By Natasha Kaur: Council bosses have held talks with Stoke City over a potential victory parade after next week’s FA Cup final.

Stoke face Manchester City at Wembley on May 14, hoping to bring the cup home to Staffordshire for the first time.

By Liam Kerin: Plans for the redevelopment of Stoke town have gone on display.

The proposals include the regeneration of areas such as the old Spode works site.

Plans will be on display until March 22 and show an improved road system, revamped shopping space and better family housing.

By Liam Kerin: More than 400 jobs a year are to be created in Stoke-on-Trent as work starts on the redevelopment of a disused pottery factory.

The Enson works site in Longton is to be transformed into a Centre of Refurbishment Excellence (CoRE), which will provide training and demonstration in the area.

It’s hoped through the work of the CoRE project that 700 people a year will enhance their skills and as a result of business activities once the project is up and running, and 400 jobs will be created in the region.

By Louise Bawden: Controversy over the potential closure of seven of Stoke-on-Trent’s 16 children’s centres could come to a head today (January 27).

The public debate over the closure has been fierce with campaigners compiling a 5,600-signature petition which they handed to Stoke City Council leaders.

Now the issue which will be addressed at today’s Stoke City Council meeting, as councillors discuss whether closing them is worth the potential savings of £750,000.

There will also be another protest before the meeting by the SOC group.

By Kim Lishman: Residents are to get a glimpse of the city council’s regeneration plans this week.

The proposals come after the council appointed architect company URBED to revamp Stoke in a bid to bring the historic pottery site back to its former glory.

By Amy Dennis & Sheri Williams: A Stoke-on-Trent City Council worker has won a national best leader award.

Donna Hammersley, improvement and development officer, motivated staff to improve their customer service so well it earned her a WOW! Award.

She received the accolade at a ceremony at the Troxy in London.

By Anneka Masih: Stoke-on-Trent has been given a jobs boost after the Government approved an application for businesses to work together.

By Alyssa Harrison & Amy Dennis: Staffordshire University has launched its first ever cycle festival.

Bicycle enthusiasts visiting the opening were treated to performances by BMX stunt riders Danny Butler, Ashley Butler and Ben Slinger.

By Kieran Spratt: A bus station at a new Stoke-on-Trent shopping centre will be built earlier than expected, it has emerged.

By Matt Bowling: Stoke City Council is pumping more than £5 million into the former Spode Works site to stop private developers buying it.
The 18th century site is to under-go a massive re-development as part of a multi-million pound regeneration project paid for by the city council.
The council approved proposals to fight off private investment and buy the land at a secret council meeting on Wednesday night.
Plans are rumoured to include converting the buildings into luxury apartments, business space and opening a Potteries museum.
The nine-acre site on Church Street, Stoke, has …