Stoke

Voters back land sale for GP centre

VICTORY: Anthony Munday, residents' association chairman, at the site.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A 14-YEAR search to find a use for an area of community-owned land has ended after almost 500 residents voted in favour of selling the site to make way for a medical centre.

Families were invited to take part in an official ballot over the future of the land off Nursery...

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Crash followed gritting request

CRASH SCENE: Peter Heath at the scene of his accident. Inset, where his car ended up. Below, the damage caused to his car.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

MOTORIST Peter Heath wants to know why a road was not gritted following an accident, after his own car crashed at the same spot 90 minutes later. The...

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On your marks for city's 2010k race

JOIN IN: St Peter's under-15 athletics champion James Taylor. Top, Councillor Derek Capey with Weston Coyney Primary School cross country team and St Peter's High athletes. Pictures: Mark Scott

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

ATHLETES and schoolchildren are in the running to mark Stoke-on-Trent's centenary. The 2010k race through Stoke and Hanley will take place on May 30...

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Questions remain over Britannia sale

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A LONG-AWAITED report into a council's decision to sell its shares in the Britannia Stadium has been criticised for leaving key questions unanswered....

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Ethel Austin calls in administrators for a second time

UNCERTAIN FUTURE: The Ethel Austin store in Stoke.

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

DOZENS of jobs across the region are hanging in the balance after clothing chain Ethel Austin fell into administration for the second time in less...

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Alcoholic in knife rage

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

ALCOHOLIC Angela Horsnall stabbed a knife through a door in anger when she believed her partner had been unfaithful to her. The 44-year-old's partner...

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Ground sale in spotlight

Monday, February 08, 2010

THE sale of the Britannia Stadium will be examined in depth at a meeting of Stoke-on-Trent City Council's audit committee today. It has been revealed...

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Thug's footprint on victim's head

Saturday, February 06, 2010

THREE men kicked a man on the ground in a vicious town centre assault. The brutal attack on Martin Millward in Stoke town centre in the early hours of...

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Dead man is identified

Saturday, February 06, 2010

A HOMELESS man found dead outside a church has been named. Geoffrey Hall was discovered by a passer-by walking through the churchyard at Stoke Minster...

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Colours worn with pride for Sir Stan

STAN'S THE MAN: Left, Jamie-Leigh Lawton, aged eight, and Caitlin Cliffe, aged seven. Inset, Amelia Amison, aged four, who wore an England shirt with a Leeds United hat and scarf. Left, the great man himself, Sir Stanley Matthews. Below, from the left, Joshua Benbow, aged four, with his sister Jamie-Leigh Lawton and brother Ashley Benbow, aged three. Pictures: Clare Jennings

Saturday, February 06, 2010

PUPILS have been learning about the life of footballing legend Sir Stanley Matthews as part of an annual celebration honouring one of Stoke-on-Trent's...

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