All news by author: Rachel Alexander

Stoke-on-Trent City Council, which Labour only regained in 2023 after an eight-year absence, says Julie Hancock failed in her legal duty when transferring household waste

Ryanair passengers had to stand helplessly in the security queue as the final call was announced for the Malaga flight at Birmingham Airport, with 51 passengers missing their flight

Stephen Brown from Milton in Stoke-on-Trent went to his GP with pain in his back and legs but was told he probably had an infection and was sent home with pills

One mum was left fuming after her 19-year-old disabled daughter was told she couldn't be in the Crown and Cushion, in Biddulph, but the pub has since quickly changed its rule

Aiden and Lucas Pickerill, aged only two-and-a-half, were diagnosed with NRROS at the Royal Stoke University Hospital last month

The 51-year-old victim has sustained gruesome injuries following the attack, which happened as he walked his own dog - a Weimaraner - in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

Police were called to reports of a knifeman at Barlaston Health Centre in Stoke on Trent after a patient reportedly walked into the GP and threatened a staff member with a knife

Mum Zoe Wilson had been 'perfectly fine' before a sudden stroke in the middle of the night last Monday, which left her in hospital and in need of blood clot operations before a second stroke on Friday

Janice Swandle, 42, says she told Stoke on Trent City Council in April the family was moving house and autistic daughter Sophie Swandle, 11, would need a school she could walk to

Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy, which is in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, has apologised to Kelly Bowman and her family after her son was "starved" during a lunchtime

Clare Kidd coughed up £550 to bring the mongrel over from Spain but, days later, found Olive had "something wrong with her leg" and rushed the pooch to a vet in Staffordshire

Little Reggie Bebbington was taken to the GP earlier this year after his parents spotted a lump on his belly - now he's had chemotherapy and had a kidney removed and is waiting for radiotherapy treatment

DNA tests have confirmed that a corpse recently found on a glacier southeast of the famed Matterhorn peak is that of a German mountaineer who disappeared 37 years ago

Cancer patient Kim Culley said he was slapped with a £25 fine after parking on double yellow lines to avoid missing end-of-line treatment at hospital

A family has lost three of their dogs in just six days, while a fourth dog is fighting for its life after catching parvovirus, an infection attacking cells in a dog's intestines

A man in Staffordshire has attempted to track down a would-be motorbike thief after he captured someone allegedly trying to steal his Suzuki on CCTV. Will Grieve left a warning note

Police were called to Ormiston Horizon Academy after students banned from a leavers' event due to poor behaviour and attendance showed up anyway and refused to leave

Stacy-Marie Nicklin is desperate to move from the house where her two-year-old daughter died, but a row with contractors is preventing her from entering a new property

Malcolm Timmis is being chased for hundreds of pounds worth of fines in what he says is a 'gross injustice' after being handed tickets for parking at the hospital he works at

Louise Harris said the manager at the Wetherspoons told her no dogs were allowed and would not budge - despite her providing proof of Bella's credentials as an assistance dog