Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) back issues from October 2008:
Get a trade in the army
Oct 01, 2008 ... Practically all of the jobs you come across in civilian life arealso available in the Army - plus a few more, like driving a tank. The Army Careers Office in Hanley recruits for jobs right acrossthe service and staff will be at tomorrow's Careers and TrainingFair will be there ...
Not too soon to think about next September!
Oct 01, 2008 ... It May SEEM early to be thinking about courses . . . but Stokeon Trent College is now taking applications from Year 11 studentsfor courses starting in September 2009! Hilary Fell, School Liaison Co-ordinator said: "Many of ourcourses are extremely popular. Subjects such as ...
Looking for trainers
Oct 01, 2008 ... Early years childcare training provider, Platinum Training andDevelopment, opens a new office in Newcastle today and will be atthe Careers and Training Fair to talk about opportunities on offer. The company is based in Dudley, but is opening its second officeon the Lymedale ...
Working with young is a popular career
Oct 01, 2008 ... Working with young children is a hugely popular career - and onethat also assists others to pursue their own career goals as theyknow their youngsters are being cared for. And, at tomorrow's Sentinel Careers and Training Fair, staff fromthe Staffordshire Early Years and Childcare ...
'Unique service offering'
Oct 01, 2008 ... Employment agency Reed, which will be at the Careers andTraining Fair tomorrow, was established in 1960 and over the last48 years has grown organically to incorporate over 400 offices and aturnover of over pounds680 million. The Reed group of companies isdivided into six independent ...
Expanding service for children ; Staffing re-structures across all of Stoke-on-Trent's Children Centres means there are now 70 vacancies to fill within the service. Could you fill one of them?
Oct 01, 2008 ... Staffing re-structures across all of Stoke-on-Trent's ChildrenCentres means there are now 70 vacancies to fill within theservice. Could you fill one of them? Stoke-on-trent Children's Centres are growing. Two years ago,there were eight Children's Centres across the city and this ...
Helping you to the next step
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Start of a new career begins with the first step. If youdon't know what direction this will be, Connexions advisers canhelp. Connexions advisers will be attending the forthcoming Training &Careers Fair at the Quality Hotel in Hanley tomorrow to give freeadvice on all aspects ...
Full and part time jobs offered
Oct 01, 2008 ... Come and visit AJH Recruitment on Thursday at the Quality Hotel,Hanley and be amazed by the fantastic range of jobs on offer. All positions are 100 per cent permanent with full time andpossible part time positions on offer. Whether you are just startingout and looking for your ...
Staff go the extra mile to get you work
Oct 01, 2008 ... With recent news stories talking of recession and credit crunchesaffecting businesses it is refreshing to find a story where it'sbusiness as usual. The Extra Personnel branch in Old Hall Street, Stoke, is as busyas ever placing workers daily in the area. With commercial, ...
Moorlands start as favourites for new season
Oct 01, 2008 ... A New North Staffordshire Cross Country League season starts atLyme Valley, Newcastle on Saturday. The second fixture will be staged at Parkhall Country Park onOctober 18 and the penultimate races take place at Stafford Commonon November 15 followed by the final event at Westwood ...
Bazell in fine form on debut
Oct 01, 2008 ... City of Stoke runner Steve Bazell marked his debut at halfmarathon distance by finishing a creditable fourth in Macclesfield. The race, held over a moderately hilly course, saw Bazell, below,cross the line in 1:15.12. He was just edged out of the medals bylocal runner Andrew ...
Classy critchlow too strong for meerbrook rivals
Oct 01, 2008 ... Beaumont Leys runner Phil Critchlow was a deserved winner of theMeerbrook 15k road race. The veteran showed his class in the second half of the race toclaim a comfortable victory. South Cheshire's Mike Hatton was the early leader, closelytracked by Andrew Lamont, Pete ...
Mighty myatt grabs champions accolade
Oct 01, 2008; ... Newcastle's Julia Myatt capped a memorable comeback by capturingthe Staffs AAAs Champion of Champions award. The veteran runner won the overall title thanks to a brilliantperformance at the Wolverhampton Marathon, when she outstripped heryounger rivals to claim a sensational ...
