Two Stoke-on-Trent shops have been ordered to close for three months after Trading Standards officers seized almost £24,000 worth of illegal tobacco and vaping products.
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Sixteen years after the BBC reported on the decline of Newcastle-under-Lyme’s high street, Six Towns Daily looks at why local people are still raising the same concerns in 2026, from empty units and a lack of independent businesses to the growing number of takeaways, vape shops and barbers.
Shoppers and traders in Newcastle-under-Lyme say there are now “far too many” vape shops in the town centre, as concerns grow over the changing face of the high street.
