Some people were unable to access benefits as hundreds of protesting civil servants walked out yesterday.
Further disruption is expected today at job centres, tax offices, driving test centres and courts as a result of a...
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THOUSANDS more people will get the chance to see the Staffordshire Hoard after it was revealed part of the treasure is to stay in Stoke...
A TEENAGER arrested on suspicion of the unlawful killing of a 54-year-old woman has been bailed by police. The 16-year-old was arrested...
A BURGLAR who was last month jailed for three-and-a-half years has been sentenced for burgling another house two days earlier. Gareth Walker, pictured, aged 29, broke into the home of an...
A RECESSION-HIT business will work twice as hard as it battles to keep staff in a job. GTF Construction has slashed its prices by 50...
RECORD numbers of patients are flocking to sign up with doctors at Stoke-on-Trent's latest health centre. A staggering 350 people have...
THE Sentinel has launched a year-long appeal to get 4,010 people in Stoke-on-Trent to pledge to give up smoking. Figures show about 2,000 people stop smoking in the city each year. The...
CHESHIRE EAST Alsager School 222 410 235 230 0 Brine Leas High, Nantwich 276 497 210 210 65 Congleton High 170 315 180 173 0 Eaton Bank School, Congleton 174 236 180 174 ...
1st preference applications Total applications Admissions limit Places offered Refusals STOKE-ON-TRENT Berry Hill High 56 179 150 70 0 Birches Head High 139 308 150 150 0...
RESIDENTS have been urged to call a 24-hour police hotline if they suspect terrorist activity in their neighbourhood. Staffordshire Police wants to highlight the importance of making a call...
THE BNP is fighting the Stafford parliamentary constituency for the first time. Businessman Roland Hynd will fight the key marginal at this year's General Election. The 51-year-old is...
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STOKE captain Abdoulaye Faye says he is on his way back to his best – and determined to forget his FA Cup frustration at Burnley...
SEAN Rigg is determined to end his goal drought after resuming his strike partnership with top scorer Marc Richards.
MAT Mitchel-King should return to Crewe's defence tonight (7.45pm) after manager Dario Gradi hinted at changes for the League Two re-ar...
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE First knock-out round, second leg: Manchester United v AC Milan, (United lead 3-2 on aggregate). BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE Burnley v Stoke City. COCA-COLA CHAMPIONSHIP Reading...
Former Stoke boss and Sentinel columnist Lou Macari says Stoke don't need to fear Burnley challenge...
Former Stoke boss and Sentinel columnist Lou Macari says alarm bells should ring when home nations struggle against 'third-rate' nation...
MATT Tootle's friends and family will cast a sigh of collective relief if the teenage defender can celebrate a Crewe victory over Grims...
DOUG Loft has vowed to keep his forward momentum as he eyes his third goal in successive matches tonight.
GARETH Owen won't be seeking revenge tonight despite suffering a broken heart – and cheekbone – at Valley Parade four month...
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TRADITION: In reply to the comments by John Gibbs on Swan Bank Church – the error calling it Swan Lake gave us a laugh as we...
FAILED: Regarding the baby found outside the Mosque on Saturday – whose fault is it the baby died? The mother's? The person who...
VALUE: The Way We Were made interesting reading (The Sentinel, February 27) and the miners' strike was too much like a political battle with the elected government, albeit a destructive...
WHO 'guards' the guardians? The Governance and Performance Transition Board is the most powerful governance group in the city at the moment. Yet at present it is not possible for a member of...
REASONABLE: With the legal precept of reasonable force, for household intruders, alternatives 'necessary' and 'justifiable force' could gain greater respect. Expectations such a change would...
IN THE aftermath of the Francis Report there have been references to "families of those who were failed by Stafford Hospital". Stafford MP David Kidney, issued a letter in which he says " it...
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