Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) back issues from February 2009:
Port vale: Stubborn pair to battle it out over final touch
Feb 02, 2009 ... League Two Morecambe 1, Port Vale 1 by Steve Shaw THERE was something decidedly fishy about Simon Richman'scelebrations after the midfielder allegedly scored Vale's first-half equaliser against the Shrimps. The 18-year-old was convinced he'd grabbed his fifth ...
Port vale: Match statistics
Feb 02, 2009 ... All the facts and figures from Port Vale's 1-1 League Two drawwith Morecambe at Christie Park MORECAMBE 1 (Stanley 4) PORT VALE 1 (Richman 42) GOAL ATTEMPTS M'cambe 14 (4 on target) Vale 12 (6 on target) THE REFEREE Colin ...
Port vale: Fans' verdict
Feb 02, 2009 ... Port Vale supporters have their say on the 1-1 League Two drawwith Morecambe at Christie Park I WAS very disappointed with our first-half display when wedidn't seem to have a clue, but in the second half we were a littlebit better. Simon Richman was our best performer, ...
Port vale: Rival talk
Feb 02, 2009 ... Morecambe manager Sammy McIlroy speaks to the media after the 1-1 League Two draw with Port Vale at Christie Park SAMMY McIlroy (Morecambe manager): We made a fantastic start andgot a decent goal. We had a few chances after that and had Valepenned into their own box for the ...
Port vale fan zone: Game was typical of where we are now
Feb 02, 2009 ... Port Vale supporter Phil Sherwin has his say on events at ValePark I THOUGHT the game on Saturday was a bit of a 'we are where weare' sort of performance. It wasn't a great game to watch in windtunnel conditions on a poor pitch, but was pretty typical of twoteams in the wrong ...
We are gaining respect - Davis
Feb 02, 2009 ... Nantwich head coach Steve Davis reckoned a draw was a pointgained rather than two lost as they remained in the play-off zone. The Dabbers were both ahead and behind in sharing the spoils withwhat Davis described as one of the better teams to visit the WeaverStadium. He said: ...
Mistake proves so costly for kidsgrove
Feb 02, 2009 ... One moment of naivety sentenced Kidsgrove to their ninthsuccessive league defeat to heap more pressure on manager PeterWard. Young centre-back Tom Schwartz lunged into a needless tackle toconcede a 30th-minute penalty and it cost Grove what was otherwisean evenly contested ...
Painful wait is over as Rangers triumph
Feb 02, 2009 ... The painful long wait for a home victory is over for StaffordRangers fans after they watched their side beat Gainsborough Trinityat Marston Road. The winless run stretched back eight games to September 13 whenthey defeated Blyth Spartans 1-0. The goal scorer that day was Tom ...
Romans march on to another fine win
Feb 02, 2009 ... Rejuvenated Rocester picked up their third Midland Alliance winin four outings with a convincing 3-1 victory over Studley atHillsfield. Ashley Sheridan opened the scoring for the Romans in the 25thminute when he collected Christian Dacres's superb through-ball andtook it past ...
Warwick demolished as biddulph hit six
Feb 02, 2009; ... Biddulph Victoria won their first league game since November witha 6-0 demolition of Racing Club Warwick. The visitors began the game with only seven players, and werepunished almost straight from the kick-off as Shaun Mould's crossdeflected off Stephen Fenemore and looped over ...
Dominoes hold on to pick up the points
Feb 02, 2009 ... Stone Dominoes overcame the physical challenge of Chadderton towin 2-1 at Yarnfield. Andrew Marshall finished off good work by Dan Brown to giveDominoes a 12th-minute lead via the underside of the bar and thenBrown had a penalty saved after a pull back by Matt Blake had ...
Teague at double for the kings
Feb 02, 2009 ... Meir Ka finished on the wrong end of a seven-goal game atHilderstone Road against Continental Star. Meir found themselves four down in the second half beforestorming back with three in last 18 minutes. Andy Teague, making a rare appearance due to work commitments,scored two ...
