Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK) back issues from March 2009:
Tune in
Mar 02, 2009 ... Wish You Were There? 11pm, R2 SINGER/songwriter Damon Gough (aka Badly Drawn Boy) goes back toexperience Bruce Springsteen at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1975, asthe series which takes its presenters back in time to a performancethat inspired them to make their own music ...
Infidelity sets pulses racing in candleford
Mar 02, 2009; ... Lark Rise To Candleford BBC1 MY wife has become somewhat tired of me complaining that littleof any consequence happens in Lark Rise To Candleford. I don't wishto spoil her enjoyment - I realise the goings-on of a Victorian postoffice hold a fascination in the female mind - it's ...
The lord who did porridge
Mar 02, 2009; ... The Real Pink Panther: Lord Victor HerveyC4, 8pm YOU may already be aware of Lady Isabella Hervey, the It Girlwith an uncanny look of the England fast bowler Stuart Broad. Butwhat do you know of her father, Victor? The old man, the sixth Marquis of Bristol, masterminded a ...
Bin wars rage across Britain
Mar 02, 2009; ... Revenge Of The Bin Men C4, 9pm BINS used to be so simple - you put out your rubbish and thebinmen took it away. Not anymore. Bin wars are, apparently, raging up and down thecountry. Only last week a wheelie bin was strafed by the pilot of alocal authority jet ...
Switch on
Mar 02, 2009 ... Grow Your Own Drugs BBC2, 8.30pm MANY people think of plants as purely ornamental, something tobrighten up back gardens and window boxes, but there are many otheruses for them. Ethnobotanist and gardener James Wong demonstrates how to growand transform familiar plants into ...
French tyre firm is british 'superbrand'
Mar 02, 2009 ... Michelin has been named as one of the top ten UK 'superbrands'. The French tyre-maker, which employs around 1,000 people at itsplant in Stoke, was a new entry in the top 10, at number eight.Rocester digger-maker JCB is placed at number 56 in the BusinessSuperbrands Top 500, ...
New animal medicines on european sale
Mar 02, 2009 ... Animal medicine firm Dechra is planning to launch four productsin Europe for the first time. The company, which employs 473 people at its National VeterinaryServices division, in Talke, revealed the move after postingincreased sales and profits for the six months to the end ...
Companies still investing in community
Mar 02, 2009 ... Businesses are continuing to spend their money on communityprojects despite the economic downturn, according to theStaffordshire Wildlife Trust. The charity is working with its "gold" corporate members on anumber of projects. Lafarge Cement, for example, helped build a bird ...
Tutor boosts jobs after aspire merger
Mar 02, 2009; ... Tutoring firm PM Training has taken on new staff and more thandoubled contracts since merging with social landlord Aspire Housing. The Shelton company has taken on 12 employees and increasedpartnerships with firms in the region from 70 to 170 in the sixmonths since the deal was ...
Events team leads the way
Mar 02, 2009 ... The first offices have been let at a business centre designed tosupport new and established small to medium companies. Uttoxeter Business Centre was launched in December byStaffordshire County Council, in partnership with Advantage WestMidlands and the Black ...
Firm invests in training
Mar 02, 2009 ... Churchill China is ramping up the training it offers toemployees. The Sandyford manufacturer wants more of its workers to take NVQsin health and safety, warehousing and distribution, and customerservice. Numeracy and literacy courses are also available. Churchill ...
Gold star for Dave as disc dream takes off
Mar 02, 2009 ... Now it has finally got moving, The Gold Disc.com looks destinedto be a real chart topper. But its story is hardly one of overnight success, and founderDave Breese admits to having had the idea "in my head" for the bestpart of six years before taking the plunge. That was in ...
Kitting out celebs for a mountainous challenge
Mar 02, 2009; ... Celebrities climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for ComicRelief are togged out in gear from a South Cheshire firm. The Outdoors Company, based on Radway Green Business Centre, hassupplied North Face insulated jackets, fleeces, waterproof trousersand rucksacks with Comic ...
