Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) back issues from May 2008:
Champagne reception for all househunters
May 01, 2008 ... Families looking for their perfect new home were impressed byMiller Homes's Bronte show home at The Willows development, in Stone. Househunters recently had a chance to give the five-bedroomproperty a thorough inspection at a special Champagne reception. Special features, ...
Monkey votes really count
May 01, 2008 ... There are just days left for people to vote for Trentham MonkeyForest in a contest to find the UK's favourite picnic spot. The tourist attraction has been short-listed for the WestMidlands Best Picnic Spot in the Warburtons Picnic Awards. It is up against Coombe Country Park, ...
Girl fears losing friends
May 01, 2008; ... The parents of a four-year-old girl are appealing after theirdaughter was refused a place at her preferred school. Amethyst Oates enrolled at Mill Hill Primary School's nursery inSeptember because her mum and dad wanted her to move up to theprimary school later this year. But ...
Biddulph players celebrate success
May 01, 2008 ... Water Polo: A group of youngsters from Biddulph are celebratingtheir success in the National Championships. Addison Brown, Ellie Jones, Megan Smith, Aeron Brown and JoshMiller, all members of Biddulph Water ASC, won four gold medals andone silver between them at the ASA event in ...
New kids on block enjoy dream debut
May 01, 2008; ... Newcomers Dominies D and Penkhull enjoyed stunning debut successin the Creda Cup and Bourne Sports Trophy. Both beat competition favourites in the finals, held at TrenthamHigh School. The young Dominies team defeated holders Stoke North 440-378 toclaim the Creda Cup, while ...
Top cop Claire's a fearsome force
May 01, 2008; ... Detective Constable Claire Jesson is only 25-years-old but shehas already established herself as a force to be reckoned with whenit comes to catching criminals. Based at Congleton police station, DC Jesson thinks nothing ofworking a 20-hour day to put some of the town's worst ...
'Medical marvel' gets mum's vote
May 01, 2008 ... Two heart transplants within eight days is a mammoth task for anypatient, but as a 14-year-old who survived the operations, AdamAllbutt has been described as a medical marvel. This time last year, the Norton teenager was leading life likeany other lad his age but things started to ...
The categories
May 01, 2008 ... Our Heroes will recognise unsung members of communities in NorthStaffordshire and South Cheshire in the following nine categories.Readers who want to nominate someone should contact the reporter onthe telephone number at the end of each category, or nominate onlineby logging on to ...
In brief
May 01, 2008 ... Talke: Families can take part in a guided walk on Saturday, May10. The walk - called The Bluebells of Parrot's Drumble - is in oneof Staffordshire Wildlife Trust's most spectacular bluebellwoodlands. Although the track can get quite muddy, there are boardwalks toprovide ...
Diabetics get care pledge from hospital
May 01, 2008; ... Tens of thousands of diabetics in North Staffordshire were todaygiven guarantees that their hospital-based service will not beclosed until everything is ready to give them better care in thecommunity. The transfer date has already been put back from later this monthto the middle ...
Expanded house allows family to grow
May 01, 2008 ... There are six people living in Orchard Rise - well, maybe five-and-a-half when you count the daughter who's meant to be moving out- and the house has been built to accommodate them. It has a huge lounge, four bedrooms, a garden which doubles asthe playing field for the sport of ...
Stunning chic inspired by hotel visits
May 01, 2008 ... When Andy Baddeley set about renovating his current home in theWestlands he had an image of perfection in mind. Now, as he prepares to replace this contemporary sanctuary with anew home in Manchester, he says goodbye to a fabulous show homewhich will leave potential buyers ...
Bridgfords | 01782 623045
May 01, 2008 ... pounds124,950 37 Woodberry Avenue is a semi-detached house with an entrancehall, lounge and kitchen. On the first floor are three bedrooms anda family bathroom. At the front of the property is ...
Butters John bee| 01782 622155
May 01, 2008 ... pounds178,000 18 Godwin Way is a semi-detached house with an entrance hall,cloakroom, kitchen/diner and lounge. On the first floor is thefamily bathroom and three ...
Bramptons | 01782 710800
May 01, 2008 ... pounds127,500 4 Mayfield Place West, is a semi-detached house with an entranceporch and hall, living room, kitchen /diner and conservatory. On thefirst ...
Follwells | 01782 615530
May 01, 2008 ... pounds132,950 194 Newcastle Road, is a semi-detached house with an entrancehall, cloakroom, lounge and kitchen /diner. On the first floor ...
Your move | 01782 626224
May 01, 2008 ... pounds94,950 60 Woodlands Road, is a semi-detached house with an entrancehall, lounge, kitchen/breakfast room and cloakroom/toilet. On thefirst floor are two bedrooms ...
