while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used For more information visit our Cookie Policy(Opens in a new window)External Link Icon Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Staffordshire County Council have issued a joint statement regarding a possible alternative to the Basford Bank 'bus gate' As plans for a bus gate on Etruria Road became more detailed we were concerned by the scale of the predicted traffic diversions and the impact this would have on many other side roads in the area affecting the lives of hundreds of residents We recently shared an emerging alternative proposal with the UK Government that would avoid a bus gate being installed which would also achieve the city and borough councils’ legal obligation to reduce pollution There is still a lot of work to be done to get a final plan completed and approved by the UK Government Work on the bus gate has now been paused while all three councils focus their efforts on completing a full business case for this alternative proposal.” Leader of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has been lobbying the Government and MPs for a sensible resolution to this issue since 2018 The reality is that people’s travel habits have changed since the Covid lockdowns and therefore the situation has evolved so that a bus gate has become a large hammer to crack a very small nut If the proposal on the Stoke-on-Trent side of the boundary we would welcome its adoption to remove such a disruptive measure as a bus gate.” © 2025 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council Planning applications received and decided this week By Iolo Griffiths · 20 September 2024 Planning applications received and decided by Stoke-on-Trent City Council this week Recently decided planning applications for the same period LoadingDaily Email Updates {{contentTitle}} A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal house fire in Wolverhampton Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 four charges of attempted murder and a charge of arson with intent to endanger life He has been remanded in custody to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court today for a first hearing He is the second person to be charged following a fatal house fire on Plascom Road, East Park was rushed to hospital but sadly later died Others in the household were also seriously injured A 36-year-old man, charged with the same offences, appeared at court earlier this month and was remanded in custody ahead of a hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court on October 11 Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in this fatal incident Information passed directly to police will not qualify for any reward Only information passed directly to Crimestoppers using the untraceable online form anonymously at Crimestoppers-uk.org, Fearless.org for young people or via the 0800 555 111 number will qualify. Win Happy PremiumSearch Rayo hits radio shropshire newsTwo men deny murder after fatal Wolverhampton house fireAkashdeep Singh Two men have pleaded not guilty to the murder of a man in a fatal house fire in Wolverhampton from Basford in Stoke-on-Trent and Dale Francis of Clarke Street in Stoke-on-Trent are also accused of four counts of attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life The charges are in connection with a fire at a house in Plascom Road in East Park was trapped upstairs in the house with his mother and one of his brothers when the fire started and was rushed to hospital Mr Singh's brother suffered a fractured back when he fell out of an upstairs window while their mother is still in intensive care in hospital Two other family members were also injured Tatters and Francis pleaded not guilty to all the charges against them They will both stand trial on a date yet to be fixed First for all the latest news from across the UK every hour on Hits Radio on DAB, at hitsradio.co.uk and on the Rayo app. Company number 01176085; Bauer Radio Limited Company number: 1394141Registered office: Media House Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing Company number: LP003328; Registered office: The Lantern London NW1 2PL All registered in England and Wales VAT no 918 5617 01H Bauer Publishing are authorised and regulated for credit broking by the FCA (Ref No: 845898) A man has appeared in court charged with murder and four charges of attempted murder following a fatal house fire in Wolverhampton Dale Francis, 36, appeared at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on Saturday in connection with the fire in East Park earlier this year spoke only to confirm his name and address in the hearing and was remanded into custody ahead of a further hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday He has also been charged with arson with intent to endanger life after a 26-year-old man died of burns and smoke inhalation after a house fire on Plascom Road on June 25 Akashdeep Singh was rushed to hospital where he later died Five people including Mr Singh were taken to hospital Crimestoppers is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the fatal incident Only information passed directly to Crimestoppers using the untraceable online form anonymously at Crimestoppers-uk.org Fearless.org for young people or via the 0800 555 111 number will qualify By Iolo Griffiths · 15 April 2024 By Iolo Griffiths · 9 March 2024 The ad-free version is ready for purchase on iOS mobile app today we couldn't find that page";var n=e.querySelector("h2");return n&&n.remove(),{staticContent:e,title:t}},d=function(e){var t=document.createElement("button");return t.innerText=e,t.classList.add("error-page-button"),t},f=function(e){var t=document.createElement("div");t.id="recirculation-404",t.classList.add("brand-hint-bg");var n="\n \n \n Tick here if you would like us to send you the author’s response