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September 18, 2015, 10:50 am

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STOKE City legends joined regulars to toast a popular couple who've called time at a pub after nearly 20 years behind the bar. Former Stoke manager Tony Pulis, legendary defender Denis Smith, ex-winger Terry Conroy and former kit-man Neil 'Nello' Baldwin raised a glass to Ken and Maria Chapman at their retirement party. The couple have been running the Broughton Arms in Balterley, near Betley, but are retiring to spend more time with their two grandchildren. Maria, aged 56, said: "It...

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September 18, 2015, 11:03 am

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FIRST World War commemoration organisers will return to Stoke-on-Trent to decide if some of the 888,000 Tower of London poppies should come to the Potteries. The city was snubbed as one of the initial venues for the touring exhibition, chosen by the 14-18 NOW committee. But after around 800 Sentinel readers signed a petition demanding the ceramic poppies are brought to the Potteries – and given Stoke-on-Trent's links to the original Tower of London project – the people of North...

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September 18, 2015, 11:39 am

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THOUSANDS of pictures capturing forgotten streets of the Potteries are to be made accessible to the public 50 years after the snapshots were taken. Amateur photographer Bert Bentley compiled the fascinating record in the 1960s and 1970s, turning his lens to ordinary shops, homes and factories rather than grand buildings. Many of these sites have long since disappeared through slum clearance programmes, regeneration projects and the general march of time. But now Stoke-on-Trent and...

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September 18, 2015, 12:13 pm

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TALENTED writer Matilda Houston-Brown is hoping to take poetry out to the public by displaying verse on buses and performing it in parks. The 14-year-old, pictured, has just been named Staffordshire's next young poet laureate and is planning a year of activities devoted to celebrating the written word. She won the title after impressing judges with her poem about Hanley's Central Forest Park, which shows how land once mined for coal was reborn as a leisure spot. Matilda, from Bagnall,...

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September 18, 2015, 1:18 pm

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JEALOUS Lee Walker sent his ex-partner a series of insulting text messages within weeks of being made the subject of a restraining order. The six month order, imposed on September 11, prevented him having contact with Roxanne Looskan or entering her street unless to collect or return their child. But the 30-year-old began to send her texts on September 13 asking if she would get back together with him. He again contacted her on October 17, and the following day sent abusive and insulting...

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September 18, 2015, 4:36 pm

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Fred Hughes: 'Us human beings are all part of same tribe'

September 18, 2015, 8:00 pm

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PASSING through Hanley's Albion Square I was aware that a smartly dressed mature bloke was eyeing me up.His unfriendly smile conjured up the accusatory look that strangers exchange when catching the whiff of an anonymous rear-end evacuation in public."It's like being in a foreign country Hanley is," his arm reaching towards a group of young men and women laughing loudly in joyful mood. They could easily have been a group of young libertarians celebrating a business triumph. But what...

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September 18, 2015, 10:00 pm

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MUM-OF-TWO Annmarie Jones today told how she feared she and her children were going to die when a drunken racist yob set fire to bins outside her home. The terrified 32-year-old had to be evacuated along with her teenage son, 11-year-old daughter, niece and friend as the flames started to spread to her Stanfield house. Just minutes earlier Jamaican-born Annmarie had been met with a volley of vile abuse from Darren Walker and Ashley Woolley after they banged on her front door late at...

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September 18, 2015, 11:06 pm

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MORE than £2.4 million of taxpayers' cash is set to be spent on a new-look council bin service. Newcastle Borough Council is bringing in the new system from July to try to save £500,000 a year. The council has previously come under fire for having one of the most complicated recycling systems in the country – requiring families to separate their waste into nine different containers. But the new scheme will see that number reduced to seven, including new recycling boxes...

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September 18, 2015, 11:38 pm

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POLICE are quizzing two people over an attempted arson attack on an empty building. Firefighters from Sandyford were called to a vacant property on Victoria Avenue in Kidsgrove at 12.30am after a fire was started in the doorway. Two people - who have not been identified - were arrested at the scene by detectives from Staffordshire Police shortly afterwards and remain in custody. And a forensics team remains at the scene to gather evidence this morning. The fire caused little damage to...

