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340 JOBS ARE SET TO GO AT BET365

GAMBLING giant bet365 has announced around 340 job cuts across its European hubs. The shock news comes against a backdrop of the Festival Park-based company facing increased regulatory and tax related costs. bet365 has been hit by an increase in...

PROPOSAL FOR NORTH STAFFS ‘SUPER COUNCIL’ PUT ON HOLD

THE Government will pause and review the planned overhaul of local councils in Staffordshire. All 10 councils in Stoke-on-trent and Staffordshire were due to be abolished and replaced with two new unitary authorities under local government...

TRIBUTES TO ‘WONDERFUL SON’ STABBED IN STREET

A MAN who died after he was found with stab wounds in a Newcastle street has been named as Jamie Evans. His family say the 20-year-old, from Stone, was ‘a wonderful son, loving brother and doting uncle’. He was found by paramedics after the Ford...

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‘HE CAN’T READ OR WRITE & HAS BEEN LET DOWN BY THE SYSTEM’

DESPERATE mum Rebecca Rutter is accusing a council of ‘failing’ her child, who has had no formal education for nearly two years. Thirteen-year-old Dylan has not attended school since November 2024. He is unable to read or write due to learning...

HARRIET, 19, ‘HAS LEFT A LEGACY OF KINDNESS’

GRIEVING relatives have paid tribute to an ‘exceptionally bright and determined’ teenager who died days after a smash. Harriet Boyles, from Stoke-ontrent, was a passenger in car that hit a tree in Lichfield. The 19-year-old, who has been described as...

AND ON CRACK – NOW I HELP SOLVE THE UK’S FOOD WASTE CRISIS’

A FORMER crack cocaine user who spent more than a year sleeping rough has become one of the beating hearts of an organisation tackling the UK’S food waste crisis. Teresa Kemp, of Newcastle, is a Food Waste Hero for Olio, a money-saving app that...

‘I was a teenage waitress at this pub 36 years ago – now I’m running it!

SHE was working as a waitress in a Newcastle pub – and 36 years later she’s in charge of it. Sarah Clarke is delighted to have taken over the town’s Cherry Tree, in London Road, where she worked as a teenager – especially as it’s had a big...

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Sam’s going global!

A Mum-of-four who left school with no GCSES and now ships products across the world has opened a stall in Hanley market. Sam Johnson – who describes herself as a ‘naughty kid’ – started Raynes Bubblez four years ago, selling online and promoting her...

FAMILY OF HERO FIREFIGHTER WHO CHEATED DEATH IN PLEA AFTER BLAZE

A HERO firefighter who cheated death when hurt tackling a blaze that ripped through city homes has been discharged from hospital. The firefighter was left fighting for his life for a week before being moved from critical care. He was discharged on...

COPS ARREST 35 IN OP TO TARGET DRUGS MENACE BLIGHTING CITY

POLICE have made 35 arrests in their latest crackdown on the monkey dust menace plaguing the streets of Stoke-on-trent. It comes as Staffordshire Police have seized 25 kilograms of the drug as well as firearms, weapons, and cash over a six month...

COPS HUNTING 3 MASKED MEN WHO BURST INTO HOME OF MOTHER AND CHILD

DETECTIVES are hunting three men after a masked gang burst into a Potteries home and threatened a woman and child. Officers want to hear from anyone with CCTV following the early morning incident in Milton. Staffordshire Police say they had been...

FIRESTARTERS TO BLAME FOR 2 MORE HUGE BLAZES IN CITY

DETECTIVES are hunting arsonists after two more huge fires were started in Stoke-on-trent. The Sentinel revealed on Saturday that an investigation is underway after a former nightclub on Hanley’s Trinity Street. Fire chiefs have now revealed it was...

AMBULANCE HANDOVER DELAYS LINKED TO HEATWAVE

THIS summer’s heatwaves have hampered efforts to reduce ambulance handover delays in Staffordshire, hospital managers say. University Hospitals of North Midlands saw increased waits at A&E in June, with ambulances taking an average of one hour 22...

