If you’re familiar with 19th-century ceramics, you probably know about ironstone. It was first made by English potter Miles Mason, who sold Chinese export porcelain and decided to make his own ...

Steam locomotive Isaac has been repainted into a Caledonian-style livery at the Statfold Barn Railway & Museum at Tamworth in Staffordshire. Isaac is an 0-4-2 tank engine built by William Bagnall at ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pitcher Michael King and the San Diego Padres avoided an arbitration hearing when they agreed Friday to a one-year deal guaranteeing $7.75 million. King gets a $3 million ...

Share this story... TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly signed right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer. ESPN and the New York Post say the free agent and Toronto have agreed to a one-year ...

A busy January on the free agent front came to a close with the Blue Jays snagging Max Scherzer, the 40-year-old eight-time all-star who will bring his three Cy Young awards and two World Series ...

Here are the latest cases from the region's courts: LONGTON: Thirty-six-year-old Ikram Hussain, of Rosslyn Road, Longton, has appeared at North Staffordshire Justice Centre charged with being ...

A new platform to help care workers to access high quality training 24/7 has been launched. The Social Care Academy for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent platform brings together the very best of ...

A huge collection of Staffordshire pottery gathered over four decades by a Borders hotelier is going up for auction. More than 1,000 pieces which belonged to the late ceramics enthusiast Sheila ...

Jan 29 (Reuters) - More than seven people were killed in a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela, or Great Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian holy city of Prayagraj on Wednesday. Here is a look at ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jovan Oviedo and the Pittsburgh Pirates have argued the first salary arbitration case of the year. A right-hander who turns 27 on March 2, Oviedo asked for a raise from $ ...

And compared with buying bottled water, using a water filter pitcher is substantially more affordable (we did the math). The activated carbon filters used in most pitchers do a great job of ...