Hunt has power of fans on his side
Oct 01, 2008; ... Stafford's Rob Hunt feels fan power can help him towards a titlenext year, after extending his record to 11 straight wins. The light welterweight overcame the resistance of Birmingham'sJason Nesbitt with a comfortable 78-74 points decision as he toppedthe bill at the Wolverhampton ...
Brown's feeling blue
Oct 01, 2008 ... Robbie Brown's hopes of claiming the National Superstock 600title are all but over after a dramatic penultimate round atSilverstone. The Biddulph racer needed a good result to put pressure onNorthern Ireland's Lee Johnston at the top of the standings. But he suffered dreadful ...
Owen edged out in bid for coveted champions crown
Oct 01, 2008; ... Midland Masters winner Andrew Owen, from Birches Head, reachedthe quarter-final of the Champions of Champions in Blackpool. Fellow Potteries county player Mark Ferris went out in the secondround. Graeme Wilson took the pounds1,000 first prize with a 21-12victory over ...
Golden oldie finnikin rolls back the years
Oct 01, 2008; ... Leek stock car racing veteran Bert Finnikin rolled back the yearsto claim a superb second place in the F2 World of Shale race atKing's Lynn. The 52-year-old former F1 world champion missed out on the titleby only 1.5 seconds, after encountering bad luck in the ...
Bike problems sum up Sam's season
Oct 01, 2008 ... Stafford motorcycle racer Sam Owens is declaring 2008 a write-off after being hit by the latest in a series of jinxes. Owens failed to finish the penultimate round of the BritishSupersport Championship at Silverstone. He limped out on lap seven of 18, having hit problems with ...
Bus stop faces axe over double parking
Oct 01, 2008; ... First Bus may change one of its routes to stop its drivers andpassengers being put at risk. The number 24 Hanley-Keele service is currently avoiding CheddarDrive, in Silverdale, because of roadworks. But the firm may permanently avoid part of the Park Site estatebecause of ...
Ladder for home-buyers
Oct 01, 2008 ... Building work will soon start on a rural housing development. Aspire Housing plans to build 10 new properties in High Street,Halmerend, made up of a range of two and three-bedroom bungalows andhouses. The homes, which will also include landscaped frontages and carparking ...
Makeover for registrations
Oct 01, 2008 ... Families in Staffordshire will now find it easier to registerbirths and deaths in the county. The service has been changed to allow people to use registrationservices wherever it is most convenient. New measures given the go-ahead by the county council includescrapping the ...
Quakers open the doors to their beliefs
Oct 01, 2008 ... Quakers in Staffordshire are staging a series of open days so thepublic can find out more about their practices and beliefs. People will be able to view displays, take part in discussions,and attend a silent worship meeting. Quakerism is rooted in Christianity, but the ...
Museums in the spotlight
Oct 01, 2008 ... Visitors will this week be giving their opinions on what theythink Etruria Industrial Museum has to offer. The event is part of a number of consultation days being run byStoke-on-Trent Museums Service. A similar event will take place at Ford Green Hall inSmallthorne from ...
There are still jobs to be found ; And this is the place to help you find them! The Sentinel Careers and Training Fair is hosted by experts from a wide range of companies and information and service providers who help you plot a course through these difficult times . . .
Oct 01, 2008 ... And this is the place to help you find them! The SentinelCareers and Training Fair is hosted by experts from a wide range ofcompanies and information and service providers who help you plota course through these difficult times . . . With the gloomy outlook to the economy, you ...
Opportunities at Keele
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Commercial and Facilities Management Directorate of KeeleUniversity has a number of jobs on offer as a result of growth inbusiness and the expansion of the campus. Staff from the departmentwill be at tomorrow's Careers and Training Fair to talk to visitorsabout the roles. "We ...
