KEY SITES DEMAND SEVEN MORE YEARS

KEY SITES DEMAND    SEVEN MORE YEARS

THREE key regeneration projects are suffering from major delays after developers asked for more time to carry out their plans.

Development sites hit by the setbacks include the former Victoria Ground in Stoke, the Chatterley Valley business park near Tunstall and the former Lear Management site in Hanley.

Victoria Ground owner St...

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FREE PARKING TO BOOST TOWN

SHOPPERS are to benefit from free town centre parking every Sunday. Visitors to Crewe will no longer have to pay to leave vehicles in local authority-run car parks on Sundays from this...

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'Gentleman' yob broke stranger's jaw with punch

NIGHTCLUB brawler Christopher Beckett has been ordered to pay a man £2,000 compensation after he broke his jaw in an unprovoked attack. The 25-year-old, of Shakespeare Close, Milton,...

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Privatising jobs still on future agenda

SCRAPPED: How we reported the job switch on Friday.

THE decision to scrap the privatisation of up to 900 council jobs does not mean it will never happen, council chiefs insist. Cabinet...

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Sadness as health forces MP to quit

Sadness as health forces MP to quit

VETERAN Labour MP Mark Fisher has announced he is standing down after 27 years in office due to ill health. The 64-year-old, who repres...

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Get better at crime solving, police told

POLICE PRAISE: Staffordshire officers  break down a door during a drugs raid for Operation Nemesis, which was praised in the report .

STAFFORDSHIRE Police is good at protecting people from harm and excellent at keeping guns off the streets – but poor at solving...

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Singer Jemma aims for star role in final

STUDENT Jemma Johnson is setting her sights on a recording contract after securing a place in the area finals of one of the UK's top talent contests. Jemma, pictured right, is now just one...

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Anger as key sites lie empty for years

PLANS: Left, land off Waterloo Road set for redevelopment under Lear's plan. Centre, how it might have looked. Right, Chatterley Valley.

THE old Victoria Ground was once a shrine for thousands of football fans who flocked to watch Stoke City play. Today it lies derelict,...

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Union vows to fight job cuts at council

UNION leaders are threatening industrial action to fend off possible compulsory redundancies at a cash-strapped council. Senior officers from public sector trade union Unison have warned...

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Protest as parking fees lead to chaos

BUSY:  Antrobus Street resident James Yates stands among the parked  cars  outside his house.  Picture: Martin Brough

NEW charges at town centre car parks has led to residential streets being clogged up with workers' and shoppers' cars. The pay-and-disp...

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VIP day for babies at £40m hospital

FIRST ARRIVALS: Celebrating the  opening of the new maternity unit are, from left,    11-month-old Joseph Davis, the  first baby to be transferred from the old block, Professor Cathy Warwick, Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran,    11-month-old Ruby Wynn, the first baby born at new block and  head of programmes for BLISS Jane Abbott.  Picture: Shaun SmIth

HEALTH reporter Dave Blackhurst met two very special guests among the great and the good at the official opening of the University...

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Stoke City: Laws's 'A' game still can't shut out our Rory

LET'S be fair to Burnley boss Brian Laws. Never on his UEFA Pro Licence course would he have attended a seminar on where to position advertising hoardings.

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Stoke City: Etherington delighted to be back in action

MATTHEW Etherington says he is as good as new after making his comeback from a medial ligament knee injury during the 1-1 draw at Burnley last night.

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Stoke City: Wilko welcomes a point ... Patto happy to survive intact

STAR MEN: Left, Andy Wilkinson in action against Burnley. Right, former Stoke player Martin Paterson in a tustle with Danny Collins.

ANDY Wilkinson reckons old pal Martin Paterson was running scared last night after steering well clear of Stoke's defensive rottweiler.

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Stoke City: Classy Chelsea brush aside young Potters

KICKER:KICKER: steve holland

A YOUNG Stoke reserve side was soundly beaten by Chelsea last night.

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Stoke City: Burnley view on last night's draw at Turf Moor

"EVERYONE expects Burnley not to be in the Premier League next year, but we believe in ourselves. We have goals in us. We just have to keep it tight at the back. I will take a lot of things...

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Stoke City: Pain game for Stoke as injuries mount

BIG HUG: Stoke's Tuncay Sanli celebrates   his   goal   with teammate Liam Lawrence.

RICARDO Fuller and Rory Delap have joined Stoke's growing list of casualties as City limp into their final 10 games of the season with...

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Crewe Alex: I'll learn my lesson, says Martin

LEARNING   A LESSON: Carl Martin was sent   off during Crewe's 4-2 win against Grimsby on Tuesday.

CARL Martin has promised to learn the right lessons after being sent off during Crewe's 4-2 midweek win over Grimsby Town – the...

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Port Vale: Goal hero Taylor eyes grandstand finish

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS: Rob Taylor is keen for Vale to   finish their season strongly.

WINGER Rob Taylor is eyeing a strong finish to Port Vale's League Two campaign after playing a starring role in their 2-1 midweek win...

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Stoke City: Post-match stats for Stoke's Premier League clash with Burnley

HARD WORK: Liam Lawrence.

All the facts and figures from last night's 1-1 draw at Turf Moor

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Match report: Burnley 1, Stoke City 1

IT'S IN: Above, Tuncay finds the back of the net to put Stoke ahead.  Far left, David Nugent scores   Burnley's     equaliser. Left,  Matthew    Etherington    protects the ball. Below, Tony Pulis celebrates the  draw.       Pictures: Phil Radcliffe

MARTIN Paterson struck a low and painful blow against his old Stoke team-mates by inspiring Burnley's scond-half equaliser at Turf Moor...

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Darts: Top two in Premier League clash

VICTORY MISSION: Phil Taylor looks on as Mervyn King celebrates victory in last year's semi-final.

PHIL Taylor and Mervyn King, the top two players in the Whyte & Mackay Premier League so far this season, clash at the MEN Arena in...

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Sacrificing myself was to test out the BNP's credibility

WHAT has prompted my decision to join the BNP? It is time to put the record straight.

My sheer frustration at double standards, hypocrisy and back-stabbing, and the lack of economic progress and regeneration. I am proud to be British with an ethnic root and I am passionate about Stoke-on-Trent.

We have a lot to offer and be proud...

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A market could save the town

IT WAS 12 years ago that the council wanted Vale Market to close and because I had a butcher shop in Hartshill Road, Burslem, I was supposed to be OK. However, I went to a meeting to say it...

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Law will have to change to keep up with changing ethnic population

CHANGING TIMES: 'Sharia for the UK' – John Abberley poses the question in The Sentinel on March 5. I make this reply neither as a critic, nor supporter, of that contention, merely as...

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Radio station should play more golden oldies

GOLDEN OLDIES: It is quite a few months since I wrote to you regarding the music on Radio Stoke from 7am until 1pm. But there has been no change at all in the music for the elderly on the...

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Danger crossing must be manned

CONCERNS: 999 crews at the crossing following a recent incident.

PLEASE will local authorities make the level crossing safer for pedestrians in Barlaston village. Years ago the crossing was manned...

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He followed his dreams

TRIBUTE: Gerry (Orbison) Grant.

THIS letter is in some way my tribute to the late Gerry (Orbison) Grant. Through my late husband Jack Fryer, I have known Gerry since...

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First class tribute to the miners brings home what they endured

I WOULD like to say how good the latest edition of The Way We Were is. I have collected every one since they came out and they are extremely good value providing plenty of education in...

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