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Survivors help with crash investigation

DAY TRIP DEATH: How we reported the crash earlier this week

POLICE have travelled to Cambridgeshire to interview survivors of the Alton coach crash.

Officers from Staffordshire arrived in Peterborough yesterday to begin talking to migrant workers who were on the bus which smashed through a wall and plunged down an embankment.

A 26-year-old Polish man, Piotr Wolski, died in the incident on...



Fears for future of Wedgwood

Statue of Josiah Wedgwood at visitor centre in Barlaston

AUDITORS at Wedgwood's parent company have raised fears the firm could cease to be a going concern despite plans to axe hundreds of...


'Monstrosity' mast turned down

NO GO: How the turbine could have looked at the Sainsbury's depot.<B/>

RESIDENTS have won a surprise victory in their battle against plans to build a giant wind turbine just a few hundred yards from their...


Biker on road to recovery after horror crash with HGV

Biker on road to recovery after horror crash with HGV

MOTORCYLIST Kevin Gorski is recovering at home after surviving a horror smash with a lorry. The 32-year-old spent more than a month in...


Unions step up post fight

Unions step up post  fight

MORE than 200 people are expected to gather at a meeting to rally against the closure of Crewe's sorting office. Royal Mail announced...


Assessment unit will bring anti-social behaviour to street

ROW: The Birches children's home in Newcastle.

FAMILIES near a children's home have voiced concerns about plans to expand services there, which will mean more youngsters on their...


Gas firm under cloud over leak

Gas firm under cloud over leak

RESIDENTS are frustrated that nothing has been done about a gas leak they reported a month ago. The smell of gas coming from a field...


Pneumonia caused Dominican tragedy

A 38-YEAR-OLD care assistant died of bronchial pneumonia while on holiday with her son and a friend, an inquest heard. Gail Hunter, of Marlow Road, Longton, was in the Dominican Republic...


Village in shock at death of climber

TRIBUTES: Simon Bally, whose body was found in Cumbria.

VILLAGERS are mourning the death of a climber whose body was found in Cumbria. Simon Bally, aged 48, was a popular and familiar figure ...


Thug brutally beat pensioner for cash

VIOLENT robber Craig Woodyatt has been jailed for three years and eight months for savagely attacking a pensioner to steal his money. Police were called to a house in Chell Street, Sneyd...













 

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Stoke City: Traffic plan will ensure quicker exit for fans, insists Scholes

STOKE City chief executive Tony Scholes is confident fans will spend less time battling the traffic than last season, despite sell-out crowds for the club's return to the Premier League.



Port Vale: Playing budget 'has been spent'

PORT Vale chairman Bill Bratt has confirmed the club has spent its playing budget for this season ... and rubbished reports linking the Valiants with Manchester United defender Richard...


Crewe Alex: We won't panic over defensive frailties, says Holland

CREWE Alex coach Steve Holland won't be tempted to panic buy a defender to plug his leaking back line before the close of the transfer window.


Football: Meir KA battle back to win FA Cup thriller

TEN-MAN Meir KA overcame a 3-1 deficit to win a shoot-out thriller. Meir lost Michael Wright to a second bookable offence on 66 minutes and went 3-1 down after 77. But they forced extra-time...


Olympics: I'm not to blame for failure, says Lewis

HOPES SHATTERED: Steven Lewis attempts to reach the Olympic final yesterday, but he failed to clear 5.45m to crash out of the competition.

STEVEN Lewis believes his Beijing dream was wrecked by Olympic officials he accuses of setting the pole vault bar incorrectly yesterday...







 

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Theatre

Review: Play triggers laughs but no real sparks

NEVER SAY NEVER: David Graham, left, and Gary Jordan.   Picture: Clare Jennings

Never Say Never Ever Again…Ever! The New Vic Theatre

TO BE forewarned is to be forearmed, or so they say. Having been witness to Uncle Eric's Christmas Cracker, this show's predecessor, I felt a little bit more confident that I knew what to expect.

The most interesting part of the evening, for me at least, is watching the...



Tragedy tackled in great style

EMOTIONAL JOURNEY: The cast of Their Scarves Were Red.  Pictures: Mark Scott

Their Scarves Were Red Mitchell Memorial Theatre EARLIER in the year, I was fortunate enough to attend the One Act Play Festival at the...


Park evening was perfect

A Midsummer Night's Dream Congleton Park IT'S A brave theatre company that performs in the open air, particularly in a damp August – and it's a brave audience that sets off with...


The West Side has no room for hidden actors

CLASS ACT: Sarah Mould, as Anita, and Gavin Demarines, playing Riff, in West Side Story.     Picture: Wesley Webster

West Side Story Half a century after its electrifying premiere, the musical that has everything returns to the local stage, writes Alan...


Centre Stage

Centre Stage

THEIR Scarves Were Red is the poignant title of the musical that recalls one of the beautiful game's least beautiful moments. It's a...


Free performance of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream in Congleton

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A FREE performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is being staged in the wonderful open air setting of Congleton Park tonig...


What's On: August 15, 2008

MUSIC: Thousands of music fans will begin heading to Weston Park today for this weekend's V festival, where Muse and the Stereophonics will be among the hundreds of bands and acts performing...


Colourful cast will keep you Thinking

Colourful cast will keep you  Thinking

ON SATURDAY I watched a giant elephant, laughed at a wise cracking cat, and wondered at the antics of an entire civilisation living on...


Soviet trip leaves Eric shaken AND stirred

Never Say Never Again – Ever After a decade of entertaining New Vic audience's as Uncle Eric, you'd have thought David Graham might have called it a day. But, as he explains to Tamzin...


Scores of Happy Feet to tread boards for first time

16-year old Becky Adams and 12-year old Benito Stubbs-Carosa.  Picture: Wesley Webster

Breaking Free Talented children are given the chance to perform in one of the area's finest theatres as a new company presents its...









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