POLICE IN APPEAL AS INQUIRY LAUNCHED INTO HUGE FIRE

FIVE fire crews battled flames and smoke after a ‘large’ blaze broke out at the home of a former city centre nightclub. Police cordoned off roads around Trinity Street, Hanley, as emergency crews dealt with the inferno at Trinity House. Now officers...

FREE BUS TRAVEL BAN FOR U15S

BUS bosses have imposed restrictions on children travelling alone on buses operating to and from Hanley Bus Station. The move by First Bus – which will see under 15s having to travel with an adult after 6pm – has been sanctioned after talks with...

TEEN STABBED AS ‘GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE FIGHT’ TO IN CITY CENTRE

A TEENAGE boy was taken to hospital with ‘potentially serious injuries’ after a city centre stabbing. Police were called to reports of ‘a fight involving a group of young people’ near Old Town Road, Hanley. A dispersal order was put in place and a...

COUNCIL AND NHS SHARING ‘CARE COSTS’ ACROSS CITY

NHS and council officials say they have ‘reset’ their relationship – following disputes over who should fund millions of pounds of care. Stoke-on-trent City Council saw £2.25 million of cost pressures last year due to the NHS cutting continuing...

NEW CAFE WITH A CAUSE OPENS IN HANLEY PARK

A NEW cafe has opened in Hanley Park – and the profits are going towards a good community cause. The Pavilion Café opened on Saturday, August 8, serving up tea, coffee, ice cream, milkshakes, baps, cakes and more. The new spot is being run by...

CITY SHOWS ITS SUPPORT FOR 17 FAMILIES HIT BY FIRE HORROR

COUNCIL chiefs have revealed the extent of the destruction caused by a grass fire which ripped through part of Stoke-on-trent. The City Council has released a statement about the fire that devastated a Sandyford estate on Thursday. And it has now...

TWO ARRESTED AS HOMES DAMAGED IN GRASS FIRE INFERNO

TWO people have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a huge fire damaged four homes in Stoke-on-trent. Police said they received a call from firefighters on Thursday afternoon after they were sent out to a grass fire which was ‘spreading...

SHEDS GUTTED IN BLAZE THAT FORCED FAMILIES OUT OF HOMES AND SHUT A50

STUNNED neighbours fled their homes as flames from a huge grassland fire torched their gardens. Residents of Mount Pleasant were evacuated as emergency crews lined Nutbrook Avenue and Kemball Avenue to battle Wednesday’s blaze. It also shut the A50...

TRIBUTES TO ‘LOVED AND ADORED’ TEEN WHO DIED IN CITY CRASH

TRIBUTES have been paid to an 18-year-old killed in a crash on a city road - whose grieving family say was ‘loved and adored’. Emergency services were called to Anchor Road, near Longton, where Oakley Shim was pronounced dead. His family say his...

CITY MAN, 19 AND HIS DAD FLEECED OAP OUT OF £10K

A 90-YEAR-OLD pensioner was duped into handing over more than £10,000 by father-and-son rogue traders. Danny George Quinn and his son Danny Jo Quinn ‘mercilessly’ fleeced the elderly victim for roof repairs they never carried out. The pair knocked on...

AGENCIES TOLD TO DO MORE TO TACKLE CHILD SEX ABUSE IN FAMILIES

AGENCIES in Staffordshire have been told to do more to tackle child sexual abuse in family environments. Inspectors found organisations respond in a ‘timely and effective’ way to initial concerns over abuse within families, with practitioners being...

MAN DIES IN CITY FLATS FIRE

INVESTIGATORS are today trying to figure out the cause of a fire in which a man died. The 75-year-old was confirmed dead after emergency crews were sent to Ridgway Road, Shelton. Four other people were treated for smoke inhalation. One of them, a...

‘UNIVERSALLY ADORED’

TRIBUTES have been paid to an ‘incredible’ dad and talented musician who died following a collision with a tractor on a busy city road. Nathan Smith’s heartbroken family say he will be ‘missed enormously by so many people’ following the tragedy in...

