Stoke-on-Trent Sees More than 16 Fly-Tipping Incidents a Day

Council issues statement confirming ‘ghost fly-tip clearances’ after 'anger'

“This is about accountability. If they say it is done and it has not, then it is not good for public trust"

Remembering 1975 Glasgow bin strike that lasted 13 weeks and army had to step in

A thousand tonnes of rubbish was dumped across the city each day.

Residents respond to our fly-tipping campaign - 'It holds a mirror to our society'

Residents have responded to our fly-tipping campaign - here's what they have to say.

Taxpayer bill for saving Scunthorpe steel furnaces could top £1.5bn by 2028, auditor says

National Audit Office highlights benefits of state rescue for jobs and orders but warns of continuing high cost The cost of keeping the UK’s last remaining blast furnaces going at British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant could exceed £1.5bn by 2028 if it continues at its current rate, according to the government’s spending watchdog.Ministers took the plant into public control in April last year, after its Chinese owner – industrial firm Jingye – threate…

Oil refinery breaches environmental regulations 491 times

Essar, which has operated the UK’s second largest refinery since 2013, pleaded guilty to 12 charges brought by the Environment Agency

Five defendants in Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court

They've all appeared at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court