Shanaze Reade BMX

BMX star has hopes dashed on final leg

Friday, August 22, 2008

FRIENDS and fans of BMX competitor Shanaze Reade say the teenager will bounce straight back after failing to win a medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Despite finishing the fastest of all races in the third semi-final heat, the 19-year-old from Crewe succumbed to the...

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Olympics: Shanaze delayed

Thursday, August 21, 2008

BMX favourite Shanaze Reade will have to wait 24 hours before she gets her shot at a gold medal. Heavy rain meant the track in Laoshan,...

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Shanaze Reade's fans turn out to cheer her on from home

Thursday, August 21, 2008

FLYING THE FLAG: Friends and fans of BMX star Shanaze Reade are backing the teenager to win gold at the Beijing Olympics – despite having...

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Olympics: Crash fails to stop Shanaze

BACK ON TRACK: Shanaze Reade qualifies for the BMX final... but only after surviving a crash.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

BRITISH BMX star Shanaze Reade survived a horror crash to qualify as second fastest for tomorrow's semi-finals. The 19-year-old Crewe rider was...

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Olympics: Dennison misses out on pole vault final

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Pole vaulter Kate Dennison failed to reach the final despite a personal best of 4.40m. Dennison failed with all three attempts at 4.50m to miss...

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DATE: 1920s to 1970s PLACE: POTTERIES

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Pride in the job was a top priority for old-time pottery workers who made most of their products by hand. Before the onset of automatic...

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Free swimming for children next week

Saturday, August 16, 2008

YOUNG people in the city are invited to swim for free next week. Under-eights must be accompanied by a paying adult, while the maximum age is 15...

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Landscape shaped forever by mining

Apedale Hall before demolition in 1934. Inset, Apedale drift mine courtesy of Apedale Mining Resource Centre.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

"My parents originated in North Staffordshire," says Apedale farmer Barbara Pepper, aged 80. "Father came from Shraley Brook and my mother was...

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Woodhouse's soapbox

Saturday, August 16, 2008

THE question Coronation Street needs to be asking itself is whether it is ready for another serial killer just yet. Let's face it, there's only...

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Sweet odour in streets was sign of temptation

An illustration on a tin containing Old Betty Plant's sweets, which were made in Morley Street, Hanley, until 1970. Below, two employees pictured outside Old Betty Plant's works in the 1940s and a Christmas box of sweets made by Winton's, whose factory was in Leek Road, Stoke.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

John Abberley And 50 years ago there was a good chance that the tasty titbits were made by one of North Staffordshire's own toffee and sweet...

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