Affordable Food Stoke threw away 600 kilos of food that could have been distributed to the community in January - so they're calling for a change to the rules
“I never thought I had a valid opinion on anything. I thought nobody cared what I thought, but Appetite encouraged me to express myself and see myself as somebody worth listening to.”
In the past week, three serious violent crimes against women and girls have been publicly shared by Staffordshire Police
When 500 terraced houses in Hanley were earmarked for demolition it was the community that saved them. Now neighbours, including some who bought the once condemned houses for £1, are regenerating the deprived area from its grassroots. Starting with the local pub...
Thousands have reported problems since Stoke-on-Trent City Council launched their campaign in November
Stoke’s factories and collieries are a reminder of the redundancy that many men have experienced and still feel.
"It takes more than a few projects to address what are deep structural economic and social problems."
Sarah is from Stoke-on-Trent and directs the city’s largest free event - the Six Towns Carnival. Here, she speaks with residents of Bentilee - one of the largest housing estates in Europe - and examines prejudice, stigma, austerity but, most pertinently, the strength of community
People in Stoke-on-Trent have been facing the pressure of Conservative-implemented austerity cuts, de-industrialisation and a cost-of-living crisis. But where there is community, there is help available.
Austerity and deprivation are just two contributing factors for the rise of monkey dust in Stoke-on-Trent - and more needs to be done to tackle these root causes
The horrors of poor maternal care are compounded by how little we Brits are told about the raw realities and risks of birth. Why was I taught more about plants' reproductive systems than my own?
As we bring you the news of four British victims serving Tate with civil proceedings at his compound in Romania, we take a look back at the controversies and allegations that have led us to this moment.
The government's legal obligations to disabled people's rights are patchy, allowing for years of violent political, rhetorical and bureaucratic abuse. There's a ready-made charter that can protect us - and it should be adapted into law.
1.4 million workers in the UK are living in a constant state of economic “double jeopardy”. Millennials are the most likely to find themselves in this situation - but precarity is not something we can afford to tolerate as a fact of life.
3,700 stately homes are being preserved for the nation - but the heritage of the people who actually built the country is being allowed to crumble. Applying for dedicated funding schemes requires expensive expertise, and one in eight applications is rejected.
From policing to prosecution, this was the British justice system at its most incompetent and culturally confused.
Three in four women in Cheltenham report feeling unsafe during the annual races and the accompanying Festival. Justice Secretary Alex Chalk MP and local authorities blame pop-up strip clubs, but are they going after the easy scapegoats?
It's official: we have a two-tier, racist regime where some Britons face far greater penalties than others - and journalists and protesters could be particularly at risk.
Wayne Couzens - Sarah Everard's killer - was not "one bad apple", but a symptom of widespread rot. People of colour and other minoritised groups have been warning about police failings for decades.
We hear a lot about the "boomerang generation": people who leave their parental home only to move back in with them. But care leavers like myself often don't have anywhere to boomerang to. Our support system needs to change.