One of the worst pothole-hit roads in Stoke-on-Trent is finally being repaired this week, just days after fed-up residents raised complaints with StokeonTrentLive, escalating concerns all the way to the city council’s chief executive. The Wood in Meir, originally designed to serve only a handful of properties, is now under heavy strain as it provides access to a primary school, a construction site, and hundreds of new-build homes, raising serious questions about whether the road was ever fit for purpose; with the council’s highways team scheduled to carry out repairs between 9am and 3:30pm on Thursday 23 April, is this just a quick fix, or the start of a much bigger, ongoing pothole problem across Stoke-on-Trent?

We knew this would happen to be honest, no one is seeking work anymore.

Unemployment fell to 4.9% in the three months to February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, despite predictions it would remain unchanged at 5.2%.

The Trump administration is publicly dialing back the heat in its standoff with the artificial intelligence developer Anthropic over ethical limits on the use of its AI — as worries about the company’s powerful new hacking tool undermine the president’s attempt to sever the startup’s ties to the government.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s high-stakes meeting Friday afternoon with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross was a contrast to the months of sniping and litigation between the two sides....

The Prime Minister said officials had made a “deliberate decision” to withhold the fact that the disgraced peer had failed security checks before being appointed ambassador to the US.

Is this just another one of Starmer's push offs to make sure he has nothing to do with it?

Iran says it has no plans to send negotiators to Pakistan for a new round of talks after the United States seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Still, President Donald Trump says US team, led by Vice President JD Vance, is on its way to Islamabad

Welsh Labour is in unfamiliar territory. While winning elections in Wales had become routine since 1922, the upcoming Senedd (Welsh parliament) election has thrown the party into uncharted waters, with the prospect of finishing a distant third.

So much is new about this election. The Senedd has been expanded from 60 to 96 members, alongside the introduction of a new electoral system which changes how members are elected, making this a contest like no other in the devolution era.

But it is not just the Senedd that is transforming. More than a century of Labour dominance now appears under serious threat, with Plaid Cymru and Reform UK emerging as beneficiaries of a potentially seismic realignment...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that after decades of partnership with the United States, close economic ties between the two countries have become a “weakness” that must be corrected.

Carney gave remarks on Canada’s relationship with the US in a 10-minute video on Sunday, in which he signalled that Canada must move away from excessive reliance on any one country.

The warning comes after Kenton United Synagogue in Harrow was attacked overnight. No one was injured and minor smoke damage was reported.

The incident comes amid a series of arson and attempted arson attacks on Jewish property over the past month, including a former charity building in Hendon that counter‑terrorism police are treating as an antisemitic hate crime.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis described the latest attack as "cowardly" while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was appalled and that "visible policing" would be increased.

Sir Ephraim wrote on social media: "Last night yet another synagogue, this time in Kenton, was targeted in a cowardly arson attack.

"It follows the attack in Finchley on Wednesday and the attempted attack on what was the Jewish Futures building in Hendon on Friday night, making three Jewish sites attacked in London in less than a week."

The Met said counter terrorism officers were investigating the latest attack as well as ones on a Persian language media organisation and ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity set alight in Golders Green last month.

Sir Ephraim added: "A sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community of the UK is gathering momentum.

"This sustained attack on our community's ability to worship and live in safety is an attack on the values that bind us all together.

"Thank God, no lives have been lost, but we cannot, and must not, wait for that to change before we understand just how dangerous this moment is for all of our society."

On social media, Sir Keir wrote: "This is abhorrent and it will not be tolerated. Attacks on our Jewish community are attacks on Britain.

Canada’s fallout with the United States over the Trump administration’s tariff policy has forced it to forge a new path that will swap its deep economic and security ties with Washington for internal development and other relationships abroad.

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Vladimir Putin has openly defied Sir Keir Starmer’s threat to seize sanctioned Russian vessels by sending a warship to escort them through the Channel.

Announcement of deal met with relief and calls for strait of Hormuz to be reopened and permanent end to hostilities.

The US and Iran agreed a two-week conditional ceasefire on Tuesday, including a temporary reopening of the strait of Hormuz, after last-minute diplomacy from Pakistan. The Israeli military said on Wednesday it was continuing “fighting and ground operations” in its war against the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, despite a statement from Pakistan that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire.

Israel trumpeted hitting 100 targets in the space of 10 minuets in Lebanon on Wednesday. The Iranians are threatening to hit back unless the attacks stop.

The war just keeps on going, will it ever stop?