Did Jesus Visit Stoke?

Mormon history experts have got Stokies excited after they announced that Jesus may have stopped off in Stoke on his way to America.

"We all know that Jesus went to America in his latter years, that much is fact," says Mormon spokesman Ken Thong. "And we believe he may have spent a night in Stoke on his way to one of the northern ports that would have taken him to the US."

Mormons deny that they have made this story up, and similar ones for every town in the world, just to get good publicity for the church in the wake of Mormon-mocking musical 'The Book of Mormon'.

"Tish and fipsy," says Mr Thong. "This could quite literally be true."