Jonathan Bamber

Trader Jill Woolliscroft has opened a new shop as she expands her business. The 63-year-old opened an Avon stall at Longton Market two years ago.

Families on a housing estate are opposing BT telegraph poles being installed near their homes.

Families living on a street with 'dangerous' potholes are calling for the road to be repaired properly. Residents in The Wood, Meir , say the road was built to serve a relatively small number of properties.

Clark Eastwood, 52, has been handed a suspended sentence

Dad-of-two Clark Eastwood admitted abusing his position of trust and having sex with the schoolgirl before taking her to the pharmacist s to get the morning-after pill

Families have welcomed a council repairing potholes outside their homes. Residents in Victoria Street, Hartshill , say cars have been damaged by the potholes and it is noisy every time a vehicle clatters over them.

Fed-up families are calling for a council to reinstall a bollard to stop youths tearing up and down their street on motorbikes.

DJ Mark Daba Davis is raising money for Alder Hey Children's Hospital. The 54-year-old has raised more than £24,500 from his first 11 fund-raising

An estate agent has launched a new way of selling homes. Butters John Bee's Longton branch has held its first 'showcase event' at a property in Kimberley Street, Goms Mill.

Some were in the queue from 7.15am