High food prices lead to profits boost for animal breeding firm
Mar 02, 2009 ... Animal breeder Genus has seen its profits rise by almost aquarter for the six months to the end of December. Pre-tax profits at the company, which employs 70 people in LondonRoad, Nantwich, were up 24 per cent from pounds13.9 million topounds17.2 million. Revenue increased ...
Cash prizes for Potteries
Mar 02, 2009 ... Creative ceramic firms are being invited to apply for an awardsscheme offering prizes of up to pounds10,000. The British Ceramics Biennial (BCB) is inviting pottery-makers toapply for its inaugural awards - which will be the centrepiece of aStoke-on-Trent ceramics ...
Week in the market
Mar 02, 2009 ... Pearson, the owner of the FT, will start the week with itsresults for calendar 2008. The company, which also owns Penguinpublishing, is expected to report 20 per cent earnings growthdespite the economic downturn . The group recorded strong growth atits US higher education division but ...
Dividends make useful sign of financial health ; Each month Richard Farmiloe, investment manager of Brewin Dolphin's Hanley office, gives his expert opinion on the movers and shakers in The Sentinel Brewin Dolphin index, an indicator of the performance of the region's 14 listed companies, compared to the wider London Stock Exchange
Mar 02, 2009 ... Each month Richard Farmiloe, investment manager of BrewinDolphin's Hanley office, gives his expert opinion on the movers andshakers in The Sentinel Brewin Dolphin index, an indicator of theperformance of the region's 14 listed companies, compared to thewider London Stock ...
Credit union opens books
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Credit union offering affordable loans and savings accounts forpeople across North Staffordshire is now accepting applications. Members of the Staffordshire Credit Union will be able to saveup to pounds10,000, with the possibility of gaining a return ontheir investment in the ...
Pottery firms facing up to new challenge
Mar 02, 2009; ... Firms from across the ceramics sector are coming together amidfears over the future of the industry's supply chain. Experts believe the pottery industry could be facing a crisis asthe recession deepens and more product is made abroad. They warn of a vicious circle where North ...
India is calling for flooring firm
Mar 02, 2009 ... Flooring company Flowcrete is opening a new office in India. The Sandbach-based firm, which was sold last April in a dealthought to be worth more than pounds30 million, plans to grow saleson the subcontinent after setting up in Chennai. Managing director Mark Greaves said he ...
Apprentices are on the rise
Mar 02, 2009 ... The number of people completing apprenticeships in Stoke-on-Trent has soared by more than 200 per cent in just four years,according to new Government figures. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills says 960people qualified as apprentices in the city in 2007/08, up ...
Tycoon puts focal back on airwaves
Mar 02, 2009; ... A Radio station which fell into liquidation is back on air todayafter a multi-millionaire businessman stepped in with newinvestment. Focal Radio, the region's first new commercial radio station for25 years, disappeared from the airwaves last month after the companybehind it ran ...
Dine in style on world famous train journey
Mar 02, 2009 ... Fine dining and beautiful views are on offer with a day on TheStatesman land cruise train. A circular tour will take in what is regarded by many as one ofthe greatest railway journeys of the world, the Settle to Carlisleline, on June 13. A spokesman said: "With its great ...
Internet plan for 1,000 jobs
Mar 02, 2009; ... Regeneration managers are hoping to attract high-profileinternet distribution firms to a North Staffordshire business parkto create more than 1,000 new jobs. At least 20 small and medium-sized hi-tech businesses areexpected to move on to the pounds28 million Chatterley ...
Enjoy orchid blooms show
Mar 02, 2009 ... Orchid enthusiasts will be able to get free advice on keeping theflowers at a garden centre event. In-store advisers will host Orchid Weekend at Bridgemere Nurseryand Garden World, near Nantwich, on March 14 and 15. Displays of orchids will also be on show in the run up ...
Soldiers return to a heroes' welcome
Mar 02, 2009; ... Thousands of people lined the streets of Stafford to welcomesoldiers home from Afghanistan. Hundreds of soldiers from the 22 Signal Regiment of the BritishArmy paraded through the town before being presented with their tourof duty medals in a ceremony in the Market Square on ...
