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From Saturday 7th - Friday 13th
February 2004
(days
in reverse order)Friday
13th February 2004
Angel
of Staffordshire? Staffordshire could soon get its own giant "landmark" statue
to rival that of the Angel of the North in Gateshead. Staffordshire County
Council's appointed a team of design consultants to create a huge piece of public
art on empty land next to the M6 Toll Road. The plan has been put
together with the encouragement of Cannock MP Tony Wright.
Dictator's
relative denied asylum in Stoke The brother-in-law of Saddam Hussein, Emad
Noures, is refused asylum in Britain after an immigration appeal court in Stoke-on-Trent
rejects his claim. Read
the full story from BBC News
Party's
over for Zanzibar The Zanzibar nightclub in Stafford is to close as its operator
calls in the receivers after the chain amasses debts totalling £18m. Read
the full story from BBC News
Drivers
fined over illegal hours A group of lorry drivers from Stoke on Trent are
fined for spending too long behind the wheel of their vehicles. Read
the full story from BBC News
Police
appeal after teenage girls goes missing A 13-year-old girl has gone missing
in Stoke-on-Trent. Samantha Jane Pimlott was last seen in the Tunstall area at
around 2330 GMT on Wednesday. She is described as 5ft tall with dark hair and
was wearing a blue Nike jacket and black trousers.
Here's to the refs
Two East Staffordshire referees have been selected to run the line at the
Carling Cup Final. Roy Burton and Ray Gould both from Burton, will officiate at
the match between Middlesborough and Bolton at the end of this month. Roy and
Ray will be assistant referees at the match in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Toll Road brings land price rise Four hundred jobs are to be created
at a new distribution centre near the M6 Toll Road. Power Europe is building the
thirty million pound facility near Cannock and has paid £340,000 per acre
for the site. It's believed that development land prices have tripled since the
toll road opened.
Port Vale appoint Foyle Port Vale legend Martin
Foyle is named as the club's new manager after Brian Horton leaves the club by
mutual consent. Read
the full story from BBC News
Police
injured in head-on crash Two police officers were among four people injured
in a head-on crash on a Staffordshire road. The incident happened on the A34 Walsall
Road in Cannock at about 1750 GMT on Thursday. A female police officer suffered
injuries to her neck and pelvis in the collision, while her passenger suffered
minor injuries. The driver and passenger of a Peugeot 307 car were also treated
for minor injuries in hospital and discharged
Thursday
12th February 2004
Mother's
plea to catch killer The mother of prostitute Nikola Higgins, murdered
in
Stoke on Trent 3 years ago, marks the anniversary of Nikola's
death with an appeal for information. Read
the full story from BBC News
Vale
manager goes Brian
Horton,
the Port Vale manager, is leaving Vale Park - by mutual agreement. Read
the full story
First junior ASBO for Staffs A fourteen year old Burton boy has become
the first juvenile in Staffordshire to be served with an anti-social behaviour
order. The police compiled a dossier of around 60 complaints made against the
teenager - including reports of assault, harrassment and indecent behaviour in
the Winshill area. Under the order the fourteen year-old faces being arrested
and put back before a court if he commits an offence.
Pensioner
shot dead in woods
67-year-old
Arthur Haslimann is found shot dead in woods in Lichfield. Read
the full story from BBC News
'Schools of the future' unveiled The
government has chosen 11 designs for selected schools in Stoke on Trent, to make
them last "for the next 60 years". Read
the full story from BBC News
Wednesday
11th February 2004
Violent
fugitive avoids capture An
escaped prisoner, 42 year old Isaac John Price, who is suspected of a series of
violent raids, remains on the run after a suspected sighting in Biddulph, Staffordshire.
Read
the full story from BBC News
Smuggled tobacco found More than half a million pounds of contraband tobacco
and cigarettes has been seized in a raid in East Staffordshire. Customs officers
and police jointly raided premises at the Bramshalls Industrial Estate near Uttoxeter.
One man has been charged with evasion of excise duty and the others, including
a forty nine year old Staffordshire man, have been bailed pending further investigation.
Tuesday
10th February 2004
Widow granted windfall Alice Rolston wins her fight to get a bonus from
the
Staffordshire Building Society after she was
initially refused when her husband died. Read
the full story from BBC News
Rugeley road The Government has given its final approval for a major new
stretch of road in South Staffordshire. It says the second stage of the Rugeley
Eastern by-pass will divert traffic on the A51 out of Rugeley town centre. Funding
for the by-pass has now been increased to £17.5 million - up £11 million
from the initial plan.
Burton man gets life A Burton man's been
sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a father of two. Alan Halliday
was found dead at his home in Edward Street in Burton in July.
Twenty nine
year old Mark Alexander Hough of Grange Street in Burton pleaded guilty to the
murder of Halliday, who was beaten and stabbed as he slept in his house on Edward
Street in Burton on July 5th last year.
19 year old David Smith, also of Grange
Street, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years at a young
offenders' institution. The court heard that Smith was present at the time of
the murder but didn't take part.
Mr Halliday came to live in Burton in 1995
from Scotland and worked as a driver in the town.
Monday
9th February 2004
Body
in burning car Police are investigating the discovery of a body in a burning
car in woodland near to the German Cemetery on Cannock Chase at about 1500 GMT.
A police spokesman said: "The coroner has been informed and we are investigating
the incident."
Plane-spotters
forge deal on bail Wayne
Groves from Tamworth - one of 12 plane-spotters acquitted of espionage charges
in Greece - secures the return of his bail money. Read
the full story from BBC News
Three
charged over soccer fight Three men are charged over violence that broke out
after a Burton Albion game last September. Read
the full story from BBC News
Centurion
- plus! A Stafford man's been celebrating his 105th birthday today. Edward
Rayns was born in 1899 and has now lived in three different centuries and through
two world wars. He was 15 when the First World War started and served as a dispatch
courier.
Sunday
8th February 2004
Gales
cuts power to 1,100 homes Gale force
winds bring down power cables leaving homes across Staffordshire without electricity;
and a
building partially collapsed in Stoke on Trent.
Read
the full story from BBC News
Man
attacked in hour-long ordeal A 23-year-old man is dragged off a street in
Newcastle, and forced into a car where he is attacked and robbed. Read
the full story from BBC News
Saturday
7th February 2004
Jobs axed at toilet makers Armitage
Shanks is laying off more than 150 workers at their Excelsior factory in Stoke-on-Trent
and another factory in Rugeley. Read
the full story from BBC News
One
arrest after brawl Police make one arrest after a brawl between 30 football
supporters in Stoke city centre. Read
the full story from BBC News
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