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HRH The Countess of Wessex has been in Uttoxeter today to receive a cheque for £300,000.
The money’s been raised by the staff at
@JCBmachines
for the NSPCC.
A man accused of shoplifting in Hanley says he's seeking legal advice, after being questioned about a bulge in his trousers.
Steve Whitehurst says he even dropped his trousers to security staff at Scotts menswear to prove he hadn't stolen anything.The store is investigating.
Reading football fans have donated more than £3000 to the John Rudge Statue Appeal, to apologise after more than a thousand supporters invaded the pitch on Saturday causing the game to be abandoned.
@ValeSupporters
say their generosity is amazing.
Heartwarming stuff.
To thank the Port Vale fans who supported our protest in getting the game abandoned, Reading fans have donated well over £2,000 to a fundraiser for a statue of a legendary ex-manager set up by
@ValeSupporters
.
Solidarity 🤝
#readingfc
#pvfc
Jonathan Gullis loses Stoke-on-Trent North.
The Conservatives deputy chairman Jonathan Gullis has lost his seat in Stoke-on-Trent North to Labour’s David Williams.
Former
@stokecity
manager
@LouMacari10
has been telling BBC Radio Stoke why he's donated twenty four thousand pounds to Stoke on Trent foodbank. He's made the donation, which will help feed thousands of cash-strapped families, via his Macari Foundation.
A rousing singalong to “Angels” finishes the night. The voices of more than 20 thousand
@robbiewilliams
fans can probably be heard all the way down the A500. What a night. Don’t leave it so long next time Robbie!
A father from
#Talke
is appealing to
@stokecity
fans to hold a round of applause at this Sunday's home match against Hull City in memory of his son. Fourteen year old Rafe Lawton was a Potters fan and loved football. He passed away from a long illness in July.
🚨BREAKING🚨
#SCFC
midfielder Lewis Baker has signed a new 3 year contract.
8 goals in 20 appearances last year for him - thoughts on this one Stoke fans?
(📸via
@stokecity
)
LISTEN: "I feel like they consider me as a family member" - Ryan Shawcross talks about what the
@stokecity
fans have meant to him over the years.
Hear the full interview here:
Plus more on tonight's Praise & Grumble from 6
#SCFC
#StokeCity
This is so touching! 😢❤️
The reaction of 13-year-old Isabelle when she finds out a life-changing drug for cystic fibrosis will be available on the NHS.
#CreweAlex
boss David Artell confirms Captain Perry Ng is on his way to Cardiff for a medical ahead of a deal which he says is "good for both clubs."
Ng's contract was due to run out at the end of this season.
@BBCSportWales
It's great news for
@NewVicTheatre
in
#Newcastle
.
The theatre's been given a grant of £2.5m by the Denise Coates Foundation. The money will be split across 5 years & will help ensure large scale shows are staged at the theatre and trips to the theatre are accessible to all.
Owner of Port Vale FC
@pvfc_carol
says her plan for rebuilding Burslem would involve making it a ‘sports campus’ - using the heritage buildings to grow their football and community work, with a vibrant nighttime economy. More on
@BBCRadioStoke
Samantha Eastwood's family have released this photograph of her graduating as a midwife. They say "From the age of twelve all Samantha wanted to be was a midwife. She had to work very hard to achieve her goal. Samantha may no longer be here but her memory and legacy will live on"
A
#StokeonTrent
teenager has won a 4-year scholarship to play football at a college in America.
18 year old Hannah Davies from Tunstall plays for Port Vale Women's under-18s - and she's just finished
@NSCGNewcastle
She's now off to Kansas - to pursue her dream. Photo: Port Vale.
BREAKING: From Stoke City: It is with great sadness that we announce that Gordon passed away peacefully overnight.
We are devastated to lose him but we have so many happy memories and could not have been more proud of him.
Stoke-on-Trent Strictly Come Dancing star, AJ Pritchard, has been discharged from hospital after being assaulted at a Cheshire nightclub. The professional dancer was one of four men attacked in Nantwich in the early hours of Thursday morning. A 20-year-old man has been arrested.
The Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer is in
#StokeOnTrent
today where he'll pledge to halve serious violent crime in England & Wales, if he wins the next general election. In a speech he'll say that he'd put a particular emphasis on reducing violence towards women & girls.
Sheila in
#Tunstall
sent us this video of her parents. 92-year-old Alf and 90-year-old June showing their appreciation for NHS workers. Alf is a life long Port Vale fan and the couple celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary this year.
#clapforourcarers
#ClapForTheNHS
Another Labour gain from the Conservatives, this time it's Stoke-on-Trent South.
Allison Gardner has taken the seat from Jack Brereton, who had represented the constituency since 2017.
Peaky Blinders was being filmed in Stoke-on-Trent yesterday 📽 We spotted gangster Arthur Shelby 👀 and actor Aiden Gillen (in the top hat!)on a narrow boat in Middleport. The actors were warned to be careful near the water - because of the old pots at the bottom of the canal! 🎬
Trentham long jumper
@JazminSawyers
has done it again! She's the British Champion! She jumped 6m 69cm to win the title in Manchester today.
We're just sorry that no spectators were allowed inside to see it. 😥
One of
#Hanley
’s familiar faces is retiring today. Ian Powell from
#Biddulph
, aka The Chicken Man, has been selling roast chickens from his van for more than forty years. He’s retiring so he can watch his grandson, James Plant, play for
@OfficialPVFC
.