Heywoods | 01782 617343
May 01, 2008 ... pounds85,950 22 Flash Lane, is an end town house with a sitting room, innerhall area, dining room and kitchen. On the ...
All of your needs right on your doorstep
May 01, 2008 ... Before you leave Newcastle for Staffordshire's open countrysideon the way to Stone, you will arrive at Trent Vale. Either side of the A34 are its broad selection of shops andsupermarkets, takeaways and restaurants, as well as a host of otheramenities. Jackie Barnes, aged 51, ...
What you can buy
May 01, 2008 ... For pounds114, 950 you can buy a three bedroom terrace house onLondon Road, with a forecourted shrub garden and enclosed yard atthe back. A three bedroom semi-detached house is for sale in HollybankCrescent for pounds124,995. This traditional semi retains someoriginal features ...
Modern show home ready to open its doors
May 01, 2008 ... Now home buyers have a chance to inspect what's on offer atAntler Homes's Gerard's Gate development. The site consists of a mixture of four and five-bedroom detachedhomes in leafy Wistaston and the show home is set to open this weekon Saturday, May 3. Downstairs, the piece de ...
Fan of 33 years hopes scheme will boost club
May 01, 2008 ... Supporter Neil Adams, pictured, thinks the Vale 5000 schemecould make a big difference to the club. Neil, who lives in Middleport, has been a Vale fan for 33 yearsand said that he was also going to buy a season ticket for hisniece. The 40-year-old said: "The Vale 5000 scheme ...
NHS staff still prone to abuse
May 01, 2008; ... More staff at a Staffordshire health trust feel bullied andharassed at work than colleagues elsewhere in the NHS - and they saythey are more prone to physical and verbal abuse from patients. But they are less likely to leave their job, feel less pressuredand are more satisfied at ...
We're backing boomer and Vale 5000
May 01, 2008; ... Star goalkeeper Joe Anyon took an hour off training to issue aplea to a school's morning assembly to back the Port Vale 5000campaign. The Valiants number one was the first in a string of first-teamplayers lined up to talk to youngsters at the Haywood High which isa few hundred ...
In brief
May 01, 2008 ... Hanley: People in need of help and support are invited to thenext More Than Coffee event. The coffee morning will take place at the Baptist Church, inRegent Road, on Wednesday between 10am and 12pm. The church is offering ...
In brief
May 01, 2008 ... Trentham: Trentham Flower Arrangement Society is marking its golden anniversary year. The group will be hosting a demonstration by Janet Schofield,from Cheshire, entitled Two of a Kind, on Thursday, May 8. The meeting will start at 7pm at St Teresa's School Hall, inStone ...
...To giggles and wiggles
May 01, 2008; ... New management has "vastly improved" a nursery in just eightmonths. Giggles and Wiggles day nursery in The Brampton, Newcastle, hasbeen rated as "good" in its first Ofsted report. Sisters Jill Jones and Lisa Young took over Brampton Day Nursery,as it was formerly known, last ...
Nursing an ambition
May 01, 2008 ... Prospective nurses and theatre staff can visit and tour a nursingcentre. Keele University School of Nursing and Midwifery will hold anopen day on Sunday, May 18 from 10am to 2pm in the ClinicalEducation Centre at City General Hospital, off the A34. The School is recruiting ...
'We need more brass'
May 01, 2008; ... Members of a brass band are hoping to hit the right note with anappeal for more instruments. Twelve months after setting up, the Ceramic Brass Band has 20members. But the popular group is having to turn away new recruits unlessthey can afford their own ...
A chance to test your iq
May 01, 2008 ... Iq Analysis has been organised for people wanting to test theirintelligence. Mensa has organised the IQ tests to take place at the NorthStafford Hotel on June 7 at 2pm. The tests for people interested in finding out their own IQ scorecost ...
How did alcatraz escapees get out?
May 01, 2008 ... Escape From Alcatraz: The True Story Five ALCATRAZ is renowned as the hardest jail to escape from ever.You'd have more chance extricating yourself from a two-man tentwithout waking the wife than you would removing yourself from there. In these days when lags brazenly walk out ...
Switch on
May 01, 2008 ... Come Dine With Me C4, 8pm FOUR enthusiastic amateur chefs compete for pounds1,000 by layingon the best dinner party. Will the winner be pastry chef Claudette,who feels the heat in the kitchen but struggles to stay awake at thedinner ...
Suzanne darts into the lead
May 01, 2008 ... The Baron ITV1, 10.35pm THE day of Gardenstown's annual Strawberry Fair dawns where thecandidates - Suzanne Shaw, Mike Reid, and Malcolm McLaren, picturedbelow - will each deliver a speech outlining what they'll do forthe north-east Scotland village of if they become ...
On an ideal home expedition
May 01, 2008 ... I Own Britain's Best Home Five, 8pm THE owners of some of the most beautiful properties in thecountry compete for the right to say they own Britain's best home -ordinary and extraordinary people who have toiled over build, designand decor to leave a personal stamp on their ...
