Police called out to help 'man in distress'
POLICE and paramedics were called out to a 'man in distress' at a derelict building.Ambulances and a patrol car were at the bottom of Ford Green Road in Smallthorne on Sunday night. Staffordshire...
View ArticlePassenger taken to hospital after car crashes into lamp post in...
A woman was taken to hospital after a car she was in crashed into a lamp post. Police are now appealing for witnesses to the single-vehicle collision at Ladderedge which happened in the early hours of...
View ArticleSTORM IMOGEN: Power cuts across North Staffordshire as storm...
Almost 100 residents have been left without power this evening as Storm Imogen makes its mark on Staffordshire. The latest power cut has seen homes in Blythe Bridge and Cheddleton lose power as a...
View ArticleUpdate: Police urge McDonald's and Aldi customers to help piece...
CUSTOMERS at McDonald's and Aldi are being urged to speak to the police – to help them piece together how a pedestrian was knocked down and killed by a car. Gyorgy Bator died in hospital after...
View ArticleToday's most shared stories in Stoke-on-Trent and North...
These are the most shared articles from The Sentinel today: Tributes paid to dinnerlady who lost cancer fight PUPILS and staff have paid tribute to an 'angel' dinnerlady who devoted her life to helping...
View ArticleLatest: Man thrown from vehicle in early-morning crash still in...
A MOTORIST whose car overturned in an early-morning crash is tonight still in hospital. The 22-year-old driver was thrown from the vehicle following the collision in Keelings Road, Northwood, on...
View ArticleChurch-goers left stuck in the mud and pick-up truck needed to...
PARISHIONERS have been left 'stuck in the mud' – after parking their cars on the grass at a church. The parking problems have got worse at St Michael and St Wulfad's Church, in Stone, since the...
View Article350 trees axed as £6m park revamp starts
WORK has started on chopping down 350 trees ahead of a £6 million revamp at one of Stoke-on-Trent's biggest parks. Around 230 of the trees to be removed from Hanley Park are either dead, decaying,...
View ArticleWas Shergar abducted by aliens? John Woodhouse reviews The...
The X-Files – Five ***CONSPIRACY theorists will always exist. Some contend man has never walked on the moon. Others that John F Kennedy was the victim of the American secret service. Still more that...
View Article'Closing our centre will damage the community' - hundreds sign...
FAMILIES have launched a campaign to save a 'popular' community centre from closure. More than 250 people have already signed a petition in support of keeping Crackley Community Centre open. But...
View ArticleSuspended sentence for man who brandished 'fiercesome' sword...
TROUBLED Kyle Evans has avoided a jail sentence despite waving a Second World War era sword around and shouting in a public place. The 25-year-old had been shouting and gesturing towards a man in the...
View ArticleTraffic alert: Police incident on M6
MOTORISTS using the M6 are facing delays after an earlier police incident. The incident occurred Northbound between J15 A500 (Stoke-On-Trent) and J16 A500 (Stoke-On-Trent / Crewe). Slow traffic is in...
View ArticleInjured pedestrian 'fighting for his life' after city centre...
A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital after he was hit by a car. The male pedestrian, believed to be in his 30s, sustained serious head and leg injuries. Emergency services closed off one of the...
View ArticleBridge crash driver had no licence, no insurance and was over the...
MOTORIST Luke Wain was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he crashed into a bridge – despite not having a driving licence. The 21-year-old was also driving the Fiat Seicento without insurance...
View ArticleBig Issue: Do the new times tables tests add up - or will they be...
As the Government prepares to pilot a new test about children's knowledge of times tables, Becky Loton gauged the views of parents views PARENTS have given a cautious welcome to plans to test every...
View ArticleCulture bid success would open a whole new chapter
As Stoke-on-Trent bids to be named the UK's City of Culture, RICHARD AULT spoke to one of the many talented writers among city's literati, author and script writer Dan Weatherer... DAN Weatherer has...
View ArticleBinge drinker assaulted pub landlord - then headbutted police...
VIOLENT Nathan Lockley assaulted a pub landlord – then headbutted a police officer who was called out to the incident. The 20-year-old became aggressive after he was refused entry to the White Hart...
View ArticleFamilies want speed bumps to put the brakes on noisy bikers
FAMILIES are calling for speed bumps on their road to stop quad bikers waking them in the middle of the night. Residents report hearing quad bikes driving down Abbots Road, in Abbey Hulton, as early as...
View ArticleCrackdown sees 23 'drug drivers' caught out by cops
POLICE have arrested more than 20 motorists suspected of being behind the wheel after taking drugs.And Cheshire Police say officers have recently caught dozens of drivers with either no insurance or no...
View Article'Women don't need to suffer in silence' -city centre march aims...
WOMEN will take to the streets to raise awareness over domestic abuse.Organisers behind Women of Justice Arise will stage a city centre march on Saturday to encourage victims to speak out. And more...
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