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30 Oct 2009 07:17
Curtain fire man rescued
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from his flat after a pair of curtains caught fire. Three crews from Longton and Hanley attended the incident at Pinewood Crescent, in Meir, at 11.10am yesterday....
Vicar facing porn charges
A CHURCH of England vicar from Staffordshire has been charged with downloading indecent images of children from the internet. The Dioce...
Laying down law over parking fines
TRAINEE barrister Charlotte Bailye is being taken to court after clocking up £458 in unpaid parking fines from Keele University. T...
Sports hall to close for vital repair work
PART of a leisure centre will close next week for emergency building work. The essential maintenance work will include roof repairs and...
Sons tried to calm row at toddler party
A FATHER and two of his sons have told a jury they did not assault a man at a birthday party for two-year-old twins. Stephen Perkins,...
Woman, 89, died after falling over in store car park
A SPRIGHTLY 89-year-old died after falling over a bollard in a supermarket car park. Martha Crimes, of Houldsworth Drive in Fegg Hayes,...
Hospital plan could be reviewed
PLANS to demolish a historic hospital building could be reviewed. Demolition contractors have already been recruited to knock down the...
Pub housing could prove a tough sell
PLANS have been lodged to convert a boarded-up pub into two houses. The former Old Iron Cot pub, in Ruxley Road, Bucknall, has been...
Head fears for school's future (video)
A HEADTEACHER today claimed his crumbling school could close down completely by 2012 unless plans to replace it with a £20 million...
Care-home OAPs overstretch A&E
HUNDREDS of frail pensioners in private nursing homes are being needlessly sent to North Staffordshire's under-pressure accident unit. ...
Stoke City: Sidibe set for rapid return
TONY Pulis looks poised to offer Mama Sidibe a dramatic shortcut back into Stoke's Premier League plans after talking up his chances of featuring in tomorrow's derby with Wolves (3pm).
Port Vale: Adams eyes striker swoop
VALE boss Micky Adams revealed he is scouring the loan market for a striker – and refused to rule out a move for transfer-listed Crewe frontman Anthony Elding. The 27-year-old Alex...
Stoke City: Pulis looking forward to renewing acquaintances
TONY Pulis is looking forward to seeing old Stokies Karl Henry and Chris Iwelumo tomorrow – but not half as much as he's relishing his re-acquaintance with Jody Craddock.
Stoke City: Mama ready to play his part
STOKE striker Mama Sidibe says he'd love to help tame Wolves tomorrow after making his comeback from seven months out with a cruciate knee ligament injury. Manager Tony Pulis has hinted the...
Stoke City: Vital statistics
PREVIOUS MEETING Championship, February 9, 2008 WOLVES 2 (R Edwards 45, Keogh 47) STOKE CITY 4
Stoke City: Wolves pen pics
BETWEEN THE STICKS WAYNE HENNESSEY Regular number one for the past two seasons, the 22-year-old Welshman now appears to be making the grade in the top flight. Also the main man for Wales...
Stoke City: Iwelumo looking forward to Britannia return
CHRIS Iwelumo always looks forward to returning to Stoke City – but says tomorrow's visit with Wolves will be extra special. Seven years ago, the Scot was helping City win promotion...
Stoke City: Collins thankful for McCarthy gamble
DANNY Collins owes his big break in the top flight to Mick McCarthy – but won't feel guilty if he pushes his former boss into the relegation zone at the Britannia Stadium this weekend.
Stoke City: Talking tactics
CASE FOR THE DEFENCE STEVE Simonsen's clean sheet at Tottenham last week is unlikely to keep him in the side at the expense of fit-again Thomas Sorensen. Denmark international Sorensen was...
Crewe Alex: Gradi to stick to principles
CREWE'S caretaker boss Dario Gradi has refused to abandon his footballing principles – despite seeing his side slip down the League Two table. Gradi says Crewe's passing style is...
Stoke City: Wolves in the know
Born: 1877. Home: Molineux (capacity 29,303). Average attendance: 25,570.
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The Producers
The swastika is raised in the Cultural Quarter, but only in the name of comedy as a cult classic comes to the local stage, writes Alan Cookman
NAZI stormtroopers will tap dance across the stage of The Regent Theatre next week in the show that brought Nuremberg to Broadway.
It's all in the worst possible...
Centre Stage with Alan Cookman
THE sea air did wonders for Meir-based Caverswall Drama Society last weekend. With their production of Willy Russell's Blood Brothers,...
Chaos descends on wedding day
A SOCIETY wedding descends into chaos in Checkley Jubilee Players' autumn show. In the comedy There Goes The Bride by Ray Cooney and John Chapman, the father of the bride suffers hallucinati...
Jump aboard for family fun
AFTER four years at the London Palladium the world's most famous flying car swoops into the Regent Theatre next month for almost three...
Reader Review: Bouncers, New Vic
Retired parish priest Michael Lewis, aged 70, of Victoria Street, Basford, on seeing Bouncers at the New Vic Theatre in Basford "THE...
Magical festive tale will spellbind audience
THE Moscow Ballet returns to the Lyceum Theatre on Wednesday night for an enchanting performance of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. One of the world's best-loved ballets, this magical story...
Win tickets to the Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show in Birmingham
IT'S that time of year again – when the motorcycle show opens its doors to bikers from across the country. And The Sentinel has five pairs of adult tickets – worth £34 a...
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