Campaigners win fight to make Blurton Community Hub more...

September 5, 2015, 3:37 am

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AUTOMATIC doors look set to be installed at a community centre in a bid to make it more accessible for disabled visitors – after a five year fight. More than 130 signed a petition calling for the changes at Blurton Community Hub after claiming some people struggled to get inside. Now Stoke-on-Trent City Council looks set to fund the changes at the Ingestre Square facility. The Hub plays host to a number of community run groups, many specifically for people with disabilities. One...

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September 5, 2015, 4:00 am

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GRIEVING Kevin Walker brutally attacked a man 25 years older than him when he lost his temper weeks after his child died. The 38-year-old assaulted his partner's friend Robert Hacker without any warning. He grabbed him around the neck and chest, before biting his right ear and punching him several times in the face. The victim shouted for help but Walker threatened to knife him before police arrived. Now the defendant has been handed a suspended jail sentence at Stoke-on-Trent Crown...

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September 5, 2015, 4:25 am

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A SINGER has gone viral – after performing a musical parody of a famous family. Alex Tweedie, of Alsager, wrote a song about the Kardashians two weeks ago while on holiday in Barcelona. And the 20-year-old, thanks to a Facebook share from viral website helloU, has seen the video's views skyrocket to more than 265,000 after being posted on August 23. Alex admits the song – which took an hour to write – was a 'bit of a publicity stunt'. He said: "So many teenage...

Staffordshire Police's investigations into serious crimes will be...

September 5, 2015, 5:22 am

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DETECTIVES who investigate serious and complex crimes will soon be based in the same building – after a £320,000 revamp is completed. An 'investigations hub' is being created at Staffordshire Police's Stafford headquarters to help the force improve how they use resources as part of funding constraints. It will be made up of several investigative teams, including the newly-created internet investigations team, forensics and those looking into serious and organised...

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September 5, 2015, 6:31 am

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THE entrance to one of Stoke-on-Trent's busiest supermarkets was blocked this morning – when a car became engulfed in flames. Shoppers were unable to access the car park at Tesco Extra in Longton for around 20 minutes after an electrical fault caused the Citroen C3 to catch fire near to the store just after 8am. The female driver was able to escape the flames unhurt and contacted Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Tesco staff tackled the fire and managed to get it under control...

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September 5, 2015, 7:35 am

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The bingo industry has been experiencing a resurgence in popularity in recent years. Matt Simpson looks at why the younger generation are taking up the game. DESPITE preconceptions that bingo halls up and down the country are populated with women over 60, the industry is actually enjoying a surge in popularity with the younger generation. The game had been in a steady decline with three quarters of halls shutting over the last 30 years. And the problems were compounded with the...

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September 5, 2015, 12:46 pm

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ARE you one of the lucky winners to scoop a share of an estimated £3.9 million from this weekend's lottery draw? The winning numbers are 24, 29, 33, 40, 43, 49 and the bonus ball is 22. The Thunderball numbers are 1, 21, 22, 24, 38 and the Thunderball is 6. Good luck!

Hanley shoe shop to get facelift

September 6, 2015, 2:45 am

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A CITY centre store is set to get a facelift.The owners of Shoe Zone, in Lamb Street, Hanley, have been granted planning permission for the refurbishment work. It will include brightening up the entrance to the two-storey building to make it more attractive to shoppers.A report submitted to Stoke-on-Trent City Council by the applicants states: "The existing modern-styled aluminium shop front to the building is being retained, complete with new decorations, sympathetic to the surrounding...

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September 6, 2015, 3:34 am

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BUS passengers travelling on First Potteries are bracing themselves for more changes to their journeys from this weekend. Journeys on a number of routes are being axed or amended for the new-look services which come into force tomorrow. It comes as First Potteries has closed its Newcastle depot with the loss of dozens of jobs to leave just the Adderley Green site open. The company today defended its latest changes. A spokesman said: "The classic ingredients required to sustain a...

