A PENSIONER who handed over £2,000 to a conman who had offered to resurface his driveway admitted last night: "I've been a fool, but I've learned my lesson."

Graham Dodd, aged 72, was one of two elderly men to give bogus workman Patrick Maughan a total of £10,000 for jobs he never carried out.

As 20-year-old Maughan, of...

STOKE CITY striker Louis Moult has today signed his first professional contract at the Britannia Stadium.

The 17-year-old, who became City's youngest player to appear in the Premier League in the 1-1 draw at Burnley this month, has signed a two-year deal.

FOUL: I am writing to complain about the amount of dog fouling on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent.

My son goes to Oakhill Primary School and we have to walk to school everyday.

And everyday we, along with many other parents, have to battle walking the pavements and down Rookery Lane to the school avoiding constant dog mess.