Toys 'r careers
Oct 01, 2008 ... Toys 'R' Us is looking for bright and enthusiastic people tojoin in the fun and want special individuals with friendly andoutgoing personalities who enjoy being busy. Staff from the store will be at tomorrows Careers and TrainingFair looking for people who have a flair for dealing ...
So close, yet so far as we are pipped for title
Oct 01, 2008 ... Believing we could now win the league, we began the 1974/75season with a bang, giving Brian Clough's Leeds a 3-0 hiding at theVic with Alan Hudson at the hub of everything. Victories at Queen's Park Rangers and newly-promoted Carlislewere similarly orchestrated, leaving us in ...
Help needed to weed out paths menace
Oct 01, 2008; ... Allotment holders want help from local businesses in cleaning uptheir overgrown paths. Gardeners at Sunnybank Allotments, in Joiners Square, say theyhave the enthusiasm and manpower to get the work done, but need thematerials. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has offered the ...
Strong links lead to university award
Oct 01, 2008 ... Keele University's programme to encourage applications and raiseaspirations has been shortlisted for an award. Keelelink, the university's schools and colleges partnershipprogramme, is in the running for the Widening ParticipationInitiative of the Year prize at the Times Higher ...
'BNP' vandals embark on spree of wreckage
Oct 01, 2008; ... Police are investigating after vandals smashed windows and daubedwalls and road signs with racist graffiti. Offensive messages claiming to support the British National Partywere painted on the outside wall of the home of Howard and BarbaraOakes, in Newcastle Street, in ...
Open day is in good taste
Oct 01, 2008 ... Families will be able to enjoy locally-made produce when a farmshop opens its doors to celebrate British Food Fortnight. Buttercross Farm Foods, at Shiffords Grange Farm, Market Drayton,is holding a free open day on Saturday, from 10.30am to 3.30pm. Visitors will get the ...
Pupils seek return to great outdoors
Oct 01, 2008; ... Pupils could be heading into the jungle for some of their lessonsunder plans to transform a tired old school garden into an exoticoutdoor retreat. Children from Our Lady's Catholic Primary, in Fenton, even wanttheir own tiger to set up home in the school grounds, although itwould ...
In good faith with Christine Chadwick
Oct 01, 2008 ... Autumn means harvest festival time in schools and churches - agood time to be thankful for what we have, and to think of thoseless fortunate than ourselves. These days, few harvest displays include fresh produce, as itwould be unthinkable for good food to be wasted. The slogan used ...
In brief
Oct 01, 2008 ... Newcastle: Plans have been lodged to build a smoking shelter ata pub. The Hand And Trumpet Inn, in Main Road, Betley, has applied forplanning permission from Newcastle Borough Council for thestructure, which would adjoin an existing external staircase. In its application, ...
In brief: News from Newcastle, audley and biddulph
Oct 01, 2008 ... Newcastle: Children have staged a penalty shoot-out to celebratethe laying of new synthetic turf at their school. Pupils from Meadows Primary School, in Madeley Heath, were joinedby Stoke City's community team and club mascot Pottermus for thefootball session. It has taken ...
Chapter & verse: What's on for religious events
Oct 01, 2008 ... Books: A book sale will be held at Norton Green MethodistChurch, Endon Road, Norton Green, on Saturday , between 10am and12noon. Admission is free. HARVEST: Ball Green Methodist Church will celebrate harvest thisweekend. On Saturday there will be an autumn fair and indoor ...
Buyer visits gutted home
Oct 01, 2008 ... The prospective owner of a house which was wrongly gutted after acouncil blunder will pay it a visit tomorrow. Claire Walton will call at the house in Ludlow Street, Hanley, tosee if she still wants to buy the building. The 37-year-old was due to move into the pounds68,500 ...
Windfall for advice charity
Oct 01, 2008 ... A Charity which helps the elderly has welcomed a massive NationalLottery cash injection. In yesterday's Sentinel, Stoke-on-Trent Citizens Advice Bureauchief executive Simon Harris described how the North StaffordshireAdvice Network had been handed pounds500,000. The money ...
