Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) back issues from June 2007:
Festival was a huge success
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - Now that the 2007 Stafford Music Festival has ended, with29 events plus workshops and a lunchtime concert over a two-weekperiod, I would like to thank the individuals and groups whocontributed to its success: from the committee, who put in so mucheffort, to our partners and ...
Hospital worker lacks compassion
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - I am writing in response to the article that was publishedin The Sentinel on May 1, from the "anonymous hospital worker",regarding the inquest into the death of my late husband. I feel thishospital worker has misinterpreted the comments made. These were notaimed at any ...
We help adults with autism too
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - In response to an article written in The Sentinel onTuesday, May 29, in which a new local group suggested that therewasn't help for adults with autism in finding employment locally,there is! Lifeworks is just one of the local charities that activelyworks with adults with autism to ...
What do they do for our image?
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - We have been told that we are one of the worst areas in thecountry in the past due to crime, low wages, under-age pregnanciesand unemployment. Surely the final ...
If you want turbines, have them near you
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - I feel that I must reply to the letter from Bill Cawley, ofLeek (Wind of change is turned away, May 30). Is Mr Cawley familiarwith the geography of this area? To my knowledge, there are noshops in Cellarhead, and no young offenders' institution. Could he bethinking of ...
Residents await regeneration plan
Jun 01, 2007; ... People living and working in an area set for regeneration shouldfind out in the next month what will happen to their homes andbusinesses. Five options have been drawn up for the Crane Street area ofCobridge by consultants for regeneration agency Renew ...
Which option is for you?
Jun 01, 2007 ... The five options at a glance: Minimum change: All existing housing and green spaces kept,alongside the Bloor Homes site. Tackling the worst housing: Option one, plus housing on CraneStreet, Douglas Street and parts of Crystal Street demolished. Creating frontages: ...
Can you help the elderly?
Jun 01, 2007 ... Age Concern North Staffordshire is looking for volunteers to getinvolved in an Ageing Well project. They hope to recruit more people to tie in with National VolunteerWeek, which runs from June 1 to 7. Jenny Bell, Ageing Well project worker, said: "The projectpromotes better ...
Mick hopes for fitting Falklands TV tribute
Jun 01, 2007 ... Firefighter Mick Daniels, pictured right, has helped with theresearch for a BBC drama-documentary featuring the sinking of aBritish warship in the Falklands War. Mr Daniels, who is now an assistant area commander withStaffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, was an Able Seaman ...
Rihanna can rain supreme
Jun 01, 2007 ... Taken from her latest album, Good Girl Gone Bad, the track was aninstant download hit, thanks to its powerful and soulful chorus, andhip hop production. The contribution from America's hottest rapper only serves to helpthis single to cross over from soulful pop to urban, and ...
I'm loving putting my art and soul into this comedy
Jun 01, 2007 ... First introduced to the West End in 1996 by Potteries-bornproducer David Pugh and actor Sean Connery, the comedy never fails tointrigue audiences wherever it plays. The simple purchase of a new painting for a large sum of moneyhardly seems the likely hinge upon which a dramatic ...
Surgery to turn away new patients
Jun 01, 2007; ... Doctors are warning they will have to turn away new patients,after plans to replace their cramped surgery were shelved. GPs at the Hartshill Surgery claim they now have no space toexpand their healthcare services, or take on new patients. And unless a new site can be found, the ...
Fight for our terrace homes
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - Those of us fortunate enough to recall the late and greatBrian Redhead, who created the interviewing format now representativeof all that is best within serious radio, will remember hispersistent championing of Macclesfield, the town to which he returnedafter five hectic days ...
Sally's operatunity knocks
Jun 01, 2007 ... Lucia is a role that I've always wanted to play," says Sally wholives in London with her husband, conductor Jeremy Silver, "and I'mdelighted to be performing it alongside the Scottish Opera. I'menjoying every moment working with them." Lucia di Lammermoor is one of two operas ...
Brian ward got farm closed
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - I was amazed to read a letter in The Sentinelon May18, giving the impression that the work done to close the Blurtonchicken farm was a team effort. I don't think so. As a residentliving close to the farm, I would like to put the record straight.The residents of the area, ...
Hayley gives us something to treasure
Jun 01, 2007 ... The programme, a "toccata spectacular", will include Bach'sToccata and Fugue in D Minor, Whitlock's Chantry and Toccata,Boellmann's Menuet, Priere and Toccata, Mathias's Postlude andToccata Giocosa and Widor's Toccata from his fifth symphony. Startsat noon. Box office 0870 060 ...
Day at park was fantastic
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - I want to say what a great day it turned out to be atNorthwood Park. I hope we can do it on an annual basis, and this isthe general feeling of everyone I have spoken to. It was aprivilege to be a part of the Northwood Park Centenary Committee,and I would just like to say a ...
