A thief with 78 offences to his name has blamed being blinded in one eye in a stabbing for his life of crime. Carl Proctor's latest crimewave saw target Morrison’s, Boots, Pets At Home, Tesco and ...

A woman locked her 13-year-old dog in her bathroom for five days - while nobody was at home. Mia De Merzo left American Bulldog Zara in the property in Heming Place, Bucknall, after Stoke-on-Trent ...

Ashley Phillips has no complaints about having to be patient to start again for Stoke City as he now tries to make sure he stays in the team. The 20-year-old centre-back was a very popular signing ...

Police have arrested a man after a woman was sexually assaulted in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Officers on patrols in the town centre today (October 1) were approached by a woman who reported that she had ...

Coleen - who has lived in North Staffordshire since 2024 - split from boyfriend Michael Jones last year after three years together. The pair called time on their relationship after Coleen's busy ...

A man 'breastfed' from a 60-year-old woman he became 'obsessed' with as a 'way of getting back at his own mum'. a court has heard. Michael Jones, 32, contacted the woman despite being banned from ...

A young woman was raped by her ex at his parent's house the first night she slept there - and he will only serve 19 months. Rio Wager, now 22, was just 18 when she was attacked by her boyfriend at the ...

Meanwhile, two millionaires have also been created. The first winning bond number of the million-pound prize was 498FZ511907 to a bondholder based in Scotland. This winner purchased their winning Bond ...

An investigation is underway into what sparked a huge fire in the roof of a town centre Boots store. Firefighters were sent to Market Square, Stafford, after flames were seen coming from the ...

Police are hunting hit-and-run driver after a pedestrian was hit by a car near a zebra crossing. The victim - aged in his 60s - was in West Street, Leek, when he was struck by a large black car. He ...

Officers charged with keeping the county's roads safe stopped more than 11,300 drivers and made over 900 arrests - in just one year. Cops with Staffordshire Police's road crime team say the stats ...

Police have named a man charged following a series of thefts in Stoke-on-Trent. Keiron Grant Roberts, 39, from Stoke-on-Trent, his accused of three counts of theft from a shop. It comes after around ...