Tune in
May 01, 2008 ... A Celebration For Ascension Day R4, 8pm THERE is a feast of music and thought on offer during this hour-long programme which takes a look at the Ascension of Christ. Led by the Reverend Dr Giles Fraser (rector of Putney, ThoughtFor The Day presenter and columnist for The ...
Homes plan for DIY shop
May 01, 2008 ... Plans have been submitted to Stoke-on-Trent City Council toconvert a shop into three new homes, complete with garden andboundary walls. The existing building, 56 to 58 Baddeley Green Lane, BaddeleyGreen, would be partially demolished to make way for the newdevelopment. A ...
Gwyneth's got rhythm
May 01, 2008 ... Gwyneth Herbert New Vic Theatre, Basford I WANT to be Gwyneth Herbert's drummer! Drummers often get theboring bits - de-dum-de-dum and a final flourish if they're lucky. Gwyneth's drummer, Dave Price, gets to blow a whistle, shake atambourine, bash a gong and use every kind of ...
In brief
May 01, 2008 ... Clayton: A cigarette card, stamps and postcards fair is takingplace at Clayton Community Centre. There will be free valuations on offer and a specialist BrookeBond tea cards dealer will be attending the fair on Saturday. Doors open at 9.30am. Everyone is invited and admission ...
Teen burglars are sent down
May 01, 2008; ... Two teenagers have been sent to custody after they burgled ahouse in the middle of the night. David Scott, aged 18, and Robert Purchase, aged 17, both ofDrumburn Close, Packmoor, broke into a house in Redwing Grove,Packmoor, at about 2.20am on October 13 last ...
Appeal to landowners in hunt for tip
May 01, 2008; ... Landowners willing to have their holdings turned into a tip arewanted by the county council. Staffordshire County Council has made the appeal after spendingthree years trying to find a new tip site for Newcastle borough. It wants landowners to offer sites which could replace ...
Lord of the manor - for pounds25k
May 01, 2008; ... A Lordship of the manor title in a picture postcard Moorlandsvillage is to go under the hammer for pounds25,000. The feudal barony of Alton, originally centred on historic AltonCastle, belongs to the Earl of Shrewsbury, whose former familyhouse is the now decaying mansion at ...
Heroin dealer given chance to kick habit
May 01, 2008 ... Drug dealer Peter Pointon has been given a 12-month prisonsentence, suspended for two years, with a drug rehabilitationrequirement. The 32-year-old, of Kelsall Street, Burslem, pleaded guilty topossessing 15.6 grams of heroin with intent to supply, at an ...
In brief
May 01, 2008 ... Meir: Jurisdiction has been declined by North Staffordshiremagistrates on a man charged with possession of heroin with intentto supply and said to have a street value of pounds1,200. Steven Oultram, aged 37, of Box Lane, Meir, is charged with theoffence at Harvey Road, Meir, on ...
Councillors back nursery expansion
May 01, 2008; ... Parent power has helped smooth the way for a children's nurseryto expand its much needed facilities. Hanford Day Nursery, in Church Lane, Hanford, has been grantedpermission to build a single-storey extension to an existingoutbuilding to create a new classroom, complete with office ...
Teens urged to use vote
May 01, 2008 ... Teenager Matthew Jones is encouraging other young people to usetheir right to vote in today's elections. The 18-year-old, of Clayton feels strongly about the importanceof voting, and has been encouraging fellow students at NewcastleCollege to make sure they visit the polling ...
In brief
May 01, 2008 ... Werrington: A teenager has been sent to Stoke-on-Trent CrownCourt charged with arson after a fire in a cell at WerringtonYoung Offenders' Institution. Majeed Ahmed, aged 18, of no fixed address, is accused of arsonin that he damaged prison property and was reckless as to ...
Cash raised for madison
May 01, 2008 ... Pub regulars have raised more than pounds1,000 for a two-year-old girl with a rare form of cancer. The New Penny, in Fenton, asked customers to pay a pounds1donation on the door at gigs for local bands Magnetic Jellyfish,Trafford Park, The Rod and The Mysterons. They raised ...
Petrol station growth bid
May 01, 2008 ... Owners of a petrol station have submitted a planning applicationto build a single-storey side extension. A Khan Associates wants to extend Holden Bridge Service Station,in Leek New Road, Sneyd Green. The extension would measure five metres by 8.6 metres over thecurrent ...
'Unseemly haste' to find replacement MP
May 01, 2008 ... A By-election will be held on May 22 to choose a successor toCrewe and Nantwich MP Gwyneth Dunwoody - despite protests from MPsthat it was being done with "unseemly haste". Usually the moving of the writ after an MP has died or quit is aformality. But yesterday, in a move ...