The enemy ready to advance
Jun 01, 2007 ... Plenty of people already have judging by the success of debuttrack 40 Days And 40 Nights and its double A-side alternative DancingAll Night. It's likely that early comparisons already being made to suchluminaries as Oasis and Kasabian will stick. But whoever else they do or ...
Action over loud noises
Jun 01, 2007 ... Environmental health officers have been advising the public onnoise pollution as part of a national initiative. Noise Action Week aims to make people aware of the help availableto them if they encounter problems with excessive noise. Events included a display in Stafford's ...
I'm excited for city's future
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - In response to Nick Roberts's letter of May 15, the onlything I find Nick and I have in common is our second name. Hissolution for the city is to dilute public money over the whole cityand city centre. This is the same strategy the council has had formany years, which has turned ...
How much will all this cost?
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - Now that the consultations for the care home closures havestarted, I would like to ask one question. When will someone tell theratepayer how much it will cost ...
Workmen were extremely kind
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - Through The Sentinel, may I, on behalf of the family of alady who had the misfortune to fall in the Sneyd Avenue area ofNewcastle on Thursday, May 24, thank the workmen of a local firm wholeft their vehicle to assist the lady to a nearby friend's home? They determined that her ...
I hope you all suffer like us
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - On reading The Sentinel on May 25, and the article aboutthe coalition alliance, isn't it about time that the Governmentstepped in and sorted this stupid council out now, before the wholecity crumbles? They say that the council is for the people, hencethe motto: Putting People ...
Where will these visitors park?
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - Stoke-on-Trent City Council is involved in discussions todevelop Burslem Indoor Market into a national auction house forceramics. The hope is to attract visitors from all over the countryand abroad. The question is, how will those visitors get there? Will not cars come into the ...
My question is unanswered
Jun 01, 2007 ... Sir, - About 12 months ago, I and several other members of theVoluntary and Community Service (VCS) met high-ranking officers fromthe council and police to discuss crime in Stoke-on-Trent. At the endof question time, I asked the following question, even though it wasnot strictly on the ...
I'm back on the carousel
Jun 01, 2007 ... Albert is the society's longest-serving member, and the onlymember of the cast of the original show who is still an active memberof the company. His return to the stage this month follows a four-year break fromthe musical theatre to care for his sick wife, Joan, who is now in ...
Revellers serve up tasty offer
Jun 01, 2007 ... Written by Bryan Turner, a member of the company, A Bucketful ofCandelight Suppers is a comedy inspired by Keeping Up Appearances,the popular TV sitcom. But would Hyacinth Bucket really ...
Tennis lights plan delay
Jun 01, 2007 ... A Decision over plans to install floodlighting at a tennis clubhas been delayed. Members of Staffordshire Moorlands District Council's planningapplications committee had been expected to rule on the applicationby Endon Tennis Club at its last meeting. But a decision was ...
Uni friends' degree of success
Jun 01, 2007 ... Former Leeds University students, they headlined the NME BreakingBands Showcase at In The City and have been nominated as MTV BrandSpanking Act for 2007. They also have 50,000 MySpace friends, and are receiving around17,000 hits a day. Tracks such as boozy anthem Liquid Lives ...
Rocker Ben hoping for a life in music
Jun 01, 2007; ... When Ben Robinson and his friends formed a band, they entered acompetition to gain a bit of experience. But although they had only been playing together for just over amonth, Navaho emerged victorious at a North Staffordshire highschool Battle of the Bands, held at the Britannia ...
'He's my son... That's all that matters to me'
Jun 01, 2007 ... Mum Katrina Taylor has been nominated for a Sentinel Our Heroesaward for the care and energy she devotes to her son. The 29-year-old, of Leawood Road, Trent Vale, is a full-time carerfor nine-year-old Jay who fell victim to meningococcal septicaemia -a form of meningitis - aged ...
Folk club's top guest
Jun 01, 2007 ... A singer and songwriter from Lancashire, his perceptive lyrics andsongs with a social conscience appeal to traditional as well ascontemporary folkies and are always worth listening to (WinstonBaldwin: 01270 872875). TONIGHT: a singaround at The Black Lion, Cheddleton ...
Sparkling golden oldies
Jun 01, 2007 ... Not so, however, in the case of Ethel and Norman Thayer - theelderly couple at the heart of the plot in the New Vic's latestproduction. Based on the original play script rather than the Oscar-winningfilm starring Henry and Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn that made itso famous, ...
A bit sick in the wed
Jun 01, 2007 ... Lamentably, Wedding Daze doesn't proffer much in the way oflaughter or entertainment, putting its mismatched lead charactersthrough the emotional wringer in the futile hope that their sufferingmight inspire sympathy or even affection. Boredom and frustration arecloser to the ...
