'Residents do not feel safe using it'

THE future of a town centre subway has still to be decided.

- Jon Bamber

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is considering three options for the underpass - shutting it completely, retaining 24-hour access and sprucing it up, or shutting it at night.

It comes as the council is expected to retain the subway - which links Tunstall High Street and The Boulevard - and install better CCTV. It comes after previous CCTV cameras were fitted at the wrong height and vandalised.

Now traders are welcoming any moves to improve subway safety.

Hazel Speakman has a soft furnishings stall on Tunstall Market.