Stoke & Staffordshire

Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

Reform gains control of Newcastle-under-Lyme in historic night for party

The party's Richard Tice says voters have turned out to "repaint the red wall, the turquoise wall".
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  1. A women with short brown hair, glasses and a yellow and white patterned shirt. She is looking at the camera smiling.

  2. A WMR Class 730 train can be seen on tracks. It has several carriages with orange and maroon livery and black front end.

  3. A man is cutting a blue ribbon with a line of people around him. Behind him is the wall of a building and a white sign which can be partly read and says "Stoke on Trent NHS Community Diagnostic".

  4. An exterior of Leicester Crown Court. It is a red brick building with red brick steps leading up to a glass entrance.

  5. General view of Hillcrest Street in Hanley. An empty street with an empty car park on the right and a dilapidated blue building with graffiti on. On the left parked on the side of the road there is a silver taxi

  6. The image shows the exterior of a modern Marks & Spencer (M&S) store. A large illuminated “M&S” sign is prominently mounted on the building facade, with the ampersand in green and the letters in white. The building features glass panels, and above the sign there are large poster-style images of models displayed inside, visible through the windows. Below the sign, reflective metallic cladding runs along the front of the store entrance.

  7. The image shows the aftermath of a road incident on a dual carriageway. In the mid-ground, a large blue lorry is lying on its side across the edge of the road, partially resting against a metal crash barrier. Several recovery vehicles, including a red heavy-duty tow truck and another lorry marked “J.P.W Commercials Ltd,” are positioned nearby, with workers in high-visibility clothing gathered around the overturned vehicle.

  8. A woman with light blonde hair and a white and black striped top smiles as she sits on a yellow chair in a football stand.

  9. A bronze bust of a man's head with short hair in front of a brick wall

  10. A couple hold up a cheque for £333,333 with their fists in the air. Nancy is wearing a light blue cardigan with white flowers across it. Colin is wearing a cream coloured cardigan with a maroon pattern on the upper section.

  11. A woman wearing a black and white patterned top and a light blue suit jacket is sitting on a red sofa. She is looking to the left of the shot.

  12. The stork has a long, red beak and a curvy neck and white body in this close-up image.

  13. A multi-coloured hot air balloon is seen in a blue sky over some tree tops

  14. A wooden structure has been turned completely black after a fire. There us debris out in front of the structure, which appear to be charred panelling. The structure now has now roof with just three or four thin beams drooping across the empty void in the middle.

  15. Four wrestlers inside a ring. One with his back to us is lifting another in the air around the throat and is about to slam him down. Another man is on the right with both hands raised in the air. A fourth man is slumped over the ropes on the far side.

  16. A small bungalow scorched black by fire. It's roof has collapsed and there is debris around the property.

  17. A man wearing a light blue and white rosette is looking at a man with his back to the camera. Another man on the right is smiling.

  18. Storm Stacey sitting on his motorbike at a race weekend. He is smiling and wearing a black motorbike suit.

  19. Split image of George Evans and Jack Armer in action for Burton Albion

  20. The entrance to a housing estate viewed from a t-junction. Blue and white police tape has been stretched across the scene. Several police vehicles are parked on the road and a number of police officers are standing around.

  21. A number of men in orange reflective clothing and white helmets standing on railway lines with a large carriage in front of them

  22. A man in a blue military side cap and blue uniform jacket, with a shirt and tie underneath. He is looking to the camera

  23. Claudia Winkleman wears a black coat as she smiles at the camera. Behind her is part of a castle and three people in black hoods and golden masks.

  24. A polling both on a residential street, with a large white sign next to the door. A woman in a brown headscarf is leaving the building.