Emma Bridgewater was only 23 when she had a wildly optimistic vision. It was the mid-1980s and she'd just arrived in Stoke-on-Trent. The rich ceramic heritage of the city had captivated the would-be ...

Plans to demolish a derelict Victorian factory and build a three-storey block of flats in its place have been approved. The Laban Tansey needle manufacturing company occupied the two-storey building ...