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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

“You’re Slash! From Stoke! I’m from Stoke!”: How the Guns N’ Roses legend bonded with Robbie Williams by covering Queen classics

Plus: Slash on his new TV series - based in Bristol!

MusicRadar

Pottering in the Potteries: exploring the museums and ceramics studios of Stoke-on-Trent

As a new series of The Great Pottery Throwdown hits the screens, an honorary Stokie explores Josiah Wedgwood’s legacy and the six towns – and gets some clay on her hands

The Guardian - UK

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The ultimate gambler? How Denise Coates became Britain’s richest woman

She is the mastermind behind Bet365, the company that made it possible to gamble online any hour of the day or night. With a family fortune of £7.5bn, she pays her taxes and donates to charity. But is there a wider human cost to her huge success?

The Guardian - UK

Little Dumpling King, Stoke-on-Trent: ‘Huge, banging flavours’ – restaurant review

From the loud music to all the crispy chilli oil, Little Dumpling King is punching well above its weight

The Guardian - UK

Meet The International Soccer Star Who's Just Qualified As A Golf Professional

Peter Odemwingie, the former Stoke, West Brom and Nigeria soccer player, is now a qualified PGA professional. He tells us about his unlikely journey from kicking a ball to hitting one...

Golf Monthly

“The producer showed me a great recording trick – he covered my pick with a thin layer of paper. The sound was pure Bowie”: He played with John Squire and KT Tunstall. Now George Vjestica is exploring his experimental side as one of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds

You may not know him at first glance, but the work of Stoke-on-Trent native George Vjestica has probably appeared on some of your favorite albums and movies

Guitar World

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Levelling up has failed in my home town of Stoke-on-Trent. For hope there, look to the arts

Projects across the Potteries are bringing energy and optimism to a city still reeling from decades of decline, says Guardian culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

João Pedro and Brighton put their foot down to avoid FA Cup shock at Stoke

João Pedro scored twice as Brighton came from behind to win 4-2 at Stoke in the FA Cup third round

The Guardian - UK

Where tourists seldom tread, part 5: more UK towns with hidden histories

From the home of the original Super-Tramp to the country’s only polycentric city, we find reasons to visit places where few choose to alight

The Guardian - UK

Stoke-on-Trent should become UK video games industry hub, says MP

Conservative former minister Jonathan Gullis said he was willing to ‘kick down’ any door needed to make the plan a reality.

The Independent UK

'I had a good job and home but now live in a tent after becoming addicted to new drug'

Simon from Stoke-on-Trent has told how he is now living in a tent after losing "everything" including his home and job after becoming addicted to a dangerous new drug

Daily Mirror

Woman charged with murder as ‘wonderful’ boy and ‘ray of sunshine’ sister found dead at home

Ethan John, 11, and Elizabeth John, 7, were both found with ‘significant injuries’ inside a home in Stoke on Monday

The Independent UK

Girl, 7 and boy, 11 die in Stoke home as woman arrested in murder probe

Officers found the children unresponsive in a house in Stoke

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Manchester Evening News

Brothers steal high-value cars in crime spree across three counties

Samuel and Thomas Eddleston brothers took 11 of the vehicles from Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Daily Record

Scot jailed as £1 million drug gang busted with guns and ammunition

Glaswegian William Brown, 31, Lee Moore, 48, Charles Dodkins, 29, Daniel Snowdon, 42, appeared at Teesside Crown Court near Stoke, charged with drugs and weapons offences.

Daily Mirror

Life in street with yobs, drug dealing, 2am rows, fires and vomiting neighbours

Neighbours of King Street in Stoke say they have suffered through five years of anti-social behaviour, including people vomiting from the second floor of a home, fires and drug deals

The Conversation

Labour take note: red-wall voters want an ambitious plan for renewal – not tough talk and flag waving

If projections can be relied on, Labour has good reason to feel confident of supplanting the Conservatives as biggest party at the next general election. Yet it remains far from clear that Keir Starmer is heading for a House of Commons majority.

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Daily Record

British family caught in Texas mall massacre hid in H&M storeroom

Abu Akther, from Stoke, was with shopping with his family at Allen Premium Outlets in Texas when they heard gunfire.

The Guardian - UK

‘Everything has been rubbish’: Stoke voters welcome Labour comeback

Party takes back control of council in ‘red wall’ territory it aims to regain at next general election

Daily Mirror

Labour pledges biggest bus service overhaul in a generation after Tory 'managed decline'

In an interview with The Mirror, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said she and her colleagues are 'chomping at the bit' to get into Government and address failures piling misery on passengers

Daily Mirror

Inside Homes Under the Hammer 'time warp' house unchanged from the Victorian era

A house in Stoke-on-Trent was visited by the BBC's Home Under the Hammer as it went up for auction unchanged from the Victorian era by late local artist Tim Chitty

Daily Mirror

McDonald's delivery drivers 'taking over' street littered with fast food rubbish

Locals in a Stoke-on-Trent neighbourhood are angry about the rising number of fast-food couriers who they say are blocking car parking spaces, leaving loads of litter and making too much noise

Daily Mirror

Comic Roy Chubby Brown to play gig despite calls in town for show to be axed

Comic Roy Chubby Brown is taking to the stage in Stoke to give his brand of controversial humour despite opponents claiming his performances have "racism and misogyny"

Manchester Evening News

Major rail disruption as line closed while emergency services deal with incident

Emergency sercices are responding to an incident between Stoke-on-Trent and Crewe / Macclesfield.

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