999 CREWS COMING FROM HEREFORD TO TREAT POORLY PATIENTS HERE

AMBULANCE crews are having to make 200-mile round trips to reach patients due to handover delays, a senior official has said. Members of North Staffordshire Pensioners’ Convention were told West Midlands Ambulance Service is still experiencing...

APPEAL AS BIKER KILLED IN CRASH

A TEENAGE biker has died in a crash in Stoke-on-trent. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. It followed a collision between the motorbike and a car in Anchor Road, Adderley Green at about 10.10am yesterday. A Staffordshire Police...

SON, 15, BATTLED IN VAIN TO KEEP HIS MUM, 33, ALIVE

THREE children have been left without their mother following her sudden death. Sophie Whitehurst’s teenage son Connor and neighbour Sophie Berrow battled to save her life at her Meir home, carrying out CPR until paramedics arrived. But crews were...

ICONIC WADE POTTERY IVY SCULPTURE RECREATED

A MEMBER of one of Stoke-ontrent’s famous ceramics families has recreated an iconic piece to help people suffering from brain cancer. George Wade, whose ancestors founded Wade Ceramics, has launched a new version of the Ivy sculpture. It is the first...

‘2 SKIPS FULL’ OF FLY-TIPPED WASTE FOUND IN CITY BROOK

GATES will be installed to tackle anti-social behaviour at a town’s war memorial. Stoke-on-trent City Council will install the metal gates to enclose the pavilion at Tunstall Garden of Remembrance - to prevent unauthorised access to the building. The...

MAN ACCUSED OF MURDER APPEARS AT CROWN COURT

MURDER-ACCUSED Qays Mahmood has appeared before a judge at Stoke-ontrent Crown Court. The 25-year-old, of Clarke Street, Shelton, is charged with murdering 44-year-old Christopher Bradbury, above, who was stabbed in Ridgway Road, Shelton, on July...

PLEA TO PARK FIRESTARTERS

ARSONISTS have struck at one of Stoke-on-trent’s biggest parks for the second time this week. The latest fire at Central Forest Park started at just after 6.30pm on Wednesday. It follows a similar arson attack at the park on Tuesday afternoon. Three...

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JOYRIDER IN STOLEN AMBULANCE LED COPS ON CHASE WITH PATIENT IN THE BACK

A MAN has admitted false imprisonment and aggravated vehicle taking after driving off in an ambulance from outside the Royal Stoke. Joyrider Marshall Leese got into the ambulance – which contained a patient, a paramedic, and another person – at the...

NEW PLAN TO TRANSFORM HISTORIC SPODE SITE

PADEL courts, a major cultural venue and space for businesses are all included in plans to transform an historic former potbank. Developer Capital & Centric has submitted a planning application for the Grade Ii-listed Spode site in Stoke, which aims...

THREE ARRESTED AFTER MAN ‘STABBED TO DEATH’

POLICE spent the weekend quizzing three men arrested as part of a murder probe. Police launched Operation Greenman after a man in his 40s was stabbed to death in Ridgway Road, Shelton, at 7.40pm on Thursday. Two police cordons were set up in Ridgway...

PARK SEALED OFF AS MAN ‘STABBED’

POLICE are investigating following a ‘stabbing’ at a city park. Officers and paramedics were called to Ridgway Road, next to Hanley Park, after reports of a ‘serious assault’ on Thursday night. Part of the road - near Mawson Grove - was taped off...

FAMILY’S ANGUISH AFTER 2-YEAR-OLD ARCHIE SAVAGED BY DOG

A Two-year-old boy has suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in a beer garden dog attack. Little Archie has undergone surgery at Royal Stoke University Hospital. It follows the dog attack in the grounds of The Wulstan, in Wolstanton, this month. It is...