Hitcher crunches through the gears
Jun 01, 2007 ... Rutger Hauer's riveting performance as the eponymous maniac and anunforgettable torture sequence with a truck elevated Robert Harmon'sthriller to cult status. More than 20 years later, Red returns to the desert highways with co-writers Jake Wade Wall and Eric Bernt for this ...
The price of paradise
Jun 01, 2007 ... It's quite literally a case of visitors leaving their hearts inhis country of gorgeous white sand beaches, crystal blue waters, lushtropical forests, and pretty beachfront bars heaving with sunbatherssipping caprihinias. The locals appear to be part of the ...
I can earn in one day what I'd earn in a week
Jun 01, 2007 ... Despite taking two bullets in the leg and suffering a shrapnelwound in his ear, 29-year-old Mick - whose name has been changed toprotect his identity - is now looking for a new contract doingsecurity work in Iraq. The former soldier has worked for private firms in Iraq since2003, ...
Hunt for kidnapped britons continues
Jun 01, 2007 ... Officials in Iraq are said to be working towards a "safe andswift" release for the five Britons abducted in Iraq. Efforts to discover who was behind the kidnapping of the foursecurity guards and an expert from a management consultancy firm werecontinuing. They were snatched by up ...
Merger agreed by ambulance bosses
Jun 01, 2007; ... Staffordshire Ambulance Service will be part of a West Midlandsregional service from October 1. The move, which sparked fierce opposition when first proposednearly two years ago, was unanimously given the go-ahead by the Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust board ...
'Sad person' takes banner
Jun 01, 2007 ... Organisers of a town's festival are appealing for the return of abanner promoting their event after it was stolen. The three-metre long banner - which gives details of StoneFestival - disappeared from Stafford Street in the town overnight onWednesday. Festival committee ...
Driver had roads ban
Jun 01, 2007 ... Disqualified driver Mark Wheeldon was arrested after being seenparking a car outside Hanley Library - only yards away from thepolice station. He was banned in August last year for 18 months, Sue Salt,prosecuting, told North Staffordshire magistrates. The 20-year-old, of ...
Taste of success for healthy food
Jun 01, 2007; ... Home-grown fruit and veg will soon be on the menu at a healthyeating project, thanks to a pounds376,000 lottery grant. The hefty handout means Bush Tucker Enterprises, at the HollybushCentre, on Meaford Drive, Blurton, can rent two plots on theallotments at Longton Hall Lane, to ...
ECB cash gives aid to junior facilities
Jun 01, 2007 ... Moddershall are celebrating a windfall from the ECB to developtheir thriving junior section. The Barnfields club has received a grant of pounds32,473 tocomplete the pavilion on their second playing area. The grant has come from the pounds9.4 million fund the Governmentand ...
Moddershall vow to battle up the table
Jun 01, 2007 ... Moddershall vice-captain Andy Hawkins insists his side can playtheir way out of trouble - starting against Leek tomorrow. Moddershall have yet to win in six matches and are rooted to thefoot of the Premier Division after four defeats. They meet the league's draw specialists, ...
Money helps to build better communities
Jun 01, 2007 ... Another organisation to be awarded grants from the Big LotteryFund's Reaching Communities scheme is Brownhills Maths and ComputingCollege, in Tunstall. It received almost pounds30,000 last month to join up with Dolly'sLane Allotment Association, to create and care for a garden ....
Pinfold trophy rivals make final preparations
Jun 01, 2007 ... Defending champions Maer and Onneley and rivals Staffs Moorlandshead into this weekend's matches aiming for a boost ahead of theirforthcoming Pinfold Trophy final. The two meet at Caverswall on June 10 and, while the championsprepare with a visit to Cheadle and Wootton tomorrow, ...
Thomas aims to add to barlaston trouble
Jun 01, 2007 ... Premier Division leaders Audley will be looking to extend theiradvantage at the top with victory against struggling Barlastontomorrow. Audley were tipped as title dark horses and have certainly notdisappointed in the opening six matches. They have once again been inspired by ...
Meeting over post office
Jun 01, 2007 ... Plans to close Hanley post office will be top of the agenda at ameeting of the North Staffs Pensioners' Convention. Mark Fisher, MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, will speak about theproposed closure at the meeting on Monday. The city's main postoffice, in Tontine Street, could be ...
Unibond restructuring given the green light
Jun 01, 2007 ... Promoted Nantwich Town have finally been given the go-ahead totake their place in next season's restructured UniBond League. Member clubs voted in favour of a Divison One (Midlands) andDivision One (North), each of 18 clubs, by a two thirds majority atthis week's crucial ...