Disputed late effort leaves Blues boss 'gutted'
Feb 02, 2009 ... Leek Town were cruelly robbed of maximum points with just secondsof added time remaining at the Nanpantan sports ground. Blues had swept into a two-goal lead and had another disallowed,but the loss of Wayne Corden at half-time proved crucial asLoughborough mounted an offensive for ...
Bears beaten by controversial winner
Feb 02, 2009 ... Congleton Town were pipped at the post in their top-five clash atGlossop, where the wind and the referee combined to spoil the game. Matt Haddrell gave Congleton a 16th-minute lead from the spotafter a shot by Stuart Tulloch had been handled, but Glossopequalised, also with a ...
Warm welcome for rent freeze
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Big FREEZE: Businesses have had their rents frozen for a yearto help them survive during the recession. Staffordshire County Council has issued the freeze for tenants atits 10 business and enterprise centres in a bid to safeguard thesmall business sector. A total of 204 ...
In brief: News from knutton, wolstanton, abbey hulton and kidsgrove
Feb 02, 2009 ... Kidsgrove: Baby massage sessions take place on Thursday in thefamily room at Maryhill Children's Centre from 9.30am to 10.30am. Baby massage is described as a way to bond and enhance therelationship a mother or father has with their child, with positiveeffects on the physical, ...
Crewe alex: Thordarson looks to home comforts
Feb 02, 2009 ... By Gwyn Griffiths GUDJON Thordarson believes Crewe's survival hopes rest on moresuccess at Gresty Road - just like Saturday's battling win overTranmere. Late goals from Mark Carrington and Joel Grant earned the Alex a2-1 win, which lifted them off the bottom of League One for ...
Crewe alex: Grant aids alex's plight
Feb 02, 2009 ... League One Crewe Alexandra 2, Tranmere Rovers 1 by Gwyn Griffiths BRITAIN may have fallen into the grip of icy winter again. But itfelt like a warm front had descended over Gresty Road on Saturdayevening as Crewe Alexandra moved off the bottom of League One forthe ...
Crewe alex: Match statistics
Feb 02, 2009 ... All the facts and figures from Crewe Alexandra's 2-1 League Onewin against Tranmere Rovers at Gresty Road CREWE ALEX 2 (Carrington 83, Grant 86) TRANMERE 1 (Kay 25) GOAL ATTEMPTS Crewe 12 (6 on target) Tranmere 12 (2 on ...
Crewe alex: Rival talk
Feb 02, 2009 ... Tranmere Rovers manager Ronnie Moore speaks to the media afterthe 2-1 defeat by Crewe Alexandra at Gresty Road RONNIE Moore (Tranmere boss): As soon as something happens to IanGoodison, the back four become completely different. They were ...
Jobs on offer at care village
Feb 02, 2009 ... Up To 20 jobs are up for grabs at a new extra-care village. Recruitment has started at the Mill Rise village in Knutton.Posts include care workers, housekeepers, and catering staff. Accord Housing Association has been appointed the care providerfor the scheme. New ...
Crucial crews in safety advice
Feb 02, 2009 ... Youngsters are taking part in a series of interactive workshopsabout safety issues. National charity, the Children's Safety Education Foundation(CSEF), has joined forces with Stoke-on-Trent's Safer CityPartnership to provide vital safety education. More than 2,800 year six ...
In brief: News from newcastle and penkhull
Feb 02, 2009 ... Newcastle: High school pupils are to be educated on thedevastating effects of domestic violence. A drama aimed at educating teenagers on relationships anddomestic abuse will be touring Newcastle high schools throughoutFebruary. The play and workshops are supported by ...
Downturn hits market towns
Feb 02, 2009 ... An Organisation which supports rural businesses is calling formore to be done to help market towns survive the economic downturn. Staffordshire Rural Hub, a support network for rural businesses,has made a plea to the Government's regional economic agency,Advantage West Midlands ...
Protest walk planned over trentham lake charges
Feb 02, 2009; ... Campaigners are urging people to take part in a protest at plansto start charging people to enjoy the lake at Trentham Gardens. From the end of March, visitors to the tourist attraction willhave to pay up to pounds5 to walk around the lake. Trentham Gardens director Mike ...
