Stoke-on-Trent officially holds the record for the most people simultaneously at a cream tea party - with 777 full cups of tea and scones consumed in the process.

There were 793 participants in the world record attempt but some were disqualified as they did not finish their scone or tea.

The Big Centenary Tea Party was an official Guinness World Record attempt which aimed to beat the previous record of 667 people at a cream tea party, set on 25 June 2015 in Leeds.

Tea parties took place across the city this morning from 11am at venues including Stoke Minster, Victoria Hall, The Hilton DoubleTree, Jubilee Hall, and Stoke Town Hall.

Community groups, businesses and schools all came together for the event to mark 100 years since Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status in 1925 with officials from Guinness World Records verifying that every scone and cup of tea was finished.

Around 15,000 people came together across 194 venues in total throughout the day but not all were included in the world record attempt.

The result was announced by Guinness World Records just after 3:30pm today.

Adjudicator Glenn Pollard announced the result. (Nub News)

The idea for the Big Centenary Tea Party came from Nicky Twemlow, Director of North Staffordshire YMCA, who also helped organise the distribution of scones across the city.

Tom Nadin, of Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce, was also one of those who helped make the event a success.

He said: "We worked with a local baker who provided all of the scones across the five venues. They were all given to the YMCA who then distributed them out.

"Once I had seen everyone in the room, I was very confident we would break the record.

"We had some challenge finding this amount of jam, cream and scones and in some of the venues we have had to source, teapots, tea cups and saucers. But luckily, we have had a lot of charities and ceramics manufacturers who supported us."

Community groups and businesses coming together for the world record tea party attempt. (Nub News)

Stoke-on-Trent City Council leader, Cllr Jane Ashworth, said: "Everyone thinks it was a really smart idea.

"For definite, we have a Stoke record and in the future someone may want to break that.

"It's Nicky's clever idea to bring together everyone who wants to celebrate the centenary and it's great because it's a bit of a laugh and enjoyable.

"The venues will also get a certificate and people can apply online for a certificate for themselves to show they were a part of the record attempt."