'They are doing their bit for all of us'
Mar 02, 2009 ... Susan Harlon, aged 52, of Stafford, said: "It's just nice tosupport the troops, they are all looking very smart and everyoneshould be proud of them." Julie Littlewood, aged 27, of Stafford, said: "I think they havedone a great job and want to support them. They are doing their ...
Calls to save British pubs
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Campaign group has called for MPs to help save the GreatBritish Pub. The British Beer and Pub Association has appealed for MPs toattend a briefing with the Government on Wednesday. It says that 35 pubs are closing in Britain every week, with beersales at the lowest level ...
Nurses offer hygiene tips
Mar 02, 2009 ... School nurses will be setting up stalls to teach children theimportance of washing their hands and brushing their teeth. St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Ford Green Road, Norton-le-Moors, is holding a health awareness week from Monday, March 16. The nursing service and the ...
Anger at 'petty' car boot sale cut
Mar 02, 2009; ... Organisers of a car boot sale which raises valuable school fundshave been left devastated by a council ruling limiting the event to12 sales a year. The sale at Abbey Hulton Primary School was set up eight yearsago, and until the end of last year it had been held every ...
Caught on camera
Mar 02, 2009 ... D5a man went into Asda in Wolstanton at around noon on July 16last year, took an item from display and left without ...
New health hub unveiled
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Multi-million pound healthcare centre has been officiallyopened. Alsager Health Centre in Sandbach Road South was opened byCongleton borough mayor Colin Burgess on Friday. The long-awaited complex - which cost around pounds4.5 million -boasts two doctors' surgeries and a ...
Safer parking team meet at school gates
Mar 02, 2009 ... Police officers and firefighters will be targeting parents andchildren outside the school gates to talk to them aboutinconsiderate parking and road safety. A team from the Newcastle Safer Communities Partnership will beheading to schools at the start and the end of the ...
History of threatened pool highlighted in new book
Mar 02, 2009 ... Crewe's under-threat Flag Lane pool is featured in a new bookillustrating the country's historic indoor swimming pools. Great Lengths: The Historic Indoor Swimming Pools of Britain, byDr Ian Gordon and Simon Inglis, is published on Thursday by EnglishHeritage. Flag Lane baths ...
Charlotte's fighting families' corner
Mar 02, 2009; ... Families have got a new champion after a mother-of-two wasappointed Staffordshire's first parents' commissioner. Charlotte Bailey is heading off on a bus tour of the county tofind out the major issues parents are facing and how access toinformation and support services could be ...
Consultation goes on the road across county
Mar 02, 2009 ... Charlotte Bailey will be taking her consultation with parents onthe road throughout this month. Tomorrow Westbridge Park slip road in Stone between 8.30am and 10am. Stafford Children's Centre in Faraday Road between 12.30pm and2pm. Signpost Centre in Auden Way, ...
Could nhs jobs be under threat?
Mar 02, 2009; ... Nearly 100 white-collar NHS workers face an uncertain futureafter managers refused to rule out redundancies. Combined Healthcare Trust is expecting its budget to be slashedby more than pounds20 million to around pounds70 million in the nextyear. The cut is expected to follow the ...
Animal rights campaigners don monkey masks
Mar 02, 2009 ... Tight Squeeze: 'Monkeys' in tiny cages handed out leaflets toshoppers in a bid to highlight the plight of animals used inexperiments. Members of Stoke-on-Trent Animal Rights dressed up and crammedthemselves into the small mesh cages to protest against the use ofprimates for ...
In brief: News from bucknall, stoke & brindley ford
Mar 02, 2009 ... Bucknall: Council officials want to put a shipping container ina park to store toys and play equipment. Stoke-on-Trent City Council's children's and young peoples'services department has submitted plans to put the 6m container onland next to the bowling green in Bucknall ...
