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Major blaze at Bosley wood mill
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VIDEO: All the right moves - dancing teachers give Year 11...
A GROUP of teachers put on their dancing shoes to give their departing students a proper send off at their prom.
Around 14 members of staff from the Discovery Academy took to the dancefloor at the Moathouse Hotel during the Year 11 end of term do to surprise their students.
Performing their choreographed moves to a pop medley including hits from James Brown, Vanilla Ice and Sean Paul, the teachers have now become an internet sensation, racking up more than 5,000 hits on Youtube.
Senior...
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VIDEO: Mill fire 'devastation' revealed in Cheshire Fire Service...
CHESHIRE FIRE SERVICE has released video footage showing the 'scene of devastation' at the site where a huge blaze broke out at a wood mill today.
Four people are still feared missing after the explosion in Tunstall Road, Bosley, near Congleton, in Cheshire, at 9.11am this morning.
Search and Rescue teams have been called in to assist in the search for the missing people as fire crews continue to tackle the blaze.
Four people have been taken to hospital for treatment – one is...
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UPDATE: Shop assistant threatened with a knife by suspected...
A SHOP worker was threatened with a knife after challenging suspected shoplifters outside his store.The 23-year-old followed the four adult suspects into a car in an apparent attempt to stop them driving away, following the incident at Halfords in Trent Vale on Thursday afternoon.The car was driven a short distance, and the man was then released from the vehicle and threatened with a 'bladed weapon', before the offenders drove off.The shop assistant, who lives in the Newcastle area, was shaken...
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UPDATE: Three men and a woman missing after factory blast
Fire and rescue teams are searching a wood products mill for three men and a woman who are missing following a huge explosion at the factory.
Paul Hancock, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's chief fire officer, told a press conference that 20 people were believed to be in the plant in Tunstall Road, Bosley, near Congleton, when the blast happened just after 9am today.
He confirmed that four people - three men and one woman - remained unaccounted for.
They are "believed to still be in...
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Abbey Hulton man had 700 indecent images and videos of children
PERVERT Lee Rushton has been spared jail after being found with more than 700 indecent pictures and videos of children.
Police made the discovery after raiding the 41-year-old's Abbey Hulton home on February 25 last year.
They seized a laptop computer, an external hard-drive and a memory stick, which were later found to contain 749 indecent photographs and videos.
Experts said 15 of these were category A images, which is the most serious classification.
Now Rushton has been handed a...
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EuroMillions Lottery Results: Winning Numbers for Friday July...
How lucky are you feeling?Tonight's lotto draw is in but are you about to become the next millionaire?The current jackpot total has yet to be confirmed.Tonight's winning numbers are 1, 21, 22, 43, 48 and the lucky stars are 7 and 9.
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'It's been an emotional rollercoaster' - the little girl who...
A FAMILY has launched a fund-raising campaign to pay for IVF treatment – for their seven-year-old daughter.Melody Finney is one of the youngest girls in the country to be diagnosed with precocious puberty.Her mother Marie Finney is worried Melody may not be able to have children of her own after she started puberty at the age of four – six years younger than the average for girls in the UK.And although Marie doesn't know what the future will hold, she wants to put money aside to...
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Specialist teams prepare to search for four missing people after...
Specialist search teams and fire and rescue personnel are this morning preparing to enter the remains of a Cheshire wood products factory where four people are still missing following a huge explosion and fire.
Fire crews spent most of the night tackling small pockets of flames at the Wood Treatment Ltd factory in the village of Bosley, near Congleton. The plant, where 50 people are employed, was devastated by the blast just after 9am yesterday.
The resulting blaze engulfed the four storey...
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Peter Fox: 'I would have stopped assaults taking place'
FORMER Stoke City goalkeeper Peter Fox has denied assaulting a former apprentice with his glove smeared in Deep Heat.
The 58-year-old told Preston County Court the alleged incidents did not happen and said if he had seen it happen he would have intervened and stopped it.
He said the term, 'Foxy, give him the glove', was never used.
Mr Fox said: "It never happened."
The ex-Potters star, who played 447 games for the club between 1978 and 1993, is alleged to have assaulted former...