Inquest into death of 14-week-old Shanelle Adkins adjourned

September 19, 2015, 12:20 am

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AN INQUEST into the death of a 14-week-old baby has been adjourned until December. Shanelle Adkins, who had been suffering from health problems since her birth, was found dead at home in Clynes Way, Meir, in May last year. Yvonne Adkins the mother of the child, was handed a suspended sentence after she admitted cruelty to a child, having left her alone for hours while she drank whisky and had sex. A pre-inquest hearing was opened at North Staffordshire Coroner's Court on Friday before the...

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September 19, 2015, 1:10 am

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AT ANY time of year, the internet is awash with impassioned campaigns imploring support for one thing or another. Sometimes they're entirely laudable, and hopefully should create some sort of lasting positive change. On the whole, though, they do tend to be rather vexatious. Away from pious petitions on worthy or arcane political causes is a vista of varied efforts to stop, promote or create certain social mores. Some are naked marketing tools, but others indicate a wider frustration with an...

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September 19, 2015, 1:38 am

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BURGLAR Christopher Jenkinson led officers on a high speed chase through a neighbourhood – while banned from driving. Police were called to Meir when the 33-year-old was spotted stealing property from a home he had broken into. But when he saw the officers Jenkinson tried to escape, reaching speeds of up to 90mph. He was finally arrested when cornered by officers a short time later. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard Jenkinson had broken into a semi-detached property in Brownfield Road...

Mow Cop actor stunned after riot police turn up at home

September 19, 2015, 1:49 am

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ACTOR Joel Harper-Jackson was shocked to find armed police surrounding his home – after neighbours mistook a rehearsal for an incident involving a gun. The 23-year-old, originally from Mow Cop, had been helping his friend Simon Gordon perform a scene for his audition for the Carole King musical Beautiful, before the pair relaxed to watch television. However, the night took a dramatic turn when police officers in riot gear came to the door. "When I saw them my heart literally stopped," said...

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September 19, 2015, 2:15 am

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FIVE Barnsley Football Club supporters charged in connection with trouble in Burslem will have their trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court next year. Kevin Coles, aged 53, of Ollerton Road, Barnsley; Stephen Cooper, aged 23, of Berrydale, Barnsley; Jordan Cornthwaite, aged 21, of Wombwell, Barnsley; Michael Popplewell, aged 47, of High Street, Worsbrough, Barnsley, and Sean Milthorpe, aged 25, of Newstead View, Pontefract, deny violent disorder on September 20 last year. Cornthwaite also...

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September 19, 2015, 2:17 am

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CUTE cat Doll Blue Eyes has won a national competition.Housing developer Taylor Wimpey has named the two-year old as the daily winner of its Pets Make A Home competition after it received the most votes.Now other animal lovers are being urged to submit photographs of their beloved pets as part of the contest. All the daily winners will go to a final vote for a chance to win £500 in vouchers.Laura Simcox, aged 31, from Trentham, said: "I've had Dolly Blue Eyes since she was...

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September 19, 2015, 2:42 am

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A MAN has died after smashing into a telegraph pole on a busy road in Staffordshire. Police were called to Burton Road, in Branston, East Staffordshire, at 4.30am. A male motorcyclist, believed to be between the ages of 25 and 35, was pronounced dead at the scene after sustaining 'serious injuries'. He was riding a red bike with a Czechoslovakian registration plate when it collided with a telegrah pole. Officers are now trying to track down his family – who have not been...

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September 19, 2015, 2:54 am

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NEIGHBOURS have welcomed a planning U-turn over new homes on a riding school site – just as police launch a review into how the application was handled. Planners at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council originally gave permission to redevelop land at Endon Riding School for up to 10 homes. But the decision was called into question after webcast footage showed committee chairman Mike Worthington, who approved the plans on his casting vote, saying: "I hated doing that, but I was...

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September 19, 2015, 4:01 am

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Balloons to be released at fund-raiser in memory of Mandy Shenton

September 19, 2015, 4:16 am

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HUNDREDS of balloons are going to be released in memory of former Miss Stoke-on-Trent Mandy Shenton. The mother-of-two, of Stallington Road, Blythe Bridge, lost her 15-year battle with cancer at the age of 47 earlier this year. Now 500 pink balloons are going to be released in memory of Mandy – whose son Ollie plays for Stoke City – at a fund-raiser in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The event will take place at Moddershall Cricket Club near Stone on Sunday, September...