Stoke Central
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Tories widen lead over Labour to 13 points in new pollObserver/Opinium survey shows support for Conservative party at 40% against 27% for Labour, with Jeremy Corbyn’s approval rating at 17%
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Tories and Labour pick candidates for Copeland and Stoke byelectionsConservatives say Trudy Harrison and Jack Brereton will run for respective seats, as Labour announces Gareth Snell as nominee for Stoke Central
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Tristram Hunt to quit as MP to become V&A directorLabour MP and former shadow education secretary to take on role heading top London museum
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Why Stoke-on-Trent is a microcosm of the battle for Labour's soulThe grassroots revolt that put Jeremy Corbyn into the leadership has re-energised the city’s moribund constituency parties – but it has also heaped pressure on its more centrist MPs who were already under threat from planned boundary changes
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The Dozen: the weekend's best Premier League photosWe round up our favourite pictures from Saturday’s and Sunday’s matches in the English top flight
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The Dozen: the weekend's best Premier League photosWe round up our favourite pics from Saturday’s and Sunday’s matches in the top flight
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The Dozen: the best photos from the weekend's Premier League matchesOur pick of the best images from around the top-flight grounds on Saturday and Sunday
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Northern Eye 13 - Thomond on Thursday with his choice of pictures from his Guardian beat
In his latest weekly selection for the Guardian Northerner, Christopher Thomond turns his northern eye to an historic pottery in Stoke-on-Trent. You can see his 12 earlier Northern Eyes here and read more about the pots by Martin Wainwright here.
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Lord Ashley of Stoke, champion of equality for disabled people, has died
Labour peer and disability rights campaigner Jack Ashley took the cause of the disabled to parliament and won victories for victims of the drug Thalidomide, among others
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General election 2010: 'There is real risk from BNP here'
We asked our writers what place or issue they felt most passionate about and asked them to explore it. Today Matthew Taylor on the threat of far right party in Stoke Central where it is established and Labour is in disarray
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A tale of two Stokes
Simon Jeffery: Suzanne Moore, columnist for the Mail on Sunday, formerly of the Guardian, Independent and New Statesman, tweeted this lunchtime that she is to stand as an independent in Hackney North and Stoke Newington. Meanwhile in Stoke-on-Trent Central, the row over the selection of historian (and Guardian contributor) Tristram Hunt to stand for Labour is continuing to roll on.
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Tristram Hunt, Stoke and Seddon's ireMike Ion: I too was a rejected candidate for Stoke, but Mark Seddon is wrong about the BNP benefiting from a Labour 'fix'
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Labour activist to stand as independent against Tristram Hunt in StokeLocal party constituency secretary is aggrieved Downing Street intervened to choose candidates for shortlist
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BNP ready to fill Labour vacuum in StokeMichael White: The Potteries have battled unemployment, urban decay and immigration issues for four decades – so it is ground zero in the BNP's bid for success in tomorrow's election
Labour sure it can see off Ukip in Stoke byelection despite voter apathy