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Five injured in M6 minibus crash
Five people were taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning following a collision between a minibus and a lorry on the M6 in Staffordshire.The accident happened on the southbound carriageway near junction 14, Stafford, at 2.30am.A nine-year-old boy suffered head injuries, while a 16-year-old girl - who was initially trapped in the minbus - suffered neck and shoulder injuries. A third child had head and leg injuries. Two women in their 40s, also travelling in the minibus, suffered chest...
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Publican believed to have fallen from ladder to his death during...
POPULAR publican Nigel Woolliscroft had been drinking before it is believed he fell from a ladder to his death, an inquest has heard.Mr Woolliscroft was found dead at a friend's holiday cottage near Falcarragh, County Donegal in Ireland on December 15 last year.The 59-year-old, of Abbots Way, Westlands, had gone to the cottage for a couple of months 'for a bit of peace' after losing the Marston's-owned Old Brown Jug pub in Newcastle, which he ran successfully for 15 years with wife Helen Louise...
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Lorry fire sparks long delays on M6
A lorry fire which damaged the carriageway has forced the closure of a section of the M6 southbound near Stafford.Traffic queues up to five miles long were reported on the motorway as highways engineers carried out resurfacing work following the blaze between junctions 13, Stafford South, and 12 Gailey, at 1.38am today.Motorists were being directed to leave the motorway at junction 13 and follow a 40 minute diversion before rejoining the M6 at junction 12.
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Liam Barnes: Expert advice is best when navigating the wonderful...
SCHOOL'S out for most classes by now, but we tipplers can join the teachers in indulging in a spot of holiday imbibing.
For the majority unable to reserve a few months of the year to avoiding our usual curriculum – and of course the minority unable to get away from mountains of marking and in need of a change – now is a perfectly reasonable opportunity to try something a bit different.
Before long we'll be back in the autumnal grind, so why not use the long evenings for something...
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UPDATE: M6 closed as lorry fire sparks chaos
A busy stretch of the M6 remains closed after a lorry burst into flames and melted part of the carriageway. Emergency services rushed to the scene between junctions 13 and 12 in Staffordshire at 1.30am today and were forced to close both sides of the motorway for almost three hours. The northbound side was reopened by 4.20am but the southbound carriageway is expected to remain closed until at least 1pm. Highways Agency spokesman said the blaze had melted the surface of the southbound...
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Countryside riders hope to recruit new members at Staffordshire...
BIKERS who organise legal rides through the countryside will be hoping to recruit new members at a major motorcycle event this weekend.Members of the High Peak & Potteries Trailer Riders Fellowship will be manning a stand at the Staffordshire Bike Show, being held at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday.The group is part of the national Trail Riders Fellowship, which campaigns for the right of motorcyclists to use byways open to all traffic across open countryside. Earlier this month six riders...
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EDL calls off WaterWorld protest
THE English Defence League has called off its demonstration about a women-only event at a water park.Members of the far-right group had been planning a 'static protest' at WaterWorld, one week before the venue's 'sister's only' event.But following a meeting between the EDL, WaterWorld management and the police, the protest on August 1 has now been cancelled.The two-hour event on August 9 aims to allow women who would otherwise not be able to visit due to cultural sensitivities to enjoy the...
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UPDATE: M6 reopens between Stafford and Cannock after lorry fire
THE M6 has fully reopened this evening after a lorry fire left the southbound carriageway closed for most of the day.Motorists have been experiencing lengthy delays following the early morning blaze, which was so intense it melted 600 square metres of the road surface. Emergency services were called to the scene between junctions 13 and 12 in Staffordshire at 1.30am, and both carriageways were closed for almost three hours.The northbound side was reopened at 4.20am but the southbound carriageway...
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National Lottery result: The winning numbers for Saturday, July...
Tonight's numbers have been drawn and the top prize is an estimated £3.9 million.But do you have the winning ticket?The National Lottery numbers are 8, 15, 17, 33, 41, 47 and the bonus ball is 35.
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Health Lottery result: Winning numbers for Saturday, July 18
A jackpot of £100,000 is on offer with tonight's winning ticket.Are you feeling lucky?The winning numbers are 5, 11, 20, 25, 42 and the bonus number is 28.
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