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Friday
11th June
Dig
reveals find During an
archaeological investigation
at Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire, headed by the
British Museum in conjunction with the University of Birmingham, the archaeologists
have uncovered the foundations of a building. The substantial stone base is in
the area where Mary Queen of Scots describes living when prisoner in Tutbury Castle
during the reign of Elizabeth 1st.
Mary was prisoner in Tutbury on four occasions
and it was the place of her most detested confinement. Mary described in letters
that her house was “three fathoms or thereabouts to the wall”, which is where
the foundation has been found, at the foot of the Castle’s famous landmark – the
North Tower. There is further evidence of the house in the Sadler papers. Sadler
was one of Mary’s “keepers”.
See our Tutbury
Castle page
Thursday
10th June
Local
govt results Labour lost their grip on Tamworth Borough Council as the Tories
gained control in the local elections, taking eight of the ten seats up for grabs
last night. They now have 16 of the 30 seats on the council, ending Labour's 16-year
rule. The current leader of the Tory group said: "The main thrust of our
campaign was to tackle crime and anti social behaviour."
Stoke-on-Trent
bucked the national trend with a big swing to Labour. A total of 20 seats were
up for grabs, the authority holding elections for one third of its seats each
year. Labour made five gains, three at the expense of the Independents, one from
Liberals and one from unaffiliated candidates.
Labour's triumph at Stoke-on-Trent
does not, however, give it unlimited authority in the city. Although it took an
overall majority, much of the power rests with the non-party elected mayor who
is an additional member of the council.
Also,
see
our Full Results
Guide
Wednesday 9th June
New study
into breathing problems Researchers at a Staffordshire hospital are getting
£40,000 to help people with respiratory conditions. Full
Story from BBC News
Virtual ID parade a 'revolution' Staffordshire
Police say a way of holding ID parades without traditional line-ups is proving
very successful. Full
Story from BBC News
Officers charge escaped prisoner Isaac John
Price, a 42-year old Stoke on Trent man, captured by police after spending a year
on the run, is charged with escaping from custody. Full
Story from BBC News
Police league tables revealed Staffordshire
Police is expected to be named as one of the best in the country in the first
ever police league tables. Full
Story from BBC News
Modern art could improve city image One
area in Stoke-on-Trent could soon be home to a series of modern art projects to
improve the image of the city. The Stoke Approach Public Art project covers
three potential sites, in Hanley Park, the Kingsway Car Park in Stoke and land
near to the A53 in Etruria. More than £300,000 has been set aside for the project,
in which artists are being asked to come up with a design that will reflect the
area in which it is built. The closing date for applications is Friday 18 June.
Tuesday 8th June
M6 Toll records
broken by holiday M6 Toll chiefs say more than 66,000 motorists used the motorway
on a record-breaking day last month. Full
Story from BBC News
Underground houses for sale The "Italiano
Pumping Station", a former water supply complex serving the Potteries, is
to be turned into 22 properties - where 3 of them will become underground houses.
Some of the bigger pieces of machinery will be kept and put on display in a museum
here and the old water tanks are being turned into modern underground houses,
expected to fetch up to half a million pounds each.
BBC
Grand Designs say that there are only 25 underground houses in the whole
of Britain.
Residents
revolt Protesters battling against proposals for two large sheds to be built
at Stafford's premier business park say they'll be preeset when borough councillors
debate the application for a second time tomorrow. It's claimed that the controversial
scheme at Primepoint 14, near junction 14 of the M6, near the suburb of Cresswell,
will bring around 1,500 new jobs to the area.
School breakfast idea
for pupils Breakfast clubs could become part of every school in Staffordshire
if a new bill becomes law. Labour MP David Kidney's new Private Members Bill,
Food in Schools, is backed by Stafford-based charity, Milk for Schools. Free school
meals would be extended to cover breakfast clubs, the meals would be of a certain
standard and each school would have a food policy. Stephanie Spiers, from the
charity Milk for Schools, welcomed the scheme which could see healthy meals, free
fruit and breakfast clubs brought in to educate youngsters and give them a flying
start in life
Monday 7th June
Paediatrician
faces GMC hearing The GMC probes a complaint that a top paediatrician, Professor
David Southall, based a diagnosis of child abuse on a television documentary.
Full Story from BBC News
Preserving heritage The author, Bill Bryson, who is also a commissioner
with English Heritage, has been visiting the Potteries. He's was
looking at how the area's heritage can be preserved amid new developments. Mr
Bryson said he was concentrating on Burslem, and the future of old buildings there
such as the "Big House", the Enoch Wood Pottery, the Queens Theatre
and Wedgwood Institute.
See also our Local
History section
Homeless to stay Stafford's homeless hostel
has been granted permission to continue operating, despite criticism. It had emerged
that bosses at the Bethany Project had let its planning consent from Stafford
Borough council lapse for two-and-a-half years. But now council planning officers
have given the hostel the go-ahead to stay open. The Bethany Project houses 33
people at Newport Road and a further 24 at Lovatt Street and Marsh Street.
Man,
90, attempts Snowdon ascent Eric Robinson, from Nantwich, tries to climb Mount
Snowdon for the 218th time to mark his 90th birthday. Full
Story from BBC News
Sunday 6th June
Funeral
for detective Family, friends and colleagues of Det Con Michael Swindells
from Burton, who was stabbed to death while trying to arrest a man, attended his
funeral today. Mr Swindells' wife Carol and 19-year-old daughter Kelly attended
the service at Lichfield Cathedral, during which the Chief Constable of West Midlands
Police, Paul Scott-Lee, was paying tribute to the 44-year-old officer.
Boy
dies after being hit by car A two-year-old boy dies in hospital after being
hit by a car in Stoke-on-Trent. Full
Story from BBC News
Police detail speed camera sites Police
produce a map showing every speed camera and red light camera location in the
West Midlands including Staffordshire. Full
Story from BBC News
Tribute to D-Day veterans A service is held
at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire for veterans unable to make
the D-Day events in Normandy. See our D-Day
Pages
Saturday 5th June
Cheers
Phil! Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor, Stoke on Trent's world darts champion, made
history as the the first man to do two 9 darters on live television when he completed
the finish at the Budweiser UK Open at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton. He was 4-2
up against Matt Chapman when he produced the perfect leg of darts. After two maximums
Taylor hit another treble 20, treble 19 and finished on double 12 to huge applause
from the crowd. For completing the 9 dart leg Phil wins 501 bottles of the sponsors'
beer.
See also: Phil
heads for Top of The Pops / The
Phil Taylor Page
Birds attacked More than seventeen birds have
been killed and mutilated at a wildlife sanctuary near Stafford. The bodies of
the birds, including two 7 week-old magpies who'd had their legs snapped off,
were found by volunteers at the British Wildlife Rescue Centre at Amerton Farm.
The centre's pet crow Come On, who'd appeared in television shows and films, had
been shot in the head. The wings were also ripped off several fantail doves and
wood pigeons after the locks to the aviaries were smashed on Tuesday night. The
centre managers had been due to find out today if they've been granted planning
permission to open the region's first specialist animal hospital.
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