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December
Christmas Our Xmas section
included a fun quiz and some fairly awful jokes
Gold Disc.com Dave
Breese now covers your favourite vinyl record in gold - and he thinks the
idea is a winner
Video Nation We launched
a section featuring local people making videos - about themselves!
Wayne stands tall
Wayne Lovatt from Stoke on Trent successfully climbed to the summit of Mt.
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania as part of a challenge to raise money for research
into Diabetes
Ethnic Minority &
Disabled Discovery Day Delegates attended a special diversity
day held at BBC Radio Stoke
Electronic Image Dan Hopkins of the Stoke-based creative collective
no.ground.processes teamed up with the Stoke Film Theatre to promote a regular
showcase for short films
Asian Connection
the radio programme for Asian listeners presented by Sajida Ahmed
On
The Buses An attempt to get from one part of Staffordshire to the other
- by public transport..
Premature Babies Charity
The Ray of Hope knits makes tiny clothes for premature babies.
Bond The "girl band"
that has taken the classical music world by storm visited BBC Radio Stoke
to promote their new album 'Shine
November
Pogona vitticeps
gets his hooks in Bo-Bo the bearded dragon visited Janine Machin at
BBC Radio Stoke with his owner Anthony Milburn
Stoke My Home Town
The New Vic Youth Theatre explored local views on what people thought about
Stoke-on-Trent
Sport Across Staffordshire web site Nigel Clough, ex-England
player & manager of Burton Albion, launches the partnership's website
Telescopic Adventures
Newchapel Observatory, in North Staffordshire, has a Visitor Centre and
domed viewing station
Cinderella
pantomime BBC Radio Stoke's staff production at the Gatehouse Theatre
- see the picture gallery!
Children
in Need All over Staffordshire, folk joined in - sitting in baths of
jelly, and shaking buckets
- see the picture gallery
The Lomax Stoke town-centre
has a brand-spanking new 2000-capacity music arena.
Free
gas fire checks The Calor Gas company is offering free checks on gas
fires
His
Comrades Care A
poem by Les Finikin dedicated to all those ex-servicemen who still observe
Remembrance Day
October
Staffordshire
Ghosts Our Halloween section celebrated Sandbach Old Hall's supernatural
spirits among others!
Esperanto in Staffordshire
The international Esperanto HQ moves to Wedgwood Memorial College, Barlaston,
Stoke on Trent
Schizophrenia through
the lens Aidan Shingler's challenging photographic exhibition on display
at the Potteries Museum
Going
Solo The BBC launched a survey into the world of single life - see
the local results
Action Line Appeals
BBC Radio Stoke's Action Line are looking for donations of old spectacles,
inkjet cartridges and mobile phones
Madeley wins young engineers
from Madeley High School triumphed in the finals of the Greenpower Competition
Feed The Birds
Tips from the RSPB about feeding Staffordshire's garden birds through the
winter
Freshers' Ball
The Staffordshire University Freshers' Ball was 'logtastic' because Tony
Blackburn was there to get things moving
Project
Oarsome The Sports Minister launched a scheme (backed by Staffordshire
University) to discover new young rowers
Balloons
in Mow Cop - The
BBC Radio Stoke mid-morning team went to Mow Cop Castle for the Breast Cancer
Awareness campaign
Foam
win Ann
Leatherdale, a psychic
landlady at
the Swan pub at Brewood claims she can predict sporting
results by peering into pints
Deep
Vein Thrombosis (DVT) What it is, and how to prevent it on long-haul
travel
Baroness Greenfield
was at Keele University in October for their Celebrating Women series
of lectures
The Majolica Peacock
Pieces from the magnificent Minton pottery collection have been saved by
the Potteries Museum
Poetry from
BBC Radio Stoke listeners including Memory
Lane Shop, Maybe,
My Knicker
Drawer, Relationships,
and Dreams
September
Twin
Graduates Twin sisters Caroline Longshaw and Fiona Muirhead both graduated
from Staffordshire University
Nantwich
Food Festival 2002 took place in South Cheshire in late September. Find
out what was happening
Honours at Staffs
Uni Tommy Offe-Amoyaw, student, and Imran Khan, human rights lawyer,
both received degrees on the same day
BBC Have Your Say
BBC Midlands Today and BBC Local Radio visited Stafford on the 14th September.
See the pix
The Countryside March
in London drew over 400,000 people from rural communities - hear the report
Cracking
Crime The BBC's campaign to reduce crime,with special quiz
too
Do
You Want A Website? The BBC is offering free websites to community groups
Banksy
book Stoke City and England footballing legend Gordon Banks launched
his new autobiography
Stafford
Floral Award Stafford won the Royal Horticultural Society award this
year's Britain in Bloom competition
9/11
Anniversary Claire Mansell's diary of her trip to America in September,
as it remembered the 9/11 terrorist attacks
August
V2002 60,000 people
travelled to Weston Park, Staffordshire, to see the big music festival of
the year. See the pictures
Staffordshire Tea-Rooms
Guide Your choices of the best tea rooms in the county
Elvis man retires Dave
Walton, possibly Elvis Presley's greatest fan, leaves the Bidds-based fan-club
for the next generation
The
yoga teacher who stayed Lila Mishra from Anadi Anant teaches yoga and
reiki in Stoke on Trent. And she's keen to help more people
July
Royal Visit Princess
Anne and BBC Director-General Greg Dyke officially opened the new Radio
Stoke Building - see the pictures
Radio Stoke Tour
our "virtual" guided tour around the two floors of the new BBC Radio Stoke
building in Hanley - see the staff pix too
May
2002
Marmite's Anniversary
Marmite, made in Burton, Staffordshire is 100 years old. Read the facts
and your comments! Includes feature on Zippy, Vivienne Westwood's T-shirt
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