What's Happening in Stoke-on-Trent blog

More than 600 fundraisers got in the saddle to take part in this year’s Douglas Macmillan Hospice Bike Ride.

Young people were given a chance to have their say and question local leaders during a hustings event.

Hero Ian Darlington has been nominated for a bravery award after he rescued a teenager from a house fire.

New baby macaques are causing great excitement at the Trentham Monkey Forest.

An old pottery factory is being turned into a workshop to make hundreds of flags and costumes for the city’s Olympic Torch parade.

Museum visitors are being asked to judge Titanic captain Edward John Smith in an exhibition about the doomed liner.

Students have won a national award for their film about local farmers.

When identical twins Robyn and Becky Tunnicliff take on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro they will be relying on sisterly support to get them through.

When a supermarket worker joined Sainsbury’s in a temporary role for Christmas she never dreamed she would celebrate 30 years with the company.

A pottery collection celebrating the heritage of one of the most famous firms in Stoke-on-Trent is to go on show after the project was given £50,000.