safest option is not to share the pictures on social media this month
Full list of people who qualify for free school meals as major rule change on way
Hundreds of thousands of children are set to benefit from the rule change
Sainsbury's under fire for major change 'coming to' 1,460 stores
And it could be arriving at stores in Stoke, Newcastle, Biddulph, Leek and Alsager
Work to protect at-risk buildings after another fire-filled night in Smoke-on-Trent
The city has been given a new name following repeated fires in recent months
'I took 50 DVDs to Hanley pawn shop and was floored by their worth'
He couldn't believe what he was offered when he took his collection to a store in Hanley
Killer driver inhaled nitrous oxide balloons before 'kind' gran died in crash
Helen Klich had retired from the NHS just six days before she died in a crash caused by Stephen Smart
HGV driver told 'schoolgirl' to carry out sick acts after calling her beautiful
He was jailed for four years
Stokie Aaron: 'Great British Bake Off is the best thing I've ever done'
Aaron Mountford-Myles, from Sneyd Green, is among 12 contestants taking part in series 16 of the hit show
Woman, 34, released with no action after fun day mayhem arrest
She was accused of climbing on a car, stripping to her bra and twerking in front of children
Card payment machine swiped from Stoke-on-Trent shop
A man has now been charged with theft and common assault
Police name young Stoke-on-Trent man charged with multiple sex offences
He's due back in court later this month
Man, 20, with Stoke-on-Trent links wanted for kidnap
Police are continuing their search for Kasim Mohammed
'Derelict' Hanley pottery factory taped off after latest fire
The flames could be seen across the area
Warning as Stoke-on-Trent man arrested over what police found in car
The suspect remains in custody after the vehicle was stopped in Burslem
Driver in Royal Stoke after rush-hour crash
It caused rush-hour delays
Fire crews remain at blaze-ravaged Longton building for 11 hours and counting
An investigation is due to get underway
Detectives swoop on 'suspected' Stoke-on-Trent brothels
Police spoke to 'several' women