.
@KeeleUniversity
is celebrating after becoming the the third best place to study medicine, just behind Oxford and Aberdeen. In the latest Guardian University rankings,
#Keele
also came fourth in Politics.
Huge cheers for Darrell Clarke as the last one to board the coach… to Wembley! Port Vale players are officially en route for tomorrow’s League Two play off final against Mansfield
#pvfc
#Stoke
on Trent is to become a national heritage action zone - to help restore it's ceramic past.
@HistoricEngland
has chosen 8 places for the scheme which aims to restore iconic buildings and bring them back into use.
You've probably heard our
@johnacres48
commentating on the
@GoodisonCat
that infiltrated the pitch on Saturday during
@Everton
's match against
@Wolves
.
Well,
@BBCR1
's
@gregjames
didn't want the fun to stop there... He offered John another scenario on his Breakfast show today...
They’ve done it!
@OfficialPVFC
are promoted to League one after beating Mansfield 3-0 in the play-off final at Wembley.
Here’s the reaction on the final whistle.
#pvfc
✅DONE DEAL✅
Port Vale will sign Newcastle Utd defender Lewis Cass when his contract at the Premier League club expires this summer.
Thoughts on this one
#PVFC
fans?
(📸
@OfficialPVFC
)
'I've had some wonderful times and it's really difficult because of you'
John Acres has announced he’s leaving BBC Radio Stoke after just over 19 years.
Hear the full announcement here 🔊
This is a Graduation Ceremony to remember 🎓 for
@StaffsUni
Visitor Attraction and Resort Management students... on board Oblivion
@altontowers
Congratulations guys👏
We’re saddened to hear the news that the local sports journalist George Andrews has died.
He passed away in hospital this morning after a short illness.
George worked for BBC Radio Stoke throughout the 1980s and 1990s as well as other local radio stations in Staffordshire and
A terminally ill woman has tied the knot in hospital in
#StokeonTrent
after receiving a lung cancer diagnosis. Tracey, 49, and Robert Pickford decided to bring their wedding forward and held it at the Royal
#Stoke
University Hospital.
Former Stoke City player Rory Delap who's the assistant manager at football club Maccabi Tel Aviv was forced to flee Israel.
Delap says he spent hours hiding in a panic room while violence went on outside, before being evacuated from the country.
BREAKING: Carol and Kevin Shanahan are the new owners of Port Vale.
They've bought the club as well as the ground from outgoing owner Norman Smurthwaite
#PVFC
New Stoke City Manager Nathan Jones took training for the first time this morning.
He’s given his initial thoughts on the future of Moritz Bauer and Bojan.
#SCFC
On Sport at Six tonight.
Hear
@stokecity
defender
@tom__edwardss
talk about who his role models are at the football club and of course he gives us his thoughts on his first goal!!
See you at 6pm and on
@BBCSounds
What are your thoughts on Jacob Brown so far this season
#SCFC
fans?❓
⚽️Manager, Michael O'Neill says he has the potential to become a great striker for the club.
👟The 23-year-old has scored 9⃣goals, making him Stoke's highest goal scorer so far this season.
What a show!
@robbiewilliams
taking us on a musical journey through his career - Come Undone, Could it Be Magic, Karma Killer and even a cover of Oasis’ Don’t Look Back in Anger. Amazing.
#RobbieWilliams
#Robbiehomecoming
Twelve wooden pods are being installed inside a warehouse on Regent Road in
#Hanley
for homeless people to live in. They will allow the Macari Foundation to offer help to more people (
@SoTCityCouncil
pic of Lou Macari & council leader Abi Brown)
🎥 - more reaction from
@OfficialPVFC
manager Darrell Clarke talking to
@PhilJBowers
after his side reached Wembley in the League Two play-off final.
#PVFC
Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
says he is fed up with Staffordshire's smelly landfill.
@AaronBell4NUL
has raised the issue of 'noxious gas emissions' from Walleys Quarry in Silverdale during PMQs.
The MP for
#Stone
@BillCashMP
says he'll do all he can to fight the plans for
#HS2
. MPs are debating the second stage of the multi-billion pound high speed rail project which will see the route extended from Birmingham to
#Crewe
.
Had to share this from
@StaffsFire
Firefighters in Longton have made a rainbow in appreciation and to show support of our amazing NHS, especially locally at Royal Stoke 🌈
Robbie Williams has been appointed a Club President at Port Vale. He joins ex-legendary manager John Rudge who was appointed in 2019. Speaking to
@OfficialPVFC
Robbie said; “To find myself from the Railway Paddock to be ‘El Presidente’ is pretty special.”
#PVFC
Port Vale manager Darrell Clarke has won back-to-back League Two Manager of the Month awards.
Vale won 5, drew 1 and lost 1 during October. (
@OfficialPVFC
pic)
⚽️Tom Ince has scored 3⃣ goals in his last 4⃣ appearances
📢Assistant manager Dean Holden says his hard work is being rewarded
❓Would you like to see him feature more regularly
#SCFC
fans?
⬇️Let us know...
The Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
@faisal_hussa1n
has handed
@OfficialPVFC
’s chairperson Carol Shanahan a special tile on behalf of the city, to celebrate their promotion in the summer to League 1.
🚨 Stoke City midfielder Mario Vrancic is expected to be fit for Saturday's match against Sheffield United.
The midfielder has picked up an injury while on international duty with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
📸
@stokecity
#scfc