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Local elections 2026
Local elections 2026

High street and green spaces spur town's voters

This May, all 44 seats at Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council will be contested.
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  1. 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.

  2. Two large freight wagons with their wheels off the tracks and overhead power lines above

  3. A Google street view image of a residential street. Terraced houses line both sides of the street.

  4. Fabio Tavares in action for Burton Albion

  5. 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.

  6. A man with short brown hair and a faint moustache

  7. A man in a T'shirt and brown trousers walks with his dog to the entrance of a polling station. The entrance has a polling station sign and other stickers in its glass windows.

  8. A man with short grey hair and a grey beard stands with one hand in his pocket and smiles. He is wearing a navy blue suit, white shirt and red tie. Behind him are some advertising screens with students from the University of Staffordshire.

  9. A black and white photograph showing a body of water with an industrial site in the background. There are plumes of smoke or vapour emanating from the buildings. The brick building in the foreground has broken windows on its upper floor. There is also a crane in the foreground.

  10. A wagon has come off a track and sits on another neighbouring line. Two wagons can be seen in the image, both what looks like a dirty brown or metal colour with graffiti on. Some rail workers stand nearby.

  11. A police mugshot of a man with short blonde hair and a dark t-shirt.

  12. A boy with a bald head and a black football shirt smiles while standing outside on a pitch.

  13. A man wearing a grey fleece top is standing alongside a black railway engine which has flaky paintwork. Behind him is a green railway engine which appears to be in a state of disrepair. There are trees behind that.

  14. A view of the pitch and stands at Vale Park from the corner flag. The corner flag on the right is black and has the Port Vale FC logo in the middle.

  15. Two officers wearing all white forensics clothing stand at the open door of a police van. It is parked at the side of a road on a residential estate, ahead of two other police vehicles. Blue and white police tape can be seen in the foreground and further down the road in the background.

  16. Port Vale captain Ben Garrity in action

  17. A man with a hat, grey jumper and black shorts, and with a rucksack on his back, takes a selfie while on a bridge over a brown-coloured river. He has placed his right foot on top of a football.

  18. Port Vale full-back Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel holds the ball as he prepares to take a thrown-in

  19. A woman with long blonde hair and a black bandana on her head, and wearing a black Staffordshire Sight Loss shirt, smiles as she stands in front of a white wall.

  20. A close-up of a green-coloured sculpture of a face is seen with trees in the background. There are scratches on the sculpture's eyes.

  21. Brodan has a shaved head and wearing a dark football top and is standing in a field or park with people playing behind him. He is smiling at the camera. The sun is shining.

  22. A large brown food caddy and small grey plastic one, with a roll of green bin liners resting on the top

  23. Manny Singh Kang has a grey beard is wearing a black T-shirt including the word Manny in yellow and other words is holding out both fists and looking at the camera. Other people are behind him and the union jack flags are also visible. The middle image is of Roo on the carpet at Buckingham Palace - it's a teddy bear on that looks like the baby kangaroo character from Winnie-the-Pooh. It has scruffy grey and white fur with big ears and a long tail. He has a white underside. In the third image: Elaine Hipkins with long blonde hair smiles holding a massive bouquet of flowers. Behind her is black and pink bunting that reads "happy retirement" with several cards hanging up.

  24. A black and white image of two women driving a steam train. They are both wearing overalls as well as caps. One is in the driver's seat and the other just behind.