More and more children are being safeguarded in Stoke-on-Trent as part of a city council initiative to prevent child abuse.
A report to the council said that since July 2015, 149 people were arrested of suspicion of offences to do with child sexual exploitation in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent and 41 voluntary interviews were conducted where an arrest was not required.
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets outside Holy Trinity Church, Hartshill to pay their final respects to so-called “King of the Gypsies”, Lawrence Boswell.
Just before noon on a sunny day, a cortege of five top-of-the-range Rolls Royce cars slowed to a crawl outside the main gate. Each of the 4 family cars was full with mourners.
A man has died while working at a new housing estate building site in Nantwich.…
When a Staffordshire University student appeared on ITV News, little did she know the impact she would have on thousands.
Now Demi-Leigh Freeman is the driving force behind a campaign to put mental health on the local agenda. Staffslive’s Leah Mahon reports.
Volunteers and staff at Royal Stoke University Hospital have raised £70,000 to buy a heart ultrasound scanner for the Children’s Intensive Care Unit.
The hi-tech machine can scan all children – from premature babies to 16-year-olds.
Figures from foodbank charity the Trussell Trust show that more than 10,000 emergency food supplies were given to people in Stoke-on-Trent in the last year.
People in crisis were given 10,330 three-day emergency food supplies between April and March 2016-17 compared to 11,038 in April and March of 2015-16 by the Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank based in Hanley.
A state-funded school in Trent Vale is asking parents to make financial contributions.
A letter was sent to the parents of children attending St Joseph’s college asking them to donate £60 per term per child.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has unveiled its new ‘Transport Vision’ for the city
The programme sets out a series of proposals and future plans for improved road, rail and bus services.
A 14-year-old girl has suffered a broken leg is a car accident on what residents say is a dangerous road in Blurton.
The teenager was in collision with a car on Saturday on Oakwood Road.
With Theresa May calling for a snap general election on 8th June, what does this mean for Stoke-on-Trent?
Mick Temple, Professor of Politics at Staffordshire University, has given his opinion to StaffsLive.
He discusses reactions, turnout, who may become the next leader and who will hold the seat for the constituency of Stoke Central.