The Latest Breaking News from Stoke

First Bus bans under-16s in Stoke-on-Trent travelling alone after 6pm after disorder

Company says decision comes after spate of antisocial behaviour since free travel scheme was introduced

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23

Two arrested on suspicion of arson following huge fire in Stoke

Four homes were affected by the blaze, alongside a number of gardens, Staffordshire Police said

Evening Standard · Aug 14

Inside the forgotten ‘capital of Brexit’ – where Boris Johnson’s unkept promises have left voters feeling betrayed

EUROPE: THE WAY BACK: In one of the biggest shocks of election night 2019, Labour lost its Stoke-on-Trent seats as the red wall collapsed amid a Boris Johnson pledge to get Brexit done. Seven years on, Alex Ross discovers a city feeling even further left behind

The Independent UK · Jun 15

Woman found stabbed in house explosion ‘gave her life to helping the vulnerable’

Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north-east London, just before 5am on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2025

Woman stab victim in house explosion had ‘boundless optimism’, say charity

Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north-east London on Tuesday morning.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

"Lemmy was one of us." Motörhead's legendary frontman Lemmy honoured with statue in the town where he was born

Lemmy immortalised with 2.25m bronze-cast statue in Burslem, Stoke on Trent, England

Metal Hammer · May 12, 2025

‘It’ll be solemn, enshrining his ashes’: statue of Lemmy to be unveiled in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent

Cast in bronze by sculptor Andy Edwards and containing the legendary Motörhead frontman’s DNA, the effigy underscores the West Midlands’ rock heritage

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025

‘It brings out the evilness inside you’ – the ‘horrible’ drug linked to sexual exploitation in a deprived city

IN FOCUS: Ben Bryant spent five months exploring the impact of synthetic stimulant ‘dust’ on Stoke-on-Trent, where women report incidents of rape and users trade sexual acts for the drug

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

‘I think I showed I could do it on a cold, rainy night in Stoke many times. It was very windy there and the fans were always behind us – it was a loud stadium’: Xherdan Shaqiri busts the Stoke City myth

The Swiss playmaker spent three years debunking the saying that flair players could not perform in Stoke's exacting conditions

FourFourTwo · Apr 21, 2025

Lionel Messi just answered if he can do it on a cold, Tuesday night in Stoke after playing in -17 degrees temperature

Lionel Messi came up trumps on Wednesday night in extreme conditions, dispelling Stoke theory expertly

FourFourTwo · Feb 20, 2025