Man arrested over shooting
Mar 02, 2009 ... Armed police swooped on a house after a man was seen brandishinga gun in the street. Officers arrested an 18-year-old local man in Moorland Road, Burslem, at around 7.30am yesterday. Police had received a call shortly before 5am claiming two peoplehad been injured when a gun ...
Two taken to hospital after crash
Mar 02, 2009 ... Motorists go to ...
Village hall in pounds900 overhaul
Mar 02, 2009 ... Work to redecorate a popular village hall is expected to becompleted today. Bagnall, Light Oaks and Badderley Edge Village Hall committee hasbeen given pounds935 from Staffordshire County Council's LocalMember Initiative Scheme. The cash has been donated by county councillor ...
It's oyez to John, say judges
Mar 02, 2009; ... John Litherland has become Kidsgrove's first town crier for 200years. The 54-year-old won the position after coming top in an XFactor-style competition. Kidsgrove mayor John Parsons decided to resurrect the traditionafter learning the post had been empty since it was held ...
My wife says I'm always shouting...
Mar 02, 2009 ... Brian Henderson, aged 52, from Meir, is a tyre fitter. He was therunner-up with 167.7 points. He said: "My wife says I've always got something to shout aboutso I thought I would put it to good use. It's about time they had atown crier because it ...
What's on in stoke-on-trent and north staffordshire
Mar 02, 2009 ... Theatre: Willy Russell's musical masterpiece Blood Brothersstarts its run at the Regent Theatre tonight. Produced by BillKenwright and starring Maureen Nolan, it tells the story of twinswho, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the track onlyto meet in tragic circumstances ....
Metal trader shines out
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Scrap metal company has become the first of its kind in theregion to attain a top quality mark. Moores Metals, of Hartshill, has gained the ISO 9001 award aftermeeting rigorous demands for the way the business is run. David Alcock, of Moores Metals, said: "This award is a ...
So who were first civic leaders?
Mar 02, 2009 ... T He members who made up the new council of the federated boroughof Stoke-on-Trent were, by and large, all men of independent means. "Seventy-eight councillors were elected in 1910, representing 26wards," says Potteries historian Steve Birks. "The new councilassumed the title ...
Pupils launch safe crossing
Mar 02, 2009 ... Children have unveiled a pounds40,000 crossing which will helpthem get to school safely. Pupils from Monks Coppenhall Primary School in Crewe helpedlaunch the puffin crossing in Remer Street. Cheshire County Council hopes it will encourage more people towalk to ...
Thieves steal car's badges
Mar 02, 2009 ... Police are appealing for witnesses after two badges were stolenfrom a car. The Suzuki Alto was parked in Grotto Road, Market Drayton, whenit was targeted between 4.40pm on Tuesday and 9.50am on Wednesday. PC Clare Stretton today urged anyone with information about ...
Is this the most popular church?
Mar 02, 2009; ... A Church which started out in a classroom now holds two serviceseach Sunday to cope with growing demand. Over 17 years, The Potter's House, in Birches Head, has blossomedfrom 25 people meeting in a school to regularly filling 90 per centof its 300-seat auditorium. For the ...
What is the secret of the church's success?
Mar 02, 2009 ... Keith Nixon, aged 59, retired deputy headteacher, from Endonsaid: "We relate the gospel message to people in the 21st century,which is very important " Laura Benson, aged 22, a student from Bucknall, said: "It has alively family environment and there ...
Council u-turn means liam can see his friends
Mar 02, 2009; ... Cerebral palsy sufferer Liam Maxwell is celebrating after councilbosses made a U-turn on a decision to cut his care allowance. The 17-year-old, from Oakhill, was told earlier this month thathis pounds43-a-week allowance for five hours' care was to be cut tojust three ...
Boy's letter from children's disability head
Mar 02, 2009 ... Dear Liam, I am pleased to inform you that the Children with DisabilitiesService is able to maintain your weekly Direct Payment allowance atfive hours per week. I recognise that this is the only supportservice you are receiving and it is proving to be a great benefit ...