RIOTER WHACKED GOOD SAMARITAN WITH ‘AXE’ AS HE GAVE FIRST AID

A VIOLENT yob has been jailed for his role in the Hanley riots. Sidat Ahmed attacked two bystanders as chaos gripped the city centre on August 3, 2024. One victim had to have his head glued back together after the 22-year-old attacked him,...

‘ROGUE TRADER’ POCKETED £180K AFTER FLEECING 17 CUSTOMERS

A ROGUE trader pocketed £180,000 to fit kitchens and bathrooms – without ever carrying out the work. Kevin Hayes defrauded 17 victims across Stoke-on-trent and beyond over four years. In a trail of deceit the 48-year-old claimed on four occasions...

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A FORMER council worker has ditched the office to run her own engineering firm. Nicole Barnett and her stepfather Darren Stanley have finalised a deal to acquire Alpha Engineering Solutions Limited. The business has been operating for 30 years. It...

‘DEVASTATED’

ALLOTMENTS have been ‘devastated’ in a fire which swept across a recreation ground – not far from a petrol station. Plots at Buxton Street allotments in Sneyd Green were damaged in the blaze on Thursday. Firefighters remained at the scene in Hanley...

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FILM fans can enjoy some al fresco movie magic as Newcastle town centre is transformed into an open air cinema again this summer. Cinema on the Stones offers free family film screenings and activities to the heart of the town, kicking off on August 2...

250,000 EXTRA APPOINTMENTS EVERY YEAR TO SEE YOUR GP

PATIENTS across North Staffordshire are set to benefit from around 250,000 extra GP appointments each year after £1.5m was invested to modernise GP surgeries. The Staffordshire and Stoke-ontrent Integrated Care Board (ICB) said 19 GP practices have...

FINALLY – WAR HERO ALFRED’S SACRIFICE IS RECOGNISED

Campaigners win fight for official war grave headstone for city soldier who died from injuries sustained at Battle of the Somme

POLICE GIVEN MORE TIME TO QUIZ MAN IN MURDER PROBE

DETECTIVES have named a woman found dead in a city flat. Sarah-louise Pennington’s body was discovered in Oakwell Court, near Dresden, in the early hours of Sunday. A 30-year-old man, of Stokeon-trent, was later arrested on suspicion of murder. Now...

MURDER ARREST AS WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN CITY FLAT

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman from Longton was found dead in a flat. Police discovered the body of a woman in her 20s after they were sent to Oakwell Court early yesterday. A 30-year-old man from Stoke-on-trent was later...

Carnival will be hot, hot, hot!

FAMILIES are being invited to enjoy a free day of Caribbean culture, music and entertainment when Six Towns Carnival returns to Hanley Park tomorrow. The event promises a packed programme celebrating Caribbean traditions under the theme ‘Connecting...

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7 JAILED FOR ROLES IN CITY VIOLENCE

SEVEN men involved in large-scale violent disorder in Hanley city centre have been jailed. Imran Akhtargul, Ammer Osman, Danyar Hussain, Ilyas Ahmed, Faud Jameel, Chand Amin, and Hassan Mir were involved in the August 2024 Hanley riots. Now all seven...

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INQUIRY IS LAUNCHED OVER RAPE OF GIRL, 17

POLICE have launched an investigation after a teenage girl was raped at a beauty spot. Police set up a crime scene following the Berryhill Fields sex attack. Staffordshire Police were alerted at 8.15pm on Thursday. It happened off the Dividy Road...

COUNCIL STAFF TO ‘WALK OUT’ ON STRIKE TWO DAYS THIS WEEK

COUNCIL house repair staff will go on strike again from today as their dispute with employers continues. Unite members at Stoke-ontrent City Council’s repairs and maintenance service took part in four walkouts last month as part of a national dispute...

Will England win the World Cup? Potters fan Jack has put the house (deposit) on it!

A STOKE City supporter has spent his £40,000 house deposit on taking his father to watch England ‘win the World Cup’. Jack Goodwin says he has booked his hotels, flights and tickets to every game England can play in until the final in New Jersey on...

