Five day forecast - there's rain on the way
It looks like you might need your umbrella at some point over the next few days with heavy showers expected tomorrow. Saturday should be cloudy but dry with more rain forecast on Sunday and...
View ArticleLegal jobs on offer within 7 miles of Stoke-on-Trent
There are 7 legal jobs available within 20 miles of Stoke-on-Trent. Here's some of the latest available. Click the links below to find out more about the post. For hundreds of vacancies available in...
View ArticleTHE BIG ISSUE: Is it the right time to switch to diesel?
DRIVERS could soon be paying less for diesel than petrol as prices continue to fall at the pumps. It will be the first time since 2001 that the cost of unleaded has outstripped diesel due to lower...
View Article£40m council house repairs contract with Kier 'failed to...
CONSTRUCTION giant Kier may lose its £40 million-a-year contract to repair council homes – as anticipated benefits from the deal 'have not materialised'. Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Kier set up a...
View ArticleBanned driver jailed after crashing into house and cars in...
BANNED motorist Stuart Jarvis drove the wrong way down a one-way street in a desperate attempt to evade the police.The 37-year-old also went the wrong way around a roundabout and hit three cars during...
View ArticleUPDATE: Third body recovered at scene of Bosley wood mill blast
A third body has today been recovered from the scene of a massive explosion which ripped apart a South Cheshire wood flour mill. A police spokesman said the removal yesterday of three unstable silos at...
View ArticleKathie McInnes: Could college mergers be the way forward for...
SO THE cat's out of the bag. Government ministers want to see a series of college mergers to ensure further education is fit for the future.The briefing document was published this week – days after...
View ArticleThieves steal £1k bronze statue from Boar Inn pub in...
THIEVES stole a six foot tall bronze stag – from an island in the middle of a picturesque pond. They hauled the £1,000 sculpture across a nine foot deep stretch of water outside the Boar Inn pub in...
View ArticleGolden moment for Danielle as 23-year-old queues from 4am for...
EARLY riser Danielle Thorley walked away with a brand new 42in television – after she was one of the first shoppers at a supermarket. The 23-year-old joined the queue at Newcastle's new Aldi store at...
View ArticleInspectors 'had fears about safety' at Bosley Wood Treatment Ltd...
HEALTH and safety officials had previously issued one prohibition notice and five improvement notices at a wood mill which was destroyed in a series of devastating explosions. Four of the improvement...
View ArticleTHE BIG ISSUE: Taxing times ahead as 21,000 Potteries families...
THE Government is proposing to reduce tax credits as part of plans to cut £12bn from the welfare bill this summer. But UK charity Barnardo's claims the move could see 21,000 families in Stoke-on-Trent...
View ArticleJilted husband smashed up home belonging to his wife's new...
JILTED husband Andrew Elliott smashed up his best friend's home – after finding out he was having an affair with his wife. The 28-year-old had been married to his childhood sweetheart Katie Elliott for...
View ArticleYOUR WEEKEND WEATHER: cloudy with some rain
The next few days look like being pretty wet with heavy rain forecast today and for Sunday, then showers on Monday and Tuesday. Tomorrow, however, should be mainly dry with the odd light shower.Weather...
View ArticleStoke City: New home kit to finally go on sale next week
STOKE City's new home kit will finally hit the club shop on Friday, July 31.The kit should have been available to buy in May but designer New Balance admitted it could not get stock ready on time.It...
View ArticleSales jobs available within 20 miles of Stoke-on-Trent
There are 143 sales jobs available within 20 miles of Stoke-on-Trent. Here's some of the latest available. Click the links below to find out more about the post. For hundreds of vacancies available in...
View ArticlePERSONALLY SPEAKING: former MP Joan Walley says the return of the...
NO matter which team you support the start of the new football season never fails to herald hope. And hope in large doses is something we all need. It was there in the great queue at Vale Park last...
View ArticleStaffordshire police decline to say if any officers have criminal...
Eight Cheshire police officers have been convicted of criminal offences over the past three years, a Freedom of Information request to 45 police forces across Britain has revealed.But no figures for...
View ArticleMotorists warned of M6 junction 17 closure tonight
A major junction on the M6 motorway will be closed tonight to allow highways engineers to complete an upgrade designed to improve safety and reduce congestion.All four slip roads at junction 17...
View ArticleSexual abuse victim breaks 23 years of silence on stepfather to...
CHILD sex abuse victim Kelly Stanier has revealed the emotional damage caused by the depraved actions of her own step-dad – more than two decades after her ordeal first began. David Nicklin is now...
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