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From Saturday 20th - Friday 26th
March
2004
(days in
reverse order)
Friday
26th March 2004
Doulton to close last UK factory Around 500 people are to lose their jobs
with the closure of Royal Doulton's last remaining UK factory. The company has
confirmed it is selling its Nile Street plant in Stoke-on-Trent to property developers,
St Modwen for £2.5m. See
full story from BBC News
Six
men jailed after KFC shooting Six men have been sentenced to a total of nearly
20 years in prison after a man was shot outside a KFC fast food restaurant on
Festival Park in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. See
full story from BBC News
Miras brings
down United? Telford United Football Club has won a stay of execution at least
for its next few matches. Its parent company Miras Contracts, based in Hednesford
in Staffordshire, went into receivership yesterday. Late this afternoon the Football
Association agreed to a deal which at least guarantees the next three matches.
Ideas sought for historic mine People
living near Chatterley
Whitfield colliery in North Staffordshire,
given Ancient Monument status, are being asked for their ideas on its future.
See
full story from BBC News
Thursday
25th March 2004
Fine flouters arrested by police Police in north Staffordshire have made
more than 40 arrests in a crackdown on fine-dodgers as
part of Operation Payback. See
full story from BBC News
Robber
assaults pregnant woman A pregnant woman had her head repeatedly smashed
against a tree in a robbery along Macon Way, in Crewe. See
full story from BBC News
Wednesday
24th March 2004
Decision delayed over RAF centre Up to 500 uniformed personnel at RAF Stafford
are still awaiting a decision on the future of the site. See
full story from BBC News
Vessel
takes Concorde on journey A special vessel, designed by Robert
Wynn and Son from Eccleshall in Staffordshire
will take a British Airways' Concorde on its final voyage. See
full story from BBC News
Irq deaths question The mother of a young soldier from Stafford
who died in Iraq says she desperately wants answers about his death. Trooper David
Clarke was nineteen when he was killed almost exactly a year ago by so-called
friendly fire - along with a Queen's Royal Lancer, Stephen Allbutt, who was from
Stoke-on-Trent.
David's mother Beverley says she doubts she'll ever know exactly
what happened.
Tuesday
23rd March 2004
GP's apology in baby offer case Adrian and Kelly Love said Dr Anand Singh
made the offer to buy a couple's baby in remarks he says were meant as a joke.
See
full story from BBC News
Digger
used in Dome robbery sold The digger used in an attempted diamond robbery
in the Millennium Dome is sold for more than £10,000. See
full story from BBC News
Monday
22nd March 2004
Fans urged to report yobs by text Port Vale FC supporters
are asked to text the police about troublemakers in a clampdown on hooliganism
at matches. See
full story from BBC News
New
home for Swans Malbank School in Nantwich has agreed to take two swan-boats
that were being scrapped by Alton Towers. See
full story
Saturday
20th March 2004
Woman trapped by winds Racing is abandoned at Uttoxeter,
a woman is trapped in Lichfield and a football fan is killed as 70mph winds damage
buildings and disrupt transport. See
full story from BBC News
Million pounds? easy!
A young entrepreneur from Staffordshire has pledged to raise a million pounds
help support a children's charity. 25 year old Charlie Robinson from Chase Terrace,
near Lichfield will aim to raise the money through fund raising events to help
the Rainbow House Charity which provides support for children with cerebral palsy.
Charlie has two years to raise the money.
Ozzy's house for sale Country
house Bullrush Cottage, at Ranton Green near Stafford, is for sale for nearly
half a million pounds - which may appeal to rock fans. The cottage belonged to
the Black Sabbath heavy metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne at one time, when he was
married to his first wife Thelma Mayfair. However the star's own in-house recording
studios have been converted since Ozzy's time into a games room.
Naked
in London The naked body of a pregnant East Staffordshire woman has been used
as inspiration for a statue which will adorn Trafalgar Square's empty plinth for
the next 18 months... although the model for it has no arms. Alison Lapper, an
artist from Burton, was born with phocomelia, which is a condition similar to
that caused by thalidomide. See
full story from BBC News
Secret
party thrown for Williams Robbie Williams is reportedly to attend a lavish
30th birthday party at Skibo Castle in Scotland. See
full story from BBC News
Private
firm to monitor prisoners A private firm will be employed at Staffordshire
police stations to look after prisoners while officers go out on patrol. The government
is providing £438,000 so that the contractors can be taken on for two years. Staffordshire
is one of ten pilot areas being given money. It will be used to take on civilian
staff to do the station-based jobs traditionally performed by police officers.
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