内容摘要："We sat him down on a chair and phoned an ambulance."

"We sat him down on a chair and phoned an ambulance."

this week, after King George V declared it a city on 5 June 1925.As part of the celebrations, BBC Radio Stoke is gathering residents' stories and asking them to sign

These "Stokie stories" will be displayed in an exhibition later this year at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Hanley. Here are some of the Stokies who have spoken to us so far.Laura Price studied in London for two years and was so "terribly homesick" she couldn't wait to get back."I absolutely hated it - the people weren't like Stokies, I missed Stoke."

Laura says she particularly missed her hometown's friendly and chatty atmosphere."You can't go into a shop in Stoke without [getting to know] the cashier's life story."

"Just the craic, the laugh – you can't find better people than you can in Stoke-on-Trent."

Laura, who returned after studying complementary therapies and beauty therapy, now works in the city and lives with her husband and daughter.At one point his file was lost completely, and he has now been told his case is "pending".

"We have ministers who talk about white supremacy - racial replacement of Italy," the activist recalls a 2023 comment by the agriculture minister from Meloni's own party."They don't want black immigration and we know it. I was born here 39 years ago so I know what I say."

It is an accusation the prime minister has denied repeatedly.Insaf Dimassi defines herself as "Italian without citizenship".