Success for sentinel golf tournament
Mar 02, 2009 ... Charites from across the region were the winners after the annualSentinel golf tournament celebrated a 33rd year of success. The Sentinel Shield was won by Ian Mahan, aged 42, from Biddulph,while The Sentinel Cup was taken home by 40-year-old Andy Davies,from Hartshill. More ...
In brief: News from stoke, newcastle and sandbach
Mar 02, 2009 ... Stoke: Venue owners, bands and DJs are invited to a show ofsound and light equipment. Displays of everything from lighting toilluminate buildings at night to sound systems, from around 30suppliers, will be on offer at discount rates. The exhibition takesplace at the North Stafford ...
Get fitter at 'army' camp
Mar 02, 2009 ... Visitors to a sports centre will be put through their paces at anew boot camp. Fitness instructor and ex-Army trainer Mike Porter Nash isrunning the military-style sessions at Chesterton Community SportsCentre on Monday and Wednesday evenings. The workouts include running, ...
Battling Stoke defy the odds to earn a crucial point
Mar 02, 2009 ... Tony Pulis has seen more St David's Days than he would care toremember, but none can have been celebrated quite like his latest. The Welshman's daffodil was wilting forlornly on the wind of yetanother away-day defeat when suddenly, and almost without warning,Stoke staged their ...
Non-league football: Chadwick saves biddulph
Mar 02, 2009 ... Aspire Midland Alliance BIDDULPH Vics stretched their unbeaten run to seven games with a1-1 draw at Bridgnorth. Darren Chadwick scored his first goal for Vics on the hour afterthe hosts has gone ahead six minutes earlier, but paid a price. Chadwick went in bravely with ...
Non-league football: Newcastle rekindle title challenge
Mar 02, 2009 ... Vodkat North West Counties League Premier Division NEWCASTLE Town have regained a glimmer of hope in thechampionship race after beating bottom side Colne. For while Castle were easing to a win 2-0 at the Lyme Valley,title favourites AFC Fylde could only manage a point, which ...
Non-league football: Kidsgrove beaten by late goals
Mar 02, 2009 ... Unibond League Division One South Stocksbridge Park Steels 3, Kidsgrove Athletic 1 KIDSGROVE looked to be on course for a point until they succumbedto two late goals. Adam Beasley's volley for Kidsgrove levelled the scores on 78minutes, only for second-placed ...
Non-league football: Burscough send stafford tumbling
Mar 02, 2009 ... Blue Square North Burscough 2, Stafford Rangers 0 STAFFORD Rangers moved closer towards a relegation battle afterbecoming the first visitors to lose at Burscough this season. Stafford dominated the opening half hour with a greater authoritythan against any other side ...
Non-league football: Whittaker double fires nantwich to victory
Mar 02, 2009 ... Unibond League Premier Division Nantwich Town 4, North Ferriby United 0 NANTWICH striker Dave Whittaker is back on song after his braceof goals helped to unhinge one of the most stubborn defences in theleague. Whittaker had gone three months without a league goal, but ...
Non-league football: Leek town cruise to away win
Mar 02, 2009 ... Unibond League Division One South Glapwell 1, Leek Town 3 LEEK Town completed their second 'double' of the season when theycruised to victory at Glapwell. Leek - who beat the sixth-placed side 6-0 in January - sweptinto a 2-0 first-half lead. And, although the ...
Non-league football: Norton dismayed as they surrender lead
Mar 02, 2009 ... Norton manager Dave Beswick believes his side need "90-minuteperformances" after losing at home to high-flying Padiham. The Community Drive side blew a first-half lead for the secondsuccessive week. A frustrated Beswick admitted: "It's very similar to Bootle lastweek as we ...
Non-league football: Meir ka sink to bottom
Mar 02, 2009 ... Midland Combination Pilkington XXX 4, Meir KA 2 MEIR KA slumped to the foot of the Premier Division after a 4-2defeat at Pilkington XXX. Meir have yet to win in seven attempts this year and are level onpoints at the bottom with GSA Sports, who have three games in ...