The Latest Breaking News from Longton

‘Typical council’: residents baffled after ‘keep clear’ sign appears 15 years too late

People in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, say school that the signage on their street relates to moved long ago

The Guardian - UK · May 27

BMW driver banned from driving after hitting boy, 10, as he sped off from police at 80mph

Sandris Hauberts, 24, was banned from driving for 12 months after he careered across a roundabout in Longton and hit a young boy with his BMW

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2023

Mum knocked to ground while husband hit with steering lock in violent supermarket attack

The violent scenes outside Farmfoods supermarket in Longton, Staffs, were caught on camera by shoppers arriving at the precinct at lunchtime on Sunday

Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2023

Two men dead and 'killer' caged in tragic citizen's arrest gone wrong

The tragedy which unfolded on an afternoon in May 2019 have torn several families apart.

Daily Record · Apr 1, 2022

Man 'ran for his life' before dying in citizens' arrest headlock gone wrong

Christopher Walters had been spotted running away from New Road Garage, in Longton where an Audi A3’s windows had been smashed with a 14-pound sledgehammer

Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2022

First picture of schoolboy, 9, crushed to death by tree felled by Storm Malik weather

Jacob Gallon, from Longton, Stoke had been a promising young boxer and a much-loved schoolboy when he was killed by a falling tree while shooting pheasants with his family

Daily Mirror · Feb 15, 2022