A statue that caused outrage in Stoke-on-Trent ... had stood in Festival Park in Hanley since 2009. It was reduced to rubble in 2023 during works to expand the Marina Way roundabout.

The statue, by sculptor Colin Melbourne ... Sir Stanley was born in Hanley on 1 February 1915, and signed for his home team in 1932. He died in 2000, aged 85. Passersby told the BBC the vandalism ...