Founder, CEO and editor of The Staffordshire Signal, a Staffordshire-based writer, historian, photographer and filmmaker, also known as The Red Haired Stokie, covering local news, heritage, culture and community stories across the county.
Objectors are fighting Spode Works' regeneration plans, a Tunstall landlord faces an £8,000 bill for a crumbling heritage building, and Longton says thank you to its firefighters with care packages for every watch, this week in The Staffordshire Signal Weekly.
Longton residents and businesses have come together to thank local firefighters, filling care packages for all five watches at Longton Fire Station after weeks of community donations
An investigation is under way after a large fire broke out at Trinity House on Trinity Street in Hanley, with firefighters, police and forensic investigators attending the scene.
Spode Works is one of Stoke's most significant heritage sites, and Capital&Centric's own engineer says its buildings could be repaired rather than demolished. So why aren't they being? We investigate.
Stoke-on-Trent Male Voice Choir will perform a free charity concert in Newcastle-under-Lyme this September, raising support for firefighters and their families.
Recovery work and support for residents are continuing after the major Sandyford fire, with four properties identified as dangerous structures and a public appeal established for affected families.
A council leader faces chamber outburst allegations, Best of British Beer turns 15, and the Horn Dance returns to Abbots Bromley. This week in The Staffordshire Signal Weekly.
A Newcastle-under-Lyme beer business is raising a glass to 15 years with a special collection featuring Staffordshire brews, local stories and a nod to the Potteries.
We're asking Staffordshire to help us take the Signal further, expanding Signal TV, launching a new podcast, and building the app that puts local news back in your pocket, not an algorithm's. Here's why, and how you can back us.
The Environment Agency has declared drought in the West Midlands, with reservoirs low and greenspaces increasingly at risk of fire. This is the weekly round up from The Staffordshire Signal, delivered every Wednesday.
The Upper House Hotel in Barlaston is celebrating 30 years as one of Staffordshire's most loved country house hotels, restored from a derelict council home into the elegant venue it is today. Built for the Wedgwood family in the 1840s, the grounds even hide a Celtic grave. Here's the full story...
