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FUGITIVE, 14, RAN £1m DRUGS FARM

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

A 14-YEAR-OLD Vietnamese boy on the run from police in Milton Keynes ended up in Stoke-on-Trent to help run a £1 million cannabis factory.

Tuan Phan was eventually recaptured by police after being found with three men hiding inside a Cobridge factory packed with...

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Residents try to stamp out booze plans

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

DOZENS of residents are fighting plans to sell alcohol at a Post Office. Hitesh Bokhiriya has applied to Stoke-on-Trent City Council for a premises...

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Keep out or you'll be in for a sharp shock!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

POLICE have handed out their latest crime prevention weapon to homeowners – spikes to stop thieves climbing over fences. Officers are giving 120...

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Cash bid to demolish unloved estate homes

PLANS: Terry Johnson, of Lilydale Road, Bucknall,  talks to neighbourhood renewal manager Phil Dawson. Below, Karen Bowen.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

HUNDREDS of houses could be demolished to transform an estate where residents are living in freezing homes. Bucknall is one of seven areas earmarked...

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'Elvis' dies in hospital after street attack

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

DETECTIVES are hunting up to five men after an alcoholic beaten up in the street died in hospital nine days later. John Clarkson died on Sunday...

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Old houses awaiting refurbishment

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

MORE than 40 homes next to an historic pot bank are to be renovated in a way that reflects their heritage, as part of a £1 million pound scheme. ...

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Seaman is Gunner take on mountain

HELPING HAND: David Seaman and Frankie Poultney.    Picture: Martin Elliott

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

STAND by for another Stoke versus Arsenal confrontation – only this one is taking place on a mountainside thousands of miles away. Just when...

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Plan to move 1,200 troops hit by delay

BATTLE:   MP David KIdney says he has been battling the MoD over its plans for Stafford.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

THE transfer of 1,200 military personnel from Germany has been delayed for two years. The 1 Signal Brigade was to move to Stafford in 2013. As well as...

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Owner left shattered by attacks on shop

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

POLICE are investigating after a takeaway had its windows smashed twice within a week, causing £5,000 of damage. Mehmet Celik says he has twice...

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Road death figures reveal drop of 31%

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

THE number of people dying on Cheshire's roads has fallen. Latest figures released by Cheshire Safer Roads Partnership show the number of fatal...

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