Dame Kelly Holmes helps celebrate city's sporting successes
The City of Stoke-on-Trent Sports Awards is taking place this week. Jenny Amphlett looks ahead to an event that will celebrate our homegrown successes and bring a sporting dame to the city.One of the...
View ArticleThree arrested following police chase in Chell
Three people have been arrested following a police chase in Stoke-on-Trent.A number of readers contacted the Sentinel to say the police helicopter was hovering over the Chell area of the city shortly...
View ArticleStaffordshire's first Admiral nurse appointed to support dementia...
The first 'Admiral nurse' in Staffordshire has been appointed to help support dementia patients and their carers.Wendy Mountford has joined the Douglas Macmillan Hospice, which wants to spread its...
View ArticleOur Heroes: 'Mrs Brown's the best' say Crackley Bank Primary...
When Amanda Brown began volunteering at her local primary school, she never envisaged she would go on to maintain the building, help teach pupils and lock up at night.But that's exactly what the...
View ArticleHere's what parents travelling abroad with children which have a...
Parents are being urged to make themselves aware of the problems which can arise when travelling abroad with children who don't share their surname. It is not uncommon for parents to different surnames...
View ArticleCall to 'name and shame' yobs who destroyed tribute to teenager
The family of a 17-year-old girl who died from a rare genetic disorder have called for the vandals who smashed up a memorial bench to be 'named and shamed'.The granite seat at Carmountside Crematorium...
View ArticleStarter homes to be built on former Stoke-on-Trent school sites
Two former school sites are set to be redeveloped to provide starter homes for young adults struggling to get on the housing ladder.The plans will see more than 430 new houses built at key sites across...
View ArticleGeneral Election: Will Tories end Labour's 98-year hold on...
Apathy is usually the winner at election time. And in the past, it's been all too easy for non-voters to shrug their shoulders, saying 'Why bother – my vote won't count'. But if you live in an...
View ArticleMiddleport teaching assistant drove home while three-and-a-half...
Teaching assistant Samantha Thompson drove home from the pub while three-and-a-half times the legal limit.The 43-year-old had been drinking wine at pubs in Smallthorne and Burslem after going to the...
View ArticleBig Issue: Should sexual history be brought up in rape cases?
Calls have been made to stop a victim's sexual history being discussed in rape trials. Reporter Dave Knapper looks at why they may be deterred from going through the court process...Thousands of women...
View ArticleHanley Health and Well-being walk-in centre faces uncertain...
NHS leaders say they can't guarantee a popular walk-in centre will remain open beyond next month after the private firm running the service pulled out.But more than 3,000 patients who use a GP surgery...
View ArticleBulldozer moves in to make way for new Cobridge housing...
Work has begun to prepare condemned houses for demolition to make way for a new 193-home estate.Sixteen houses in Crane Street, Cobridge, will be bulldozed after developer Barratt Homes was granted...
View ArticleNewcastle Town FC takes control of Roe Lane playing fields
More youngsters could soon be developing their football skills after a club took over council-run sports facilities.Newcastle Town FC is to manage Roe Lane playing fields, in Seabridge, until 2044...
View ArticleFamilies claim 3am lorries are keeping them awake
Residents say they have been forced to move bedrooms for a peaceful night's sleep as lorries are thundering along a rural road as early as 3am.HGVs have been using Langot Lane at Fairoak, near...
View ArticleMorrisons wants to open Knutton supermarket from 7am
Supermarket giant Morrisons wants to extend the opening times at one of its branches – so it can welcome shoppers at 7am.It has applied for permission to open its Lower Milehouse Lane store, in...
View ArticleBank Holiday weekend forecast to be Stoke-on-Trent's hottest of...
Let's be honest, the weather this May has been pretty average. But all that should be about to change as the Met Office has predicted a heatwave in Stoke-on-Trent starting today.That's right, summer...
View ArticleMan 'off his head' on monkey dust when he beat his ex-partner in...
Jealous Benjamin Poole struck his former partner with the back of his hand and a table leg after discovering she was seeing another man.Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard the 32-year-old was in a...
View ArticleThree arrested after robbery in Wilmslow leads to police chase...
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of robbery after leading police on a chase across three counties – which came to an end in a Moorlands village.The robbery allegedly took place in Wilmslow in...
View ArticleFirefighters free woman trapped in bathroom in Sandbach
Firefighters had to free a woman after she became trapped in a bathroom.Emergency services were called to the scene on Moss Lane in Sandbach at 1.11pm on Saturday afternoon.One fire engine from...
View ArticleGeneral Election 2017 LIVE: Latest news in the run-up to the...
Along with the rest of the country, voters from across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire will go to the polls on June 8. From now until election day we'll be bringing you all the latest news,...
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