Iconic Stoke-on-Trent pottery firm Royal Stafford has 'collapsed into liquidation' with the possible loss of dozens of jobs.

Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Gareth Snell also raised the issue during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday. He asked Keir ...

A mum whose heart stopped for 14 minutes has said she felt scared waking up to an empty tummy only to discover she had had a baby while medics did CPR. Doctors at the Royal Stoke Hospital in ...

AN iconic kitchenware chain has gone bust with “immediate effect” – after being in business for a staggering 200 years. Royal ...

The firm’s most recent incarnation was formed in March 1992 with the merger of two pottery factories, Royal Stafford China and Barratts of Staffordshire. The Royal Overhouse Manufactory ...

Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe created their tea sets with long-time design collaborators Farrow. The ceramics are ...

Recently the V&A Wedgwood Collection announced that it has acquired 60 contemporary Wedgwood creations in celebration of its 10th anniversary. Highlight acquisitions will go on show at the ...

Businesswoman Sam Wilcox was always going to end up in the pottery industry - and is now overseeing a range of city-made mugs that go through 26 pairs of skilled hands. The Stoke-on-Trent born former ...

Britain’s oldest ping pong player is still batting off the competition and beating opponents 30 years his junior - at the age of 92. Retired tool maker Ivan Pedley plays table tennis twice a week and ...

Antiques Roadshow's resident ceramics and glass expert John Sandon joined the programme in 1985 alongside his father.

The UK population is set to balloon to 72.5m by 2032, but will this spell demographic catastrophe or economic boom?