‘YEAR’S WAIT FOR A HERNIA OP LEFT ME LOOKING AS IF I’M PREGNANT’

‘DESPERATE’ Diana Poole has been waiting more than a year for surgery at the Royal Stoke – and says she is in constant pain from a hernia that makes her ‘look pregnant’. The 51-year-old had gallbladder surgery in December 2024 but post-op...

ROADS RETHINK TO CUT CRASHES IN MOTHER TOWN

NEW spaces and a ban on cars using a busy road are part of proposals to improve parking in Burslem – and tackle collisions in the town centre. Highways officials plan to put a no-entry on Market Place’s junction with Wedgwood Place, where a new...

MANHUNT AFTER CITY STABBING

POLICE are hunting two men after a stabbing in the city. The victim was attacked outside a property on Malpass Walk in Goldenhill at 3.30am yesterday. He was taken to the Royal Stoke after suffering injuries described as ‘not believed to be...

TEEN LOCKED UP FOR THREATS TO ‘BOMB COLLEGE AND KILL STUDENTS’

A TEENAGER who ‘idolised serial killers’ and threatened to bomb his college has been jailed for three years and nine months. Jagger Strang, 18, from Stafford, was reported to the police after he told peers at Stafford College that he wanted to blow up...

SUMMER FUN FOR FAMILIES WHATEVER THE WEATHER

CHILDREN and families are set for a summer of fun in their own dedicated Newcastle town centre space. Twice-weekly sessions ranging from cartoon drawing to creative writing and den-building are among those on offer as part of Get Creative in...

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2 CHILDREN HURT AFTER BEING HIT BY CAR OUTSIDE SCHOOL

A GIRL suffered ‘serious injuries’ after being hit by a car outside a city primary school. A boy suffered ‘potentially serious injuries’ in the same incident outside Burnwood Primary Academy in Chell Heath yesterday. School staff rushed outside to...

AMBULANCE BOSSES PUT CITY ON RED ALERT OVER HEATWAVE

AMBULANCE service bosses have issued a warning about the dangers of ‘extreme heat’ as a red heat-health alert was issued for North Staffordshire. The alert, which has been in place since 1am today and runs until 11pm, is the highest level of...

FOURTEEN NEW REPAIR TEAMS TO TARGET POTHOLES

EXTRA highways crews will be in place to help tackle road defects across Staffordshire over the summer. Fourteen extra repair teams will be up and running by the end of June, with the crucial task of fixing the county’s potholes and other...

COPS HUNT FOR A MASKED MAN AFTER WOMAN RAPED IN PARK

DETECTIVES have launched a rape investigation after a woman was attacked at a city park. Officers were called to Central Forest Park where the suspect had left the area. Now specialist officers are supporting the victim as Staffordshire Police has...

£14.8M COUNCIL BILL FOR 8,500 REPAIR JOBS AT CITY SCHOOLS

A COUNCIL will spend £14.8 million on thousands of school repair jobs following the collapse of its PFI provider. Stoke-on-trent City Council’s 25year schools private finance initiative expired last October with many handback works still...

MAN JAILED AFTER LIME KILN LIGHTS ROAD RAGE

ANGRY William Armour reversed into a car after fighting with the driver in a Lime Kiln lights road-rage bust-up. The 39-year-old was taking his stepson to college when he tried to force his way ahead of a black Mercedes car on Leek Road, Hanley. But...

HOMES PLAN AT EX-POTBANKS POSES ‘RISK’ TO NEARBY SCHOOL

PLANS to turn two former pottery factories into 72 homes are set to be approved – despite strong objections from a neighbouring school. Sterling Property Co Ltd’s plans for the Atlas and Cleveland Works in Shelton would see the existing buildings...

PROBE INTO MASSIVE FIRE AT SCRAPYARD

AN investigation is underway after a huge fire ripped through a city scrap metal yard. The blaze at Moores Metals led to part of Chemical Lane, off the A500, being closed off. Crews were called out at just before 3.30am yesterday with a huge plume of...