PLANNERS have put off making a decision on proposals to extend a caravan park.Members of Newcastle Borough Council's planning committee have decided to visit the site, at Bar Hill Villa, Bar Hill Road, in Onneley, before making a decision on plans to extend the existing holiday site to house up to 18 caravans.The application has been recommended for refusal because 'it has not been demonstrated that the proposal will provide enhanced economic benefits.'But planners will make a final decision...
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No decision will be made on plans to extend Onneley caravan park...
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Residents left 'isolated' by First Bus cuts offered lifeline by...
ELDERLY residents left isolated after their bus services were cut have been offered a lifeline by a coach company.
Around 350 pensioners living at Bradeley Village were furious after First Potteries axed one service and made changes to another in a timetable shakeup.
Now they are celebrating after Adderley Green-based Scraggs altered the route of its number nine service between Ball Green and Tunstall to include the retirement complex.
Harry Latham, who lives at Bradeley Village, said...
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Funeral director brothers to take on 2,000-mile Screwball Rally...
FUNERAL director brothers Mark and Nigel Boulton are set to drive 2,000 miles for charity.
The brothers, from Penkhull, are taking part in the 2015 Screwball Rally along with eight staff members and friends.
The pair, partners in family business Harold Leese, are entering the six country drive in two Volvo 960 limousines in a mammoth cross European drive.
The group are setting off for Dover next Wednesday where they will meet up with 100 other cars heading for Calais.
From there they...
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Video: Witness speaks of car fire in Northwood
TRAFFIC chaos was caused in Northwood yesterday after a car burst into flames.
The incident happened yesterday in Eaton Street, Northwood, shortly before 7pm and firefighters from Hanley tackled the blaze before leaving at 7.39pm.
Thankfully no one was harmed as a result of the fire, but the smoldering wreckage damaged part the road and th Highways agency was called.
Ian Turner captured this video footage of the fire.
Chris Sanderson, owner of a2b transport and recovery,...
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'We can't take any more dogs' - Kennels at breaking point as...
DOGS are having to be turned away from a kennel which has reached breaking point.
Dog handler Carmen Hammond, of Serendipity Kennels in Cellarhead, warned that there are more than 100 dogs at the site who are still in need of a loving home.
The 52-year-old, of Trentham, said: "We don't like turning dogs away, but we really can't take any more in until others find a home."Lots of people tell us that if we don't take a dog in, it will be put to sleep. What can you do?"It...
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M6 slow-moving in North Staffordshire as highways officials...
MOTORISTS are facing delays on the M6 in North Staffordshire after highways officials closed part of a busy carriageway.
Long delays are building on the northbound carriageway as recovery work takes place to remove a broken down vehicle stranded between Junction 15 and Junction 16 at Stoke-on-Trent.
One lane is closed and traffic is moving slowly past the scene.
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Couple stockpiled 87 bottles of methadone at their Bentilee home...
DRUG users Martin Davies and Laura Garside stockpiled their methadone prescriptions so they could sell them to buy heroin.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard police found 87 bottles of the heroin substitute when they raided the couple's Bentilee address.
Officers also recovered four diazepam tablets which belonged to Davies and seized £5,715 from Garside's handbag.
Now Davies, who has a previous conviction for possession of heroin with intent to supply in 2005, has been jailed for 32...
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CBBC issue casting call to children for new Robot Wars-inspired...
NORTH Staffordshire's fearless children are being encouraged to put their flying skills to the test in a new CBBC television series.
From the producers of 90s hit show Robot Wars, Airmageddon will give children aged nine to 14 the chance to create and fly their own drone.
And the show's bosses have now contacted The Sentinel to encourage local kids to get involved.
Like Robot wars, contestants will go head-to-head in a studio arena in a test of aerial ability.
Each 'pilot' will be joined...
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POLL: Did Jeremy Corbyn's silent protest show a lack of respect?
New Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, caused a storm by not singing the national anthem. Liam Barnes asks if the criticism he has received is justified.APPARENTLY, when a man not known for his singing chooses to not take part in a song, it becomes a deeply divisive political issue.Rather than a politician opening their mouth and getting themselves into trouble, this week saw the opposite occur, when new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's chose not to sing God Save the Queen when the national...