'We could use the jungle to help us think what to write'
Oct 01, 2008 ... Dean Edgerton, aged 10, said: "We could do lots of things in thejungle. We could take photographs or draw the trees. "In literacy, we could go out there and write a story about whatit's like to be in a jungle. I'd like circular benches in the areaas well." Aaron Bates, aged ...
Bank on Barclays to pay for your project
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Sentinel has once again teamed up with Barclays to rewardschools in North Staffordshire and South Cheshire. All primary, secondary, special schools and colleges are beinginvited to take part in the Class Act campaign, in a bid to win oneof three pounds5,000 ...
Students meet mark meredith to discuss green paper
Oct 01, 2008 ... Green Means GO: Students are backing elected mayor MarkMeredith's pledge to tackle climate change in the city. Teenagers at City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College met MayorMeredith yesterday to hear how a Green Paper is giving people thechance to influence green ...
Say 'ello, 'ello, 'ello to your nearest Bobby
Oct 01, 2008 ... Residents across Stoke-on-Trent are being encouraged to meettheir local police officer at a number of surgeries next week. No appointment is needed to attend the surgeries held at variouslocations across the city, providing an opportunity for the publicto discuss any concerns they ...
Dark warning for parents
Oct 01, 2008 ... Road safety experts are asking parents to make sure theirchildren are safely prepared for the onset of darker evenings. Staffordshire County Council has an expanding network of morethan 100 walking buses that help children walk to and from school,escorted by trained ...
Alcoholism killed ex-bobby
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Policeman turned to drink partly as a result of the pressure ofhis job and later died as a result, an inquest heard. Nicholas Derek Newman was described as a keen footballer andcricketer who was pushed too far by work. The 49-year-old was found in the bedroom of his Trentham ...
Join march to help in fight for fox's jobs
Oct 01, 2008 ... Workers fighting to save their jobs at a biscuit factory areasking people to support them by joining in with a march. Thousands of people have already signed a petition to save 950jobs at Fox's in Uttoxeter. Parent company Northern Foods wants tocombine its current Fox's sites in ...
Skinflint firms face new fines
Oct 01, 2008 ... Ministers announced they are planning a fresh crackdown on bosseswho fail to pay the minimum wage as the latest increase came intoeffect. The Government said tough new penalties will come into force nextApril, including more fines ...
Sailor rescued as high winds batter yacht
Oct 01, 2008; ... A Ferry and lifeboat crew rescued a sailor from Stoke-on-Trentwho was caught in storms off the coast of Wales. The stricken yacht belonging to 62-year-old Thomas Cragg wasbattered by high winds and 10ft waves six miles from Holyhead. The 40ft ketch called Planet was being blown ...
What's on in stoke-on-trent today
Oct 01, 2008 ... Opera: Pimlico Opera presents Verdi's Falstaff at the New Vic,in Basford, for one night only tonight. Ageing Falstaff has neverforgotten his days at court. Still chasing the ladies of Windsor,the merry wives promise to give him a run for his money. Call thebox office on 01782 ...
Futsal is the new football
Oct 01, 2008 ... Brazilian style soccer will be one of the features during afootball coaching course. Futsal will feature in Newcastle Borough Council's footballdevelopment programme for the first time this year. The game will be included in the authority's 10-week course, heldat Knutton ...
Courageous tilly's night with the stars
Oct 01, 2008; ... An Eight-year-old girl has been celebrated as a national child ofcourage after raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity. Tilly Griffiths was named child of courage at a nationalnewspaper's Pride of Britain awards ceremony in London. Tilly, who suffers from Muscular ...
Weekend target to name new Vale boss
Oct 01, 2008 ... Vale coach Mark Grew is confident managerial candidates DeanGlover and Andy Porter are both well equipped to revive the club ifnamed as successor to Lee Sinnott. With only Glover and Porter in the frame to replace Sinnott, whowas sacked last week just seven games into the new ...
