Phil Corrigan: Top council officers need to prove their worth
WHENEVER The Sentinel runs articles about councils appointing new senior officers, the resulting comments and letters invariably focus on their pay.And the anger at the six-figure salaries pocketed by...
View ArticleAccidents close A50 and A500
Two major roads are currently closed following accidents.The A50, King Street is blocked in both directions due to an accident involving two cars at the A5007, City Road.The A500 is also closed in both...
View ArticleUpdate: Man suffers serious injuries in stabbing near local park...
A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after he was stabbed near a local park. Police and ambulance crews were called to Bradwell Park, off Oldcastle Avenue, Bradwell, just before midnight...
View ArticleGive a dog a home - City Dogs Home
Since March 2015, The Sentinel has been trying to help find new homes for dogs left abandoned or handed in because their owners can no longer properly care for them We've worked with the City Dogs Home...
View ArticleWho's been up in court? (Saturday, April 2, 2016)
BIDDULPH: TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Nathan Totton has been handed a 12 month conditional discharge after he threw a brick at his partner's car door. Totton, of Craigside, Biddulph, threw the brick at a...
View ArticleUpdate: Police probe midnight stabbing at park
Police inquiries are continuing into an incident in which saw a man rushed to hospital with stab wounds. Police and ambulance crews were called to Bradwell Park, off Oldcastle Avenue, Bradwell, just...
View ArticleFamily appeal for information after vehicle smashes through wall
A family are appealing for information after a vehicle smashed through a garden wall in the early hours of the morning.The car crashed through the garden wall on Hanley Road, causing serious damage to...
View ArticlePolice and paramedics called to city centre accident
Police are dealing with an accident in the city centre.Paramedics and police were called out to a collision between two cars in Hope Street, Hanley, at 3.05pm today. An ambulance had blocked the street...
View ArticleTwo incidents causing delays on A50
Two separate incidents are causing traffic chaos on a busy road this evening.One lane of the A50 Eastbound is closed due to a broken down vehicle at the A5005 / Baths Road / Foley Road (Foley Road...
View ArticleFour-year jail term for addict who raided shop and homes
BURGLAR Jason Oakes has been jailed for more than four years after he burgled two homes and a shop on two occasions. The 39-year-old, who has a lengthy criminal record including 21 house burglaries and...
View Article91 jobs at risk as National Trust prepares to take control at...
DOZENS of staff at a top Staffordshire tourist attraction could lose their jobs once it is transferred to the National Trust. Staffordshire County Council is giving up its lease on the Shugborough...
View ArticleSupernatural Staffordshire: an eerie encounter with the ghost in...
Paranormal investigator Damon Simms has explored some of Staffordshire's spookiest locations. This week he tells the story of how a Fenton factory worker came face-to-face with a gentleman ghost... In...
View ArticleStoke City fan hits out at £7 cost of disabled parking...
DISGRUNTLED Stoke City fan Philip Johnson has branded the club 'mean' after charging him £7 per match to use the disabled parking spaces outside the Britannia Stadium. The 69-year-old season...
View ArticleCouple's wedding nightmare as catering firm fails to deliver
A COUPLE claim they have been left £650 out of pocket just weeks before their wedding after the catering arrangements fell through.Emma Smith and Shane Edwards are now frantically trying to reorganise...
View ArticleUpdate: Ramblers sank 'up to their waists' in silage
TWO ramblers were rescued by fire fighters after they were trapped in a silage pit.A man aged in his 50s and a woman in her 70s sank 'up to their waists' is silage after taking a shortcut through Frith...
View ArticleComputer repair staff shopped customer with child porn on laptop
PERVERT Stephen Tideswell was caught downloading indecent images of children – after taking his computer in for repair. The 48-year-old took the device into a computer repair shop because it kept...
View ArticleFamilies demand action after another car smashes into homes
FAMILIES are calling for traffic calming measures along their street after a vehicle smashed through a wall and damaged a car parked in the owners' drive. Anthony and Christina Regan had only bought...
View Article'We'll meet again...' OAP pair to wed 70 years after their...
ROY VICKERMAN told the taxi driver to wait while he called on his former fiancée whom he'd not seen for 70 years. The D-Day veteran had no wish to upset his ex-girlfriend – neither did he know if she...
View Article£400 penalty for woman who refused to move her wheelie bin
NEIGHBOURS have welcomed a council's decision to prosecute a resident for leaving her wheelie bin out on the pavement for too long.Stoke-on-Trent City Council took Shaheen Kousar to court after she...
View ArticleSentinel Live News April 4 2016
The latest news and travel information for North Staffordshire and South Cheshire
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