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Freshers' Week at Stoke-on-Trent College
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Disgruntled ex-worker threatened to kill boss before smashing...
HOT-HEADED Dean Murphy smashed the windows of a shop where he used to worked – after a dispute with his boss over money.
The 27-year-old sent a text to Sajid Iqbal, who runs Fenton Resales, threatening to kill him amid claims he was owed £220 in unpaid wages.
He then went to the City Road store and threw a rock and brick at the windows.
Murphy then became embroiled in a scuffle with Mr Iqbal's friend, who had witnessed the vandalism.
Police were then called and the defendant...
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Travellers set up camp on the A34 in Talke
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Police called to 'peaceful' protest over Newcastle Borough...
POLICE were called after almost 100 people protested against plans for a housing development in a village – which have now been approved.
Members of Newcastle Borough Council's planning committee were carrying out a site visit in Hook Gate, near Loggerheads, last week, when the incident happened.
The councillors agreed to visit the site ahead of a meeting to determine plans to build up to 16 homes on greenbelt land between Eccleshall Road, Pinewood Road and Lower Road, in Hook...
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Newcastle Borough Council leader confirms The Guildhall will not...
ONE of the area's most iconic buildings is not going to be sold off in a multi-million pound town centre scheme.
The Guildhall, in Newcastle, is one of several buildings set to be vacated by Newcastle Borough Council staff as part of the Ryecroft development.
The town's civic centre faces being bulldozed and the town's library and police station being sold off, which is expected to free up a £27.1 million retail complex and hundreds of student flats to transform the town centre. It is...
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Full steam ahead for digital train tickets at Stoke Station
RAIL users can now pay for train journey with their mobile phones.
Stoke Station is one of 14 along the Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston route to introduce the digital system, mTicketing.
Flexible and on-the-day tickets will now be available via the Trainline app, and can be used on all journeys between any two of the stations along the route, including at Macclesfield, Stockport, Stafford and Crewe.
Clare Gilmartin, CEO of Trainline, said: "Response to mobile ticketing has been...
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Traders' concern as travellers cause chaos at Talke Roundabout...
TRAVELLERS caused chaos on a busy roundabout before setting up camp at a nearby field.
After driving around the Talke Roundabout, the group of gypsies cut across the central reservation to get to the field.
It is understood that the travellers – in a total of 15 caravans and a horse box – moved off the site yesterday evening.
But traders have been left unimpressed by their presence.
According to Owen Bredtt, manager of Little Chef and Subway in Newcastle Road – whose...
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Suspended Labour councillor Alan Dutton set to join City...
A Labour city councillor suspended from the group is set to make a sensational switch to the City Independents, The Sentinel can reveal.
Alan Dutton had the whip withdrawn for six months this month after he was found to have defied group orders and voted for City Independent Dave Conway as city council leader in May.
Now Mr Dutton has taken the decision to switch allegiance and join Mr Conway's City Independent group.
The Burslem Central councillor approached the council leader after being...
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Through the Keyhole: This week's top properties
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Accident on the A500 brings rush-hour traffic in Stoke-on-Trent...
MOTORISTS are facing delays on one of Stoke-on-Trent's busiest roads after an accident.
Traffic is slow-moving on the A500 southbound at Hanford heading towards Junction 15 of the M6 – because of a collision involving two cars.
Queues are likely for the foreseeable future, and traffic is already tailing back to the Sideway roundabout near the Britannia Stadium.
As a result traffic is likely to be affected leaving the A50 on the westbound carriageway.
Emergency services are at the...
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Royal Stoke hit with £400k fine for routine operation...
STAFFORDSHIRE'S biggest hospital has been fined more than £400,000 – for keeping hundreds of patients waiting too long for routine operations.
Health commissioners are with-holding the cash from the Royal Stoke University Hospital for breaching people's NHS constitutional rights for treatment to start within 18 weeks of a GP referral.
The trust can win the cash back if it solves the problem later this year.
National regulator the Care Quality Commission has already branded the...
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