Angry walkers believe lake levy is out of step
Feb 02, 2009 ... People strolling round the lake at Trentham Gardens yesterdaybacked the idea of a protest walk. Keith Parker, from Fenpark, regularly walks his dog there. The 59-year-old wood machinist said: "I think the charge isridiculous. It's a total rip-off." Tony Evans, aged 63, ...
Stoke city: Match statistics
Feb 02, 2009 ... All the facts and figures from Stoke city's 1-0 Premier Leaguevictory over Manchester City at the Britannia Stadium STOKE CITY 1 Beattie (45) MANCHESTER CITY 0 GOAL ATTEMPTS Stoke 7 (4 on target) Man City 13 (5 on target) THE ...
Stoke city: Potters secure victory for sheer willpower
Feb 02, 2009 ... Premier League Stoke City 1, Manchester City 0 by Martin Spinks A TIMELY and reassuring reminder that Stoke's fate may not lieentirely in Delap of the Gods after all. Rarely this season have the odds been so heavily stacked againstthem as they were for nearly an ...
Stoke city: Fans' verdict
Feb 02, 2009 ... Stoke City fans have their say on the 1-0 Premier League victoryover Manchester City at the Britannia Stadium THE unveiling of James Beattie rather overshadowed any misgivingthe fans had on the return of Fuller. The game exploded when a lunge from Wright-Phillips ...
What's on
Feb 02, 2009 ... Ballroom: Longton Strictly Ballroom Dancing Tea Dance will takeplace at Longton Town Hall this afternoon, between 1.30pm and3.30pm. The Lord Mayor will be in attendance. No tickets required.Admission is pounds3, payable on the door. DANCE: Award-winning Sonia Sabri is ...
Rebuilt fire base takes on new role
Feb 02, 2009; ... Plans have been submitted to replace an outdated fire stationwith a building designed to meet the needs of the community. Staffordshire Fire And Rescue Service wants to rebuild Burslemfire station on its current site in Hamil Road and make it a basefor retained ...
Two-year project for service
Feb 02, 2009 ... Fire Support is a consortium led by Bilfinger Berger ProjectInvestments, and consists of Nord LB and building contractors ThomasVale and Stepnell. Newcastle, Hanley, Burslem, Kidsgrove and Uttoxeter fire stationsare all being rebuilt, and an additional station will be built ...
Departing activist fought for unity in changing time
Feb 02, 2009 ... Fred Hughes T HESE days the Trentham Estate is a high spot of anyone's visitto North Staffordshire. "Since the modern estate opened, it has been a fantasticsuccess," said director Mike Herbert, speaking before the furoreerupted over plans to charge visitors to walk around ...
Sleep-out provides help for homeless
Feb 02, 2009 ... Bagged Up: Dozens of people braved the wintry weather to takepart in a sleep-out on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent. Staff from the Staffordshire branch of Addiction DependencySolutions (ADS) joined charity Arch for the event outside Swan BankMethodist Church, in Burslem. They ...
Customer takes on tesco over runaway trolley
Feb 02, 2009; ... Shopper John Cox is in a row with supermarket giant Tesco afterbeing landed with a repair bill when a runaway trolley crashed intohis car. Mr Cox was parking up at Tesco in Trent Vale when a stray trolleycrashed into his Ford Escort. It smashed a headlight and the 60-year-old has ...
In brief: News from newcastle, trent vale, kidsgrove and wolstanton
Feb 02, 2009 ... Wolstanton: Rotary club members have provided lifesavers withthe funds for a new defibrillator. Wolstanton Rotary Club handed pounds2,000 to St John Ambulancefor the purchase of a defibrillator to be used by the charity'sNewcastle division. The money was raised during the ...
In brief: News from fenton, blythe bridge, newcastle and longton
Feb 02, 2009 ... Longton: The Meir Heath Windmill Preservation Group will bescreening Laurel and Hardy film clips on Saturday, February 28. The clips will be shown at the Crown Hotel in Longton at 7.15pm.Tickets cost pounds2.50 for adults and pounds1 for children. Antony Mitchell Waite, the ...
