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Friday
18th June
Biker
in court over 'rally' death At
Chester Crown Court Barbara Salisbury, 47, from Pontybodkin, north Wales
Swas found guilty of trying to kill two of four patients to free up beds
at Crewe Leighton hospital.
Full
Story from BBC News
Thursday 17th June
Biker
in court over 'rally' death A motorcyclist appears in court charged
with causing the death of a woman at an unofficial bikers' gathering. Full
Story from BBC News
'Quickie' truancy fines dealt out Forty parents in England have been
sent the first of the new £50 spot fines for their children's truancy.
Full
Story from BBC News
Man is injured during park attack A
man sustained severe head injuries after he was attacked with a glass bottle
following an argument with a man in Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent. Full
Story from BBC News
Television chefs' dough on rise Jamie Oliver is among Britain's 25 richest
"craft millionaires", with Stoke-on-Trent mobile phone magnate
John Caudwell top of the pile. Full
Story from BBC News
Restraint
hold banned after death A youth training centre bans the use of a particular
restraining hold following the death of 15-year-old Gareth Myatt, from Stoke-on-Trent
in custody. Full
Story from BBC News
Man jailed for strangling lover A 23-year-old man is jailed for life
after strangling his girlfriend during an argument in Uttoxeter.
Full
Story from BBC News
Wednesday 16th June
Commons rejects Potters' deal Stoke City
midfielder Kris Commons has rejected the club's latest contract offer, prompting
fresh speculation that the winger will join home-town club Nottingham Forest.
Full
Story from BBC News
Tuesday
15th June
Queen's organist guilty of abuse The
former choirmaster of Lichfield Cathedral, Jonathan Rees-Williams, 55, from
Bristol, is found guilty of indecent assaults on children dating back 30
years. Full
Story from BBC News
Four UK troops face court martial Four British
soldiers face trial in relation to alleged abuses against Iraqis. The Attorney
General's Office has confirmed to BBC Radio WM that one of the four soldiers
facing court-martial for alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq is 19-year-old Gary
Bartlam, from Tamworth in Staffordshire. Full
Story from BBC News
GMC rules against paediatrician Professor David
Southall, who accused a father of killing his sons after seeing a TV interview,
abused his position, the GMC rules. Full
Story from BBC News
Monday
14th June
Police forces praised in report West
Midlands Police and Staffordshire Police are named among the best performing
forces in England and Wales. Full
Story from BBC News
Region gains its first UKIP MEP In the 2004 Euro elections , the
UK Independence Party gains their first West Midlands MEP - Mike Natrass.
Full
Story from BBC News
Also, see our Full
Results Guide
England fan deported from Lisbon A Staffordshire man, 29 year old
Alan John Walker, from Leek, a Stoke City fan, is sent home from Portugal
after trouble ahead of England's first game in Euro 2004. Full
Story from BBC News
Fire at school may be arson Firefighters say they think a fire at
school in the Staffordshire Moorlands was started deliberately. Fire crews
from Biddulph and Burslem were called to Woodhouse School on Woodhouse Road
in Biddulph just before 0100 BST on Monday. An outbuilding had caught fire
and a fence was discovered alight at a nearby house. An investigation is
now under way.
Warn to lane-hogs Highways officials are considering the use of motorway
message boards to instruct drivers not to hog the middle lane. The proposal
was revealed in a parliamentary written answer from Roads Minister David
Jamieson to Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant, who blames poor lane discipline
for much of the congestion he encounters while driving between Staffordshire
and Westminster.
Mr Fabricant said: "Hogging the middle lane causes unnecessary congestion
and accidents."
Sunday
13th June
Inquiry into delay over body find A police watchdog is to investigate
how the body of Chris Barclay of Kidsgrove was not removed after a car crash
until hours after emergency services had left the scene. Full
Story from BBC News
Police probe television blackout Police say they are investigating
how a transmitter went off air causing more than a 100,000 homes in the
area to lose coverage. Full
Story from BBC News
Saturday
12th June
Gang steal money from security van Police are appealing for information
after a robbery at a Stoke on Trent cash and carry. Four men stole money
from a security van at Bookers in Stoke about 1300 BST on Saturday. Police
say the offenders were driving in a white transit van but escaped in a blue
Mitsubishi. The van was later found dumped.
Honours for Staffordshire A number of Staffordshire people received
awards in the in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
An OBE went to - George Herbert Hamilton Bryan. For services to Tourism
in the West Midlands. (Tamworth, Staffordshire)
MBEs went to: Mrs Dorothy Godfrey for services to the community in Lichfield,
Staffordshire; Peter John Downs. Group Customer Service manager, West Midlands
Group Valuation Office Agency, Inland Revenue in Stoke on Trent; Mrs Joan
Levitt, for services to the community in Leek, Staffordshire; William Woodhouse
Madders from Stafford (council member, National Farmers Union) for services
to Dairy Farming. (Stafford, Staffordshire).
See full list of honours
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