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Man dies after A518 crash

Thursday, July 02, 2009

A 20-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist has died after his bike collided with a road barrier.

The man, who is from the Stoke-on-Trent area, was travelling along the A518 close to where the road crosses the A50 in Uttoxeter at 4.15pm today.

Police believe...

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Update: Police hunt bank robbers

Breaking News: Armed robbery in Longton

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Police are continuing to hunt armed robbers who held up a bank using metal bars and axes. Offenders entered Lloyds TSB in The Strand,...

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Police to mingle with drinkers

Police to mingle with drinkers

Thursday, July 02, 2009

UNDERCOVER cops will be operating in town centre pubs and clubs this summer as part of a new crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence. Police in...

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Update: Police raids target job centre dealers

COMING THROUGH: Operation Nemesis police raid   a property in Broom Street, Hanley. Below, a suspected drug dealer is taken away.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

POLICE have raided three homes after carrying out an investigation into crime and anti-social behaviour outside a job centre. Five people were...



Microlight pilot fights for life after golf course crash

CRASH SCENE: The third hole at Park Hall Golf Course.   Picture: Alex Severn

Thursday, July 02, 2009

A PILOT was in hospital last night with life-threatening injuries after his microlight crash-landed on a golf course. The man was airlifted to...

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Racing ahead with car ban

FACING BAN: Car enthusiasts could soon be stopped from meeting up at Festival Park, Hanley.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

STOKE-ON-TRENT City Council has joined forces with another local authority in its bid to ban boy racers from the city. The city council and...

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Council restarts search for chief

Council restarts search for chief

Thursday, July 02, 2009

STOKE-ON-TRENT City Council has re-started the process of recruiting a new permanent chief executive on a £195,000 salary. The authority...

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Swine flu school parents seek help

CLOSED: St Paul's Primary.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

WORRIED parents with children at the school closed by swine flu have been seeking treatment from their GPs. Within an hour of St Paul's Primary...

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Police witness appeal after flasher exposes himself

Police witness appeal after flasher exposes himself

Thursday, July 02, 2009

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man appeared from the bushes and exposed himself to a member of the public. The incident happened at...

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Food fight over takeaway

'NO MORE': Campaign leader Rita Goodwin, left, with other residents outside the former mortgage brokers on London Road.  Picture: Steve Bould

Thursday, July 02, 2009

MORE than 250 people have signed a petition to stop a new takeaway from opening in their neighbourhood. People opposing the proposals for London...

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