Stoke on Trent, England News

FAILED asylum seeker Fayaz Azizi is pleading to remain in Britain after claiming he will be killed in his native Afghanistan.

It has enabled them to practise turning, signalling, road positioning and other essential skills for safe cycling in the city.

PICKING holes in Stoke-on-Trent City Council's regeneration strategy is a bit like duck shooting in a game bird orthopaedic hospital.

THE first of a series of fund-raising events has taken place at The Swan in Cheadle in honour of Cancer Research UK.

Ian Woodroffe, aged 45, of Bagot Grove, Sneyd Green, and Mark Woodroffe, aged 46, of Ralph Drive, Sneyd Green, are alleged to have committed the offence at Sneyd Green on February 18. Their trial will be held at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court in the week beginning July 29 and their bail was extended.

INDIE/FOLK band Ghost Trains may be headed up by Stoke-on-Trent musician Tim Ellis, but their popularity transcends Staffordshire - and even the UK.

Police raided Hearson's home after the father of a 12-year-old boy became concerned when he read messages on the boy's phone.

He's a historian, TV documentary maker, author and teacher. What difference is the new boy on the shadow education team going to make? Anna Bawden talks to him Tristram Hunt on the proposed curriculum: 'It's too prescriptive a there isn't enough space for local history, which is often the way into a broader national, global history'.

Basil Mariyanajakam knew his victim as they were members of the same Christian group and he carried out jobs for him at his Hanley home.

MORE than 1,000 desperate families hit by benefit reforms have applied for emergency financial handouts in just eight weeks.

FOR the benefit of those in the back row who were not paying attention, this is where we left off last week.

NOISY Mark Forrest set fire to a former neighbour's home after she reported him for playing loud music through the night.

THE dad of a woman who survived being hit by a train said she had stepped onto the tracks to fetch her bag.

The victim, who is in his 40s, last night remained in a 'stable' condition at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire after being mauled by the animal.

Some of the 18 million Britons who are expected to go abroad on holiday this summer will find themselves flying into a legal storm.

The 41-year-old, who has seven previous house burglaries on his extensive criminal record, was caught red-handed with items he stole from the house in Morton Street, Middleport.

Emma Moss, Design Director at the Interior Design Practice, has been busy designing a commercial interior to inspire a new generation at a Stoke-on-Trent high school.

A MAN was last night fighting for his life after being bitten by a dog in a Stoke-on-Trent flat.

A retired HGV driver had his dying wish honoured when he arrived at his funeral - on the back of a 150 tonne LORRY.

Wajid Khan attacked Mohammed Sharif with a hammer before he and Kasim Ahmed bundled him into the boot of a car.