Pitch in for village title
Feb 02, 2009 ... Villagers are being urged to roll up their sleeves and dig in forthis year's Best Kept Village Competition. The competition is organised by the Community Council ofStaffordshire. Any village within the county, irrespective of itssize can enter and the focus of the competition is on ...
Club keeps elderly moving
Feb 02, 2009 ... Elderly people are being kept on the move thanks to a recent cashinjection. Members of the Silkmore-based Monday Club, in Stafford, can nowlook forward to getting out and about thanks to a pounds1,200allocation from Staffordshire County Council's Local MemberInitiative ...
Failed race charity's work must go on, say mps
Feb 02, 2009; ... A New body is desperately needed to help defuse racial tensionsin North Staffordshire and improve community relations, according toanxious MPs. The comments come just days after it emerged that the area's raceequality council has been forced to shut down after getting ...
NHS delivers midwives to fix shortages
Feb 02, 2009; ... Extra midwives are being recruited in the region after itemerged that hundreds of newly-pregnant women are kept waiting toolong for their first appointments. Latest figures show around 17 per cent of the 5,000-plus mums-to-be a year fail to see a midwife within a 12-week deadline ...
In brief
Feb 02, 2009 ... Keele: Art workshops take place at Keele University from 9.30amto 3.30pm and cost pounds25. The workshops are usually held in the art gallery. The next oneis on Wednesday when Suning Sun-Bailey teaches Chinese brushpainting and calligraphy. Call 01782 734169 or email ...
Fire warning for cold snap
Feb 02, 2009 ... Residents are being urged to take care with open fires as morecold weather hits North Staffordshire. The warning comes from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Serviceafter they recently dealt with three fatal blazes involving openfires. Head of risk reduction, Ian Sloss, said: ...
Twin attack on smoking
Feb 02, 2009 ... Nhs North Staffordshire has joined forces with a lung cancercharity to encourage more people to quit smoking. The trust has teamed up with the Roy Castle Lung CancerFoundation, a charity which was renamed in memory of the entertainerand TV presenter who died of lung cancer in 1994, ...
Salon's back after attack
Feb 02, 2009 ... A Beauty salon targeted by vandals has reopened almost threeweeks after the attack. Christina Mousikou was forced to close her salon Arabella on TheLea in Trentham after arriving at work on January 10 to find theinside of the shop covered in a pale pink powder. She and her ...
Gallery event gives visitors a taste of China
Feb 02, 2009 ... Enter The DRAGON: Thousands of visitors joined the Chinese NewYear celebrations at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. The Hanley venue staged a huge range of Chinese-themed activitiesand displays on Saturday, including traditional song and dance fromthe North Staffordshire ...
Tune in
Feb 02, 2009 ... Viva Latino! R2, 10.30pm LARRY Harlow, recent recipient of a Grammy for LifetimeAchievement in Latin Music, is one of the feature artists intonight's show. A walking history of New York's Latino music scene, Harlow brokeaway from the major recording companies and sold his ...
Switch on
Feb 02, 2009 ... Dispatches: Congo's Forgotten Children C4, 8pm A GENERATION of children in the Congo has been scarred by aseemingly endless conflict. In 12 years, three million have died asa result of fighting, hunger and disease. Dispatches hears directly from children as they describe ...
Queen mum's Billy saw it all
Feb 02, 2009 ... Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler C4, 9pm WILLIAM Tallon was butler to the Queen Mother, bringing herTwiglets on a silver platter for 50 years. Officially titled Page Of The Backstairs, from this exalted andpowerful position, he saw and heard everything. But, despite ...
Ripper for the 21st century
Feb 02, 2009 ... Whitechapel ITV1, 9pm THERE'S a bloke recreating the slayings of the Ripper inWhitechapel. He's described as over 40, with a dark coat, posh, butshabby, with a funny hat. My money's on John McCririck. Certainly Whitechapel is not a whodunit for the faint-hearted."The ...
David puts darwin at top of the tree
Feb 02, 2009 ... Charles Darwin And The Tree Of Life BBC1 CHARLES Darwin famously came up with his theory of evolutionwhile voyaging aboard the Beagle, being particularly fascinated withthe Galapagos Islands. "The district resembled chimneys," he said of one volcanic area."The comparison ...