In the doghouse
Oct 01, 2008 ... Liam Lawrence fears his freak ankle injury will threaten hisimmediate prospects with both Stoke City and the Republic ofIreland. Lawrence was left hobbling in agony after tripping over his petdog and falling down the stairs at his home over the weekend. He now faces a spell ...
Veteran recruit primed to plug leaky Alex defence
Oct 01, 2008 ... New loan recruit Dennis Lawrence has arrived at Gresty Roadconfident of plugging Crewe's leaky defence. The 34-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international, who could makehis Alex debut against Northampton on Saturday, is on loan fromSwansea until January 1. He has been ...
Thieves drove away in pounds120,000 convoy of cars, jury told
Oct 01, 2008 ... Cars valued at nearly pounds120,000 were stolen in a daring raidon a garage, jurors heard. The gang of thieves targeted Bristol Street Motors' body shop inEccleshall Road, Stafford, and drove away a total of seven carsduring the night. They used bolt cutters to open the ...
Pensioners to rate services
Oct 01, 2008 ... Pensioners are being asked to rate services at the city council. Today, the authority is marking National Older People's Day bykicking off a campaign to make services forthem moreaccessible. As part of the Ageing Well campaign residents are being asked torate the ...
Darwin approved
Oct 01, 2008 ... Darwin Approved: How fitting that there should be plans toerect a monument to Charles Darwin on Maer Hills to commemorate the200th anniversary of his birth. Fitting also that it should coincidewith the plans to build wind turbines on the site. As the man whoinformed our current ...
Steamlining
Oct 01, 2008 ... Streamlining: Re: "Why are our kids bottom of the class?" I retired two years ago from teaching in higher and furthereducation and I can say quite categorically that teacher trainingand practices are better now than they have ever been. The problem in local schools started ...
Brave tales of case schrage
Oct 01, 2008 ... Brave Tales: Earlier this month a number of organisations inStoke on Trent met an unusual and remarkable man. A big man with abig personality, a busy schedule and a fascinating story to tell,sums up Case Schrage very well! For 23 years he was a very successful international wild ...
Disabled parking problems
Oct 01, 2008 ... Parking Problems: When is this council going to work for thepeople that put them in control? They have just recently taken fourplaces from the disabled. I have spent six days at the JJ's Cafeacross from the new taxi rank and it is not being used for morethan one hour per day. A few ...
Global issues can't be blamed for evil situation we are in
Oct 01, 2008 ... The terrible state the country is in lies firmly on the doorstepof Mr Brown and New Labour. He now talks of financial regulations being tightened. I am verysorry Mr Brown, but this is 10 years too late. The harm his policieshave done to ordinary people and taxpayers is totally ...
BNP would harm NHS
Oct 01, 2008 ... Worry: How are we going to attract companies and encouragepeople to invest in Stoke-on-Trent when the BNP gets so muchpublicity and little is reported about the groups who are working to promote community cohesion? If people understood what the BNP stood for I'm sure ...
Better use for fuel allowance
Oct 01, 2008 ... Better Use: Now that global warming is official and winters arewarmer, the winter fuel allowance for pensioners should be stopped.The ...
Huge obstacles were overcome to keep the vulcan bomber in the air
Oct 01, 2008 ... Huge Obstacles: It is a fantastic achievement to get theFalklands War veteran Vulcan Bomber back from the aircraft graveyardand back into the sky. The MoD could not afford to do it butdonations, volunteers and blood, sweat and tears overcame the hugeobstacles. It makes you proud to ...
Delighted gurkhas have the respect they deserve
Oct 01, 2008 ... It Beggars belief that five ex-Gurkhas had to fight during theirHigh Court bid to stay in the UK. For nearly two centuries Gurkhasoldiers have served this country. Gurkhas who have retired from the British Army after 1997 haveautomatic permission to remain, but it beggars belief ...
Residents seem to have had little say
Oct 01, 2008 ... Following the recent consultation into making Chatterley Road two-way again, has anyone heard the results and scope of theconsultation or seen the results of any Traffic Impact Assessmentsconducted? I've contacted council officers and councillors and have yet tosee any of the ...