Work is continuing on the transformation of Burslem town centre, with new paving being installed on Queen Street alongside essential underground infrastructure works.
Action was carried out in Hanley yesterday following concerns raised by local businesses and residents over anti-social behaviour, with makeshift camps dismantled alongside the BID’s Environmental Ambassador.
The deterioration of public conveniences in North Staffordshire
Sixteen years after the BBC reported on the decline of Newcastle-under-Lyme’s high street, Six Towns Daily looks at why local people are still raising the same concerns in 2026, from empty units and a lack of independent businesses to the growing number of takeaways, vape shops and barbers.
People going about their day in Hanley have once again been left witnessing scenes of violence in the town centre, with fighting breaking out in broad daylight.
Shoppers and traders in Newcastle-under-Lyme say there are now “far too many” vape shops in the town centre, as concerns grow over the changing face of the high street.