News published June 2026
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Action taken on almost 100 buildings as council tackles heritage emergency
Stoke on Trent City Council has taken enforcement action on almost 100 heritage buildings as it steps up work to tackle neglected historic properties in private ownership.
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Multi agency crackdown seizes over £250,000 illegal tobacco
The city council’s trading standards team have seized illegal tobacco and vapes as part of a multi-agency crackdown.
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Dedicated neighbourhood police officers to ‘build on city’s strong track record on community safety’
Stoke-on-Trent has been assigned two additional dedicated neighbourhood police officers as part of ongoing work to support thriving town centres.
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Dozens of projects given green light as £1.5 million Pride in Place Impact Fund gears up to deliver rapid improvements
A first wave of community projects have been awarded funding through the £1.5 million Pride in Place Impact fund.
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City gets on board for Better Transport Week
The council is marking Better Transport Week 2026 (June 15 -21) by encouraging residents to rediscover their local bus service and experience just how ‘smart’ bus travel across the city has become.
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£3.3 million of unsafe and illegal goods seized by trading standards in last financial year
The city council’s trading standards team have seized illegal and unsafe products worth millions in the last year.
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Plans for the first of two new war memorials to honour Burslem’s fallen set to be unveiled
Plans for the first of first of two new war memorials honouring Burslem’s fallen have been unveiled.
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‘Outlaw poet’ takes up Stoke-on-Trent Poet Laureate role
Poet Steven Beattie has officially taken up the role of Stoke-on-Trent Poet Laureate following a handover event with outgoing laureate Nick Degg.
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Hotel closes to asylum seekers as numbers accommodated in city drops by a quarter
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has welcomed the news that a hotel is no longer accommodating asylum seekers.
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Stoke-on-Trent Lord Mayor helps to raise more than £15,000 for local good causes
Three charities have been awarded a share of £15,884.49 thanks to the fundraising efforts of Stoke-on-Trent’s former Lord Mayor.