End is in sight for 'eyesore' houses
Feb 02, 2009; ... Demolition will begin in a regeneration area within a matter ofweeks. Bulldozers are due to roll into the Wellington Road area ofHanley shortly to clear 45 properties in six streets. Renew North Staffordshire has put in a blanket application toclose the affected roads ...
Council offers helping hand to get people working again
Feb 02, 2009 ... Employers from the public, private and voluntary sectors are tofind out how employing people from "disadvantaged groups" can begood business - even in a recession. Staffordshire County Council, as the largest employer in thecounty, is hosting the launch of Open Door Staffordshire: ...
Good sports help children
Feb 02, 2009 ... Proceeds from a rotary club sportsman's evening will go towardshelping children with life-threatening conditions. Wolstanton Rotary Club is holding the fund-raising night onFriday, March 20, and all cash raised will benefit the Donna LouiseTrust. The event at the Britannia ...
On track for a great day
Feb 02, 2009 ... Families are being invited to a model railway exhibition. The event takes place on Saturday and Sunday at the StaffordCounty Showground, in Weston Road, Stafford. It will be open from10am to 5pm on both days. The exhibition will be formally opened on Saturday at 10.30am ...
Top place at chef's table
Feb 02, 2009 ... Diners are being given the chance to sample the hustle and bustleof a busy restaurant kitchen under plans to create a 'chef's table'at a South Cheshire eatery. The concept is already used at some of London's finestrestaurants owned by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Now it is ...
Take a tour of beauty spot
Feb 02, 2009 ... A Conservation charity is offering a range of guided walksexploring the history and wildlife of its 26-acre grounds. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is developing a programme of walksaround its Wolseley Centre headquarters in Wolseley Bridge, betweenStafford and Rugeley, and is ...
Dog walkers threaten chase
Feb 02, 2009 ... A Small minority of dog walkers could become responsible forareas of Cannock Chase being closed to the public. Experts have warned that dog walkers are putting at risk anemergency programme to contain a plant infection which isthreatening the internationally important wildlife ...
'I'm really upset - the community has been broken up'
Feb 02, 2009 ... Eighty-year-old Norah Durose and husband Derek, pictured above, have seen their community disappear around them as a result of thedemolition project. The house that Norah was born in and Derek, aged 70, expectedwould be his last is the final one to be occupied in ...
Children's hospice in desperate sos
Feb 02, 2009; ... The Donna Louise Trust has launched an urgent appeal tocounteract the credit crunch and help avoid further cutbacks. A Support Our Services (SOS) campaign launched today aims toraise pounds300,000 by the end of their financial year on March 31. Its respite services have ...
In brief: News from staffordshire, north staffs and silverdale
Feb 02, 2009 ... Silverdale: A safety survey of all gravestones at SilverdaleCemetery is set to take place. The review is to be carried out as part of Newcastle BoroughCouncil's memorial safety programme. A mechanical device will be used to check the memorials and anystones found to be ...
Charity's funds hit by the credit crunch
Feb 02, 2009 ... pounds2 million is how much it costs to run the hospice for a year. pounds300,000 is the amount the charity needs to raise in the SOS campaign. 160 children from South Cheshire and Staffordshire are cared for bythe ...
Ways you can help...
Feb 02, 2009 ... Make a donation - either in person, via cheque or online. Hold a fund-raising event such as a coffee and cake morning ordress-down day. The charity's fund-raising team can supply fund-raising packs. Spread the word about the work the hospice does to others who maybe able to ...
Keele date for politician
Feb 02, 2009 ... Independent Labour MP Clare Short will be giving a free lectureon the relationship between international development and foreignpolicy. Ms Short, MP for Ladywood in Birmingham, will be speaking atKeele University's Westminster Theatre on Tuesday, March 17, ...
Air spares stockist's sales are flying high
Feb 02, 2009 ... Air & Ground Aviation's business is helping keep planes - be theymilitary or civil - in the air. And the company is flying pretty high itself, continuing to growapace despite an industry recession in the wake of 9/11, which hasbeen made worse by the world's current economic ...