The new authority would cover Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.

MP David Williams says the ceramics industry should remain a "focus" of the city's economy.

The council will proceed with £1.1m of cuts affecting front-line services following consultation.

Police say they are working to identify the skeletal remains following their discovery on Sunday.

Hanley residents fear the licence would exacerbate anti-social behaviour around the area.

New plans for 260-year-old The Leopard, used as a cannabis factory in 2022, are due later this year.

Moorcroft, based in Stoke-on-Trent since 1913, says it has faced rising costs and falling sales.

Officers are at the site near a retail park after the "skeletal" remains were found by a passer-by.