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
At the height of production, Stoke-on-Trent supported 70,000 jobs in the ceramics industry, earning its moniker the Potteries.
In 2010 Stoke-on-Trent had central government funding of £95 million a year. That’s now £27 million. It lost £270 million as a result.
Stoke-on-Trent's identity as both a city and the Six Towns can be confusing for non-Stokies. Here, Sarah, who directs the Six Towns Carnival, examines those identities as the area has changed over the decades
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
A community waits for news on the two children caught up in the house fire in Blackpool
A woman in her 20s was found dead at the scene and a man was pronounced dead at Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Experts from the University of Salford, drafted in to inspect the area, found evidence of 'low-level occupation of the landscape'
Starmer has promised no return to austerity politics, but that commitment alone is not enough to heal the problem.
A mum-of-three was hit with a Section 21 eviction notice after informing her landlord of issues with her home - Shelagh Parkinson reports from the hustings event organised by The Blackpool Lead and Blackpool Gazette
Labour’s manifesto suggests it understands how a dysfunctional housing sector destroys lives, but do the party's commitments go far enough?
Just eight were sleeping rough in Hyndburn according to an official count in the autumn. But what about those that no one notices? The Hyndburn Lead visits a woodland in Oswaldtwistle where people have been increasingly living in tents after failing to get the help they desperately need.
The housing crisis is putting thousands of people at risk of sexual exploitation as they struggle to pay spiralling rents.
Residential Management Group, who manage the property, said the sympathise with Natasha Freedman - who pulled herself up the stairs instead.
Britain’s boating community once moved according to the season; now, they are being forced from our rivers and canals by extortionate charges.