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Celebrating people and stories from the amazing place we call home. 🎧 Listen to BBC Radio Stoke on @BBCSounds ⚽️ Follow @BBCStokeSport 👇 Tap for more stories
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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.
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Former @stokecity manager @LouMacari10 has donated £25,000 to Stoke-on-Trent Foodbank through his charity The Macari Foundation
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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.
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He’s here! And he’s perfect! Back in Boslem and totally worth the wait. Welcome home @robbiewilliams ❤️ #RobbieWilliams #Robbiehomecoming @OfficialPVFC
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. @OFFICIALWMAS says angry notes, like one left on an ambulance in #Stoke on Trent, are becoming a regular occurance
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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
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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.
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The moment a terminally-ill bride from Leek arrives at her special hospital wedding ceremony @UHNM_NHS Congratulations Tracey and Robert 👰🏻🤵🏻💕
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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.
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🥊 'A world title at Stoke, that’s something dreams are made of’ Stoke-on-Trent Boxer @NathanHeaney reduced to tears by the support of the city
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Robbie is back out for the encore holding the Lg2 playoff trophy and wearing the new #pvfc home kit. He then rips into a version of “Glad all over” and Vale Park goes beserk! @robbiewilliams @OfficialPVFC #Robbiehomecoming
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A superb ovation for the @stokecity players from their supporters, following a 2-1 win at Swansea, as they bid farewell to the Premier League #SCFC
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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!
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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.
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🚨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 )
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Snoop Dogg says "there's always room" at "Casa de Snoop" for Snoop - the dumped Trentham Staffy. @RSPCA_official still investigating.
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There are currently 0 Covid-19 patients being treated in Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, say @UHNM_NHS.
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. @PoliceDogCooper is the first @StaffsPolice Staffy! Since taking part in operations 8-10 weeks ago he’s found £5,000 worth of cocaine! Great effort
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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
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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.
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Labour's David Williams winning Stoke North
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#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
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On loan midfielder Ollie Arblaster says his goodbyes at Vale Park after being recalled from his loan spell by Sheffield United. @OfficialPVFC #PVFC
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The moment @OfficialPVFC scored. The season's not over just yet! Full Time: .Walsall 0 Port Vale 1 (Eagles)
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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.
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👋🏻 He’s back in his seat! . 🎙 Nigel Johnson is back in the commentary box this afternoon
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King Charles pulls a pint during a visit to Tower Brewery in Burton upon Trent on Monday.
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Labour GAIN in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Adam Jogee won with 15,992 votes, with Conservative candidate Simon Tagg on 10,923.
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'If he saves six out of six, I'll resign as manager' 🤣. See how @LeeBlakeman did in his penalty shootout against @OfficialPVFC Darrell Clarke for @comicrelief.
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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
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Goodbye Jingo 😢. 🗣️ ‘It’s been a wonderful journey’ Nigel Johnson’s last words as 'Mr @StokeCity’ 🔴⚪️
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🎥 - A furious @OfficialPVFC manager Darrell Clarke giving his reaction to @PhilJBowers following the 1-0 home defeat to Walsall. #PVFC
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Staffordshire cancer fundraiser @_StephensStory makes the top @bbcnews stories of the year: http://t.co/VDtUkJhvN2
http://t.co/1WDQDTGfJ4.
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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.
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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"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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✅DONE DEAL✅. Stoke's first new signing of the summer is defender Aden Flint!. Is he what you were after #SCFC fans?. (📸via @stokecity)
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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
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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.
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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! 🎬
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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. 😥
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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.
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King Charles pulled a pint and changed the tyre of a JCB vehicle during a visit to Staffordshire. Full story:
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✅DONE DEAL✅. Port Vale striker Jamie Proctor has signed a new one year deal!. Pleased with this one #PVFC fans?
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The #Cheshire village famous for being the home of Harry Styles is holding its first ever pride today. #HolmesChapel .
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The crowd respectfully applaud the four goalkeepers who carry #GordonBanks into Stoke Minster
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.@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.
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Huge celebrations from Laura Smith the new Labour MP for Crewe & Nantwich after taking the seat from Conservatives. #GE2107 #bbcelection
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🎥 - hear from a delighted @TyreseKCampbell talking to @AngelaSmith_ after scoring his first goal for @stokecity in nearly twelve months in the 2-0 win over Peterborough. #SCFC
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#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.
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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
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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.
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Stoke-on-Trent is no longer on the Govt's watch list for Covid19 cases. It had been listed for 4 weeks
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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
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✅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 )
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The Shanahan family have a walk on the @OfficialPVFC pitch, on the day they’ve become the new owners of the football club. #PVFC
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The @stokecity defender Tom Edwards talks about not wanting a loan move, and his desire to stay and fight for his first team place. #SCFC
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'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 🔊
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✅DONE DEAL✅. @stokecity bring in former Reading midfielder Josh Laurent on a 3 year deal 🤝. How do you feel about this one #SCFC fans?
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Mother of @_StephensStory running #LondonMarathon in his memory http://t.co/T7tDSAFZzf
#Staffordshire #stephensstory
http://t.co/BtFgODscD5.
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Hundreds of people have turned out at a protest against a bad smell surrounding a Newcastle landfill.
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This is a Graduation Ceremony to remember 🎓 for @StaffsUni Visitor Attraction and Resort Management students. on board Oblivion @altontowers Congratulations guys👏
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Backing the Bid for City of Culture 2021 - “Come on Stoke On Trent” @sot2021 #sot2021 #stokeontrent #cityofculture2021 @DCMS
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Statement from Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School #Cheshire on death of 14 y/o Nell Jones in Manchester Arena attack
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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.
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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
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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)
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🎥 - more reaction from @OfficialPVFC manager Darrell Clarke talking to @PhilJBowers after his side reached Wembley in the League Two play-off final. #PVFC
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'Anti-terror' camp at @KeeleUniversity aims to tackle extremist 'misconceptions' #Staffordshire
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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.
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18 yo Bethany Taylor from #Stone who was reported missing has been found safe and well, say @StaffsPolice.
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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.
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The phone lights are out at @OfficialPVFC for “Feel” after a barn-storming version of “Kids” and loud singalong of “No Regrets”. What a set list @robbiewilliams #Robbiehomecoming
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He's done it! 👏. @LeeBlakeman has just completed the 60 length swim at Fenton Manor rounding off the Six Towns Challenge for @comicrelief 🏊
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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 🌈
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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)
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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
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The final pre-season game for Port Vale this summer could be Leeds United at Vale Park. Manager John Askey says they're finalising fixtures
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VALE ARE GOING TO WEMBLEY!. #PVFC have beaten Swindon to reach the Final of the League Two play-offs!
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⚽️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.
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