Potters lifted by Glenn's return
Jun 01, 2007 ... Stoke Easy Rider Potters have been boosted by the news GlennCunningham should return for their Knockout Cup double-header withNewport. Cunningham missed out on last weekend's Potters meetings afterfailing to recover sufficiently from arm and elbow injuries sufferedin a crash at ...
D-Day on horizon for Blues
Jun 01, 2007 ... Leek Town are to set a timetable this weekend in their bid toremain a UniBond Premier League club. The board of directors met last night and chairman Paul Burstonsaid: "We have to put a date down as to which route we take andJune 16 is relevant as that is the league annual ...
Grammar schools widen gap between the classes
Jun 01, 2007 ... As An ex-grammar school chap myself, I feel like a traitor, but Imust say it - I agree with David Cameron that bringing back thegrammars would be a bad move. Before the argument starts, let's keep in mind that grammarschools have never catered for more than one pupil in five. How ...
Let's pray for best service
Jun 01, 2007 ... Today's clarification that Staffordshire Ambulance Service is tomerge with others to form a West Midlands Regional Service on October1, comes as no great surprise. Despite assurances to the contrary,and in spite of claims by protesters and politicians alike that thecounty's brigade had ...
McClaren judgment on trial after becks recall
Jun 01, 2007 ... He's Beck in the team, but is he Beck for good? I suppose that'sthe question everyone will be asking by the time David Beckham hasadded another couple of caps to his collection after tonight'sfriendly with Brazil and next Wednesday's Euro 2008 qualifier inEstonia. Steve McClaren ...
Whittaker to join bullets
Jun 01, 2007 ... Alsager Town are to sign former Leek Town favourite Dave Whittakernow he has left Hednesford. Striker Whittaker, aged 28, lives at Sandbach and said: "Alsagerplay at the highest level of clubs around my area. Both my brothersplayed for Alsager and I have been on loan there, so I ...
Pope moves to kidsgrove
Jun 01, 2007 ... Kidsgrove Athletic have signed locally based centre-back StevePope, from AFC Telford, who have been promoted from UniBond Premierto Conference ...
Dabbers net blackhurst
Jun 01, 2007 ... Midfielder Glynn Blackhurst is returning to UniBond Leaguenewcomers Nantwich Town. Nantwich first signed Blackhurst from Stafford Rangers a couple ofyears ago, but he left for Alsager, ...
Free workouts at revamped leisure centre
Jun 01, 2007 ... A Leisure centre is offering free health and fitness sessions, tomark the completion of a pounds15,000 revamp. Gym facilities have been extended and the cafe area upgraded atthe Staffordshire Moorlands District Council-owned Biddulph ValleyLeisure Centre. Visitors to the ...
Road blocked for months by repairs
Jun 01, 2007; ... Villagers have been left fuming by roadworks which they claim havevirtually cut off their street. United Utilities has been carrying out the work in SpringheadClose, at its junction with High Street, in Talke Pits, sinceFebruary. A large section of road surface was ripped up ...
Thanks for helping cats
Jun 01, 2007 ... Volunteers at an RSPCA rescue centre are thanking people for theirsupport after being inundated with stray and unwanted cats. Brookhouse Boarding Kennels, in Bucknall, has been flooded withdonations of food and money following an appeal in The Sentinel. The centre had been ...
Store wants more space
Jun 01, 2007 ... An Application has been lodged to increase the floor space of aStoke-on-Trent DIY store. Propinvest Springfields Limited wants permission to build amezzanine level at the Focus store at Springfields Retail Park, onNewcastle Road, Trent Vale. The extra level - which would add ...
Driver sacked for smoking in truck
Jun 01, 2007; ... A Lorry driver at Sainsbury's distribution depot in Stoke-on-Trent has been sacked for smoking in his cab. James Jamieson was dismissed after being caught puffing on acigarette at the huge Sideway complex. Union officials are appealing against the sacking, and are due tomeet ...
Give us a sign that our shop can survive
Jun 01, 2007; ... Hundreds of protesters have signed a petition supporting theplacing of brown tourism signs to help visitors find ChurchillChina's factory shop. About 260 residents and customers are appealing against theHighway Agency's decision to reject an application from the store, atWhieldon ...
Mick shows his strength
Jun 01, 2007 ... Nineteen of the UK's strongest men will be competing against eachother in a national final this weekend. Strongman Mick Gosling, who lives in Cannock, and was Britain'sStrongest Man in 2005, has organised Sunday's event with StaffordBorough Council. The Superior Strongman ...
Banned teen seen driving
Jun 01, 2007 ... Teenager John Leese was caught riding a motorcycle while he wasbanned from driving. Leese told police officers he was on his way home from work, whenhe was stopped in Furlong Road, Tunstall, on May 30, NorthStaffordshire magistrates heard. Sue Salt, prosecuting, said the ...