Kidsgrove

Takeaway plans to meat demand with later hours

OPEN LATER: Yener Solak, right and below, with brother Deniz.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A KEBAB shop has been given permission to open later so it can compete with other takeaways.

Yener Solak applied for the extension so Flames Kebab and Pizza House, in Kidsgrove, could meet demand from customers.

The 42-year-old has closed his shop at 11pm...

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Ruby seeks funding for States trip

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

BRAIN tumour patient Ruby Owen was today celebrating her third birthday. The toddler from Kidsgrove, pictured, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in...

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Friends all set for cross-country charity trek

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

BEST FOOT FORWARD: Two friends fund-raising for dementia sufferers are preparing to set off on a 200-mile trek. Sean Fallon, pictured left and Paul...

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Sensory sessions for tots

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

ALL LIGHT NOW: Parents are being invited to take their children along to sessions in a new sensory room. The room at Kidsgrove Children's Centre,...

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Council delay left teen stuck in bed

Monday, March 01, 2010

DISABLED gymnastics champion Kayleigh Phillips has been unable to get out of bed because of council delays in providing the care she needs. The...

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Grit must be for bus routes first

SLIPPERY SLOPE: Our report on the problems caused by ice on Crackley Bank in January.

Monday, March 01, 2010

BUS companies are calling for their busiest routes to be gritted so housing estates are not cut off during cold snaps. Bosses want to ensure residents...

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Fighter donates £5,000 for Ruby

BIG BOOST: UFC president Dana White has donated £5,000 to help Ruby Owen.

Monday, March 01, 2010

THE family of a poorly two-year-old girl were "shocked but over the moon" after a U.S. cagefighting boss pledged £5,000 to help pay for her...

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'Big O' tribute act loses cancer fight

SINGING STAR: Pictured is Roy Orbison impersonator Gerry Grant, who has died. Below, Gerry with wife Annette.

Friday, February 26, 2010

A FORMER welder who found fame and fortune through his uncanny similarity to the legendary Roy Orbison has died after a fight against cancer. From the...

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Criminal was using loans to fund lifestyle

Friday, February 26, 2010

FIRST-TIME offender Shane Davis has been locked up for acting as a drugs runner. The 20-year-old became involved in selling cocaine after building up...

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