One of the most, if not delicate, important task was that of the ‘handle-fixer’. His or her job was to ensure that the jug, teapot, cup or whatever, handle was fixed to the body with one hundred per ...

Stoke-on-Trent's pottery industry has been "squeezed and squeezed", with businesses and experts questioning how many blows ...

Police have taped off an area of the street and set up a crime scene tent Two men have been arrested after a man was stabbed with a glass bottle in Stoke-on-Trent. The victim, in his late teens ...

I had the great fortune to visit Stoke-on-Trent, and some of their most famous factories, including Spode, Wedgwood and Gladstone, which has the last remaining bottle kiln in Stoke. These ...