By Sandy Wagg: Hanley’s Fat Cat Cafe Bar was taken over by a vintage fair which took place on both of its floors.

The bar opened up its venue to a number of vintage companies.

There was a colourful mix of clothes, shoes, bags, hand-made jewellery and paintings for people to buy.

By Matt Richardson : Charities in Stoke-on-Trent have seen the number of donations stolen increase over the last 12 months.

Thieves have targeted donation bags left on doorsteps by shops and from clothing banks in the city.

By Sam Morter: A community radio station is taking to the airwaves in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Cre8 Radio will begin its FM broadcast on May 21 and will be run entirely by volunteers from the local area.

The community station status means revenue does not come from commercials and the station is instead funded by Government grants and public donations.

By Matt Richardson: More than 30,000 Stoke City fans are expected to travel en masse to Wembley for the FA Cup final over the next 24 hours.

Supporters will be heading to the match in cars, trains, coaches and any means possible for the biggest game in the club’s history.

By Rachel Wood: An artist is celebrating Stoke City’s historic run to Wembley by creating original acrylic paintings.

Paine Proffitt was inspired by the dedication of fans to create the vintage poster-style artwork to commemorate the team’s success.

By James Drakeford: Virgin Trains are to operate two extra services for the FA Cup final.

Services usually run from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston via Stoke-on-Trent.

The two additional trains will travel directly from Stoke to London.

By Anneka Masih: More than 100 film fans attended a special viewing of a film made by two Stoke-on-Trent production teams.

The Stoke-on-Trent companies screened their comedy feature film, Pulp, at Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Vue cinema.

By Elliot Richardson: Stoke City took advantage of their FA Cup success as fans rushed to snap up season tickets for next season.

Supporters headed to the Britannia stadium to purchase their 2011/2012 season tickets which also guarantees them a ticket for the Cup Final.

An extra 2,300 tickets were made available for the Potters’ date with Manchester City at Wembley for fans who do not have season tickets, but are buying one for next season.

By Sarah Wells: Tickets for rock legend Slash’s homecoming concert in Stoke-on-Trent sold out in less than two hours.

Tickets went on sale at 9am this morning (May 6) for Slash’s forthcoming gig at the Victoria Hall on July 24, where over 1,500 fans will watch the star.

By Natasha Kaur: Port Vale caretaker manager, Mark Grew, says the squad lacked fitness during the reign of his predeccessor, Jim Gannon.

Mark Grew claimed 18 out of the 20 members of the squad he inherited from Gannon, had put on weight during Gannon’s 75 day reign.