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September 6, 2015, 3:50 am

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STOKE City have announced a new £400,000 signing – a state-of-the-art sound system. Work is currently underway at the Britannia Stadium, and the club expect it to be fully operational by November. It is hoped the new system will enhance the matchday experience for supporters. To do so The Potters turned to a leading acoustic consultant who was worked at Old Trafford, the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, and London's o2 Arena. Peter Mapp carried out a comprehensive study of the...

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September 6, 2015, 4:06 am

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A PRE-INQUEST review will take place next week into the death of a baby left alone by her mum for almost 10 hours. Three-month-old Shanelle Adkins, who had health problems, was found dead in her rocker in the lounge at home in May 2014. Mum Yvonne Adkins had gone upstairs the previous night to have sex and drink whisky with a man she hardly knew. READ: Three-month-old baby died as reckless mum had sex and drank whisky upstairs The 32-year-old, of Clynes Way, Meir, was last month given a...

Butt Lane post office to be revamped as branch gets ready for...

September 6, 2015, 4:42 am

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A POST office branch is to be refurbished and will be open for an extra four-and-a-half hours a week. The new-look Butt Lane post office will be unveiled on September 28 and will enable customers to access a range of services, including online banking cash deposits, travel money and 'local collect'. It will be open Mondays to Saturdays following the re-launch. The Congleton Road branch will shut from 5.30pm on September 16 for the revamp. Customers can use post offices in Kidsgrove and Talke...

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September 6, 2015, 6:10 am

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WALKING out on stage to the rapturous cheers of 66,000 music fans in Bucharest – Pete Conway has come a long way since the days when he used to pound the beat around Hanley. Pete, father of multi-award winning singer Robbie Williams, shelved his dreams of becoming an entertainer after leaving school and instead became a police officer, based in Hanley. But he left the force after three years in blue to work for an engineering company – and after winning his first talent contest,...

Veterans' pride at £30k memorial to the fallen

September 6, 2015, 7:03 am

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WAR veterans have built a new memorial to remember Staffordshire soldiers from the past 300 years. They set to work raising £30,000 and drew on their own skills to craft the 15ft structure, which has been re-dedicated at the National Memorial Arboretum, in Alrewas, near Lichfield, this weekend. The design features a scaled down version of two obelisks, each one commemorating the North and South Regiments. It has replaced an old memorial made from basic brickwork, which had grown...

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September 6, 2015, 7:16 am

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DISABLED Dave Finney is desperate for a new home after being given just five years to live. The 42-year-old was diagnosed with the muscle-wasting condition, motor neurone disease, in July. At the moment, he lives in a first floor flat, in Hempstalls Lane, Newcastle, with his wife Sally. But now Dave is pleading to social landlord Aspire to re-house him in a bungalow before his condition progresses and leaves him housebound. He claims the housing association has refused to offer him a...

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September 6, 2015, 8:05 am

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September 6, 2015, 8:07 am

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QUEUES of people kept waiting for hospital follow-up appointments in North Staffordshire have nearly doubled in a year. Now the problem at Royal Stoke University Hospital has prompted a senior NHS commissioner to demand the current system of paying the trust up front for the work is suspended. But another health boss has recommended some of the patients caught up in the backlog be discharged back to their own GP surgery for follow-up care instead. Figures show last month a five-year high of...

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September 6, 2015, 8:07 am

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September 6, 2015, 8:34 am

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September 6, 2015, 8:56 am

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Paranormal Investigator Damon Simms has explored the dingiest corners of some of Staffordshire's spookiest places. This week he has the story of a mysterious imaginary friend. I FIND the curious case of 'imaginary friends' fascinating – we all know someone who had one. It's probably safe to assume that they're a by-product of a child's developing mind - an over-active imagination. But this week's tale stretches that assumption to its limits. It centres on a lady called Layla,...