Recently added articles from Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK):
84-year-old's death set to stay mystery
Oct 10, 2008 ... The cause of pensioner James Twigg's death will never be known. An inquest into the 84-year-old's death, held at NorthStaffordshire Coroner's Court yesterday, found the cause of hisdeath was unascertained. The inquest heard a post-mortem examination found 37sulphursalazine ...
Historic day for weddings
Oct 10, 2008 ... Wedding planners are set to find out how an historic hall cancater for their big day. Ford Green Hall will throw open its doors on Sunday for a freeweddings open day. The 17th century hall in Smallthorne has hostedcivil ceremonies for more than 10 years. Councillor Hazel ...
Having a ball with anton
Oct 10, 2008 ... Catering students were given the chance to work alongside a topchef to help prepare dishes for an NSPCC autumn ball. Internationally-renowned Anton Edelman decided to use Stoke-on-Trent College's hospitality and catering facilities as a base formaking the meals. The food was ...
Stafford man robbed as he waited for bus
Oct 10, 2008 ... Police are appealing to the public for help after a town centrerobbery. A 22-year-old man standing at the Chell Road bus stop bySainsbury's, Stafford, at 5pm on Monday handed over a small amountof money, his jacket and ...
Crowds expected to welcome home Afghan heroes
Oct 10, 2008 ... Soldiers who have recently returned from Afghanistan are toparade through a town next week. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, who arebased at Tern Hill, are to march through Market Drayton before aspecial church service on Tuesday. One member of the ...
Man caught superbug after hip op
Oct 10, 2008 ... A Pensioner died of a superbug following a routine hipreplacement, an inquest has heard. Gerald Ball, of Leek, died in the intensive care unit at theUniversity Hospital of North Staffordshire, more than three monthsafter he underwent the operation to improve his quality of ...
Councils may lose Icelandic bank cash
Oct 10, 2008; GEORGE OLIVER ... Councils are nervously awaiting news on the potential loss ofmillions of pounds of taxpayers' money following the collapse ofIcelandic banks. The Government has not provided guarantees for the near pounds800million UK councils have invested in the affected institutions. That ...
Postal probe will continue
Oct 10, 2008 ... Investigations are continuing after six postal workers weresuspended amid allegations of theft and failing to deliver mail. The employees at Stone delivery office were relieved of theirduties last month and Royal Mail bosses launched an internalinvestigation. Two of the ...
Youngsters dance to the c&w championships
Oct 10, 2008 ... Yee-hah: Four youngsters have danced their way to the U.S. afterwinning a top competition. Kelsey Davies, aged 12, Sam Davies and Olivia Walker, both 13,and George Hodson, aged 16, will all appear at the United CountryWestern Dance Council's World Championships in ...
Patient wait figures go up
Oct 10, 2008 ... One in 50 patients had their operations cancelled at theUniversity Hospital of North Staffordshire in August, according tofigures issued by the trust. They show 93 patients were booked to go under the knife only tobe sent back home or told not to bother showing up. The ...
Road jams follow M6 safety fear
Oct 10, 2008; GEORGE OLIVER ... Traffic came to a standstill across the region after a womanclimbed over a safety barrier on a bridge spanning the motorway. Staffordshire Police decided to shut a section of the M6 in bothdirections yesterday after the woman, described as being in adistressed state, was spotted ...
Chip pan fire ruins kitchen
Oct 10, 2008 ... Fifteen firefighters were called to a blaze which left a kitchenseverely damaged. Two crews from Stafford and one from Stone went to a house inSaddler Avenue, Stone, at 2.10pm yesterday following reports of afire in a house. The blaze was caused by a chip pan being left ...
Togwell's adopting a cautious approach
Oct 10, 2008 ... Sam Togwell watched Crewe hit the high spots back in Augustbefore their season took a turn for the worse. But the former Port Vale loanee still believes the third-bottomside could be a tough nut for high-flying Scunthorpe to cracktomorrow despite a wretched run. The ...
Staffordshire detective faces jail over pounds100,000 kidnap bribe plot
Oct 10, 2008; SENTINEL REPORTER ... Corrupt detective Mark Morgan faces jail after arranging toreceive a pounds100,000 bribe in return for letting off an allegedsuspect in a kidnapping case. The 43-year-old detective constable pleaded guilty to misconductin public office at Birmingham Crown Court ...
A500 death witness plea
Oct 10, 2008 ... Police are trying to piece together the last movements of apedestrian killed by a lorry on the A500. Andrew McDonald, aged 43, died at the scene of the accident,which happened on the northbound side of the carriageway at 8.30pmon Wednesday, between the Sideway junction and the City ...
Doctors 'were intent on indiscriminate murder'
Oct 10, 2008; Sentinel reporter ... Two Nhs doctors plotted to kill hundreds of people in a wave ofcar bombings across Britain, a court heard. Mohammed Asha, who worked in the neurology department at theUniversity Hospital of North Staffordshire, and Bilal Abdulla areaccused of conspiring to commit murder and cause ...
Educated men met at university
Oct 10, 2008 ... Mohammed Jamil Abdelqader Asha, top, was born in September 1980in Saudi Arabia. He was a gifted child and won a scholarship to read a medicaldegree at the University of Amman in Jordan, where he graduated in2004. Asha came to this country in 2003 to undertake training ...
Bomb attacks to be 'first of many'
Oct 10, 2008 ... The prosecution alleges that the London and Glasgow attacks wereto be the first in a series of "spectaculars" across the country. While neither attempt succeeded, the potential for loss of lifewas huge in both incidents. The first attack took place in the early hours of June ...
Bratt on the defensive as Vale fans have their say
Oct 10, 2008 ... Port Vale chairman Bill Bratt and three other directors answeredquestions at a special supporters club meeting last night todiscuss the club's plight. Sentinel Port Vale correspondent STEVESHAW reports VALE chairman Bill Bratt threw himself into the lion's den lastnight by ...
Till shrugs off illness to secure impressive victory
Oct 10, 2008; BOXING ... Mark Till racked up what could be one of his last victories as anamateur on the Tom Lowe ABC show at Goldenhill WMC. Till is hoping to turn professional by the end of the year, andis considering joining Scott Lawton's Burslem-based Impact stable. He shrugged off the flu to ...