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 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.

  2. 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.

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

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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

  8. 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.

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

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

  11. 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.

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

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

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

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

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

  18. Fabio Tavares in action for Burton Albion

  19. 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.

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

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.