Parents warned of fake football scout
May 01, 2008; ... Parents are warned to be on their guard after an seven-year-oldboy was approached by a phoney football scout at a youth match. A man claiming to be a talent scout for Manchester United askedthe boy questions, but disappeared when the youngster ran back tohis mother. The ...
Prison for tree feller convicted of blackmail
May 01, 2008 ... Blackmailer Arthur Watton has been jailed for 30 months afterthreatening to put a pensioner's windows through if he did not payhim for work he did not want doing. Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court heard that the frail man was unable tocope with work in his garden at Penkhull. On ...
In brief
May 01, 2008 ... Fegg Hayes: Father-of-six Jason Ruscoe stole a computer from asupermarket after demands were made to pay back money he hadborrowed to buy Christmas presents for his children. Steve Vasey, defending, told North Staffordshire Magistrates'Court that his client also had a number of ...
Retirement village plan for health site
May 01, 2008; ... Multi-million pound plans are being drawn up to transform aderelict hospital into brand new homes for elderly people. The Westcliffe Hospital, in Chell, was shut last year, more thantwo decades after services started being scaled down. But Stoke-on-Trent City Council is now ...
TV appeal for student
May 01, 2008 ... The family of missing student Steven Cook hope a fresh televisionappeal will provide vital clues in the search for him. The story of Steven's disappearance was being aired today onBBC1 as part of a 45-minute missing persons programme. Steven, from Sandbach, was 20 years old ...
Motorists milked in 'cash cow' culture
May 01, 2008 ... One in every three drivers is fined annually - but the majorityof offences are minor, leading to concerns motorists are being usedas 'cash cows' One in three drivers are caught each year by a parking warden orspeed camera. The total rises to more than four in 10 when the ...
Kids scheme launches Newcastle track season
May 01, 2008; ... Newcastle's track season began this week with extra opportunitiesfor children. Go-Ride activities are aimed at under-10s and older children whoneed extra skills before venturing on to the Lyme Valley track. The scheme includes riding around cones, under limbo bars andvarious ...
This government is wiping its feet on us
May 01, 2008 ... Mr Doormat has a question. Can anybody help as he is indifficulty and disgruntled? Lives in Crewe works in Hanley. His jobpays minimum wage, pounds5.54 an hour. 40 hours a week, allovertime cancelled, credit crunch no doubt, don't worry, it's justthe Americans. A gallon of fuel a day ...
It's no use getting cross if you don't make your mark
May 01, 2008 ... You may have noticed today is the day of the local elections. Whoare you going to vote for, Ken or Boris? Oh no, hang on, that'ssomewhere else. Mind you, it's a shame we haven't got something like that goingon round here. One feels local government needs something to give ita ...
Look smart for the Premiership
May 01, 2008 ... Having seen the release of City's new 08/09 home kit, I have togive it a big thumbs down. Not only will the broad stripes make thewearer look fat, but the design does nothing to evoke the history ofStoke City. Look at Sunderland's current home shirt - that looks much betterthan ...
Ship sailing, thanks again
May 01, 2008 ... Please would you be able to say a great big thank you throughyour letters page to all the members from the North Staffs SailingClub at Stanley. My partner Martin and myself have been members there for aroundthree years, but we are moving down south to pastures new. We have ...
'An unequalled contribution'
May 01, 2008; ... One of North Staffordshire's highest-profile businessmen hasstepped out of the limelight after a career spanning more than 40years. David Carr, OBE, retired yesterday as managing partner atFestival Park-based architects Hulme Upright Manning. And 250 business, political and ...
Parking problems are getting worse
May 01, 2008 ... I Noticed that the traffic wardens were out in force on Thursday,April 24 in Kidsgrove, slapping tickets on anything with wheels. Where is one supposed to park? The tiny car park opposite BeeJays is always full. The large car park outside Home Bargains is for its ...
Costa couple in plea for tickets to the big game
May 01, 2008; ... Two Stoke City-mad ex-pats are flying in for Sunday's promotiondecider on a wing and a prayer. Mike and Dianne Robinson, pictured, are travelling from theirCosta Blanca home with fingers crossed they can still get seats forthe Leicester City showdown. They moved to Javea ...
They're all behind the Potters to win
May 01, 2008 ... Joseph Rowcliffe, aged 57, from Birches Head, said: "I thinkthey'll definitely get promoted on Sunday. I couldn't get tickets soI'll be watching it on TV. My nephew is travelling from Oxfordshireto go to the match." Jake Rowlinson, aged 19, from Marchington, said: "I really ...
Streets are such a mess
May 01, 2008 ... It's Wonderful news that Newcastle council is addressing thelitter issue. However, concentrating on cigarette ends is avoiding the mainproblems, which are discarded takeaway packaging, bottles and drinkscans. These litter the estates and passenger subways. This ...