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Friday 24th June 2004
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Friday
24th June
Farm takes part in mock Foot and Mouth
exercise
An
emergency plan to see how the country would cope with another outbreak of Foot
and Mouth was tried out on Tuesday on a farm in Cheshire. The idea is to look
at new guidelines brought in since the epidemic three years ago. Vets and staff
from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in Stafford
took part in an exercises to react to the outbreak. Ian Pearson, regional operations
director at Defra, said certain things are very different to procedures used in
2001.
Thursday 23rd June
Estate agent ad upsets veterans The
Whittaker and Biggs estate agents in Leek, Staffordshire
has been criticised
for producing leaflets with a "Sold" sign across a picture of a war memorial.
Full
Story from BBC News
Body
found two weeks after crash The body of a 33-year-old man from Leek, Staffordshire
is found two weeks after a suspected motorbike crash on the A50 road near Foston.
Full
Story from BBC News
Police target gangs of youths Police have been targeting two gangs of
youths in Crewe who are making residents' lives a misery. Officers have been confiscating
alcohol from the two groups and trying to move the youths on, Officers have been
knocking on doors to gather evidence to avoid openly identifying witnesses. The
council and local housing association are also working to make the area a better
place to live.
Wednesday 23rd June
Planning
row over house JCB built Staffordshire-based firm JCB makes another attempt
to secure planning permission for an existing barn at Prestwood, near Rocester,
which they turned into a company house.
Full
Story from BBC News
M-way services 'worst in Europe' The UK is judged to have the worst
motorway service stations in Europe, according to a new survey, particularly Sandbach
South, on the M6 in Cheshire, which was named and shamed as Europe's worst station.
Full
Story from BBC News
Tuesday
22nd June
Violence blamed on binge drinking
Police in the north Staffordshire town of Newcastle-under-Lyme warn that binge
drinking is on the increase and causing a rise in violent crime.
Full
Story from BBC News
Charged fans can go to Euro 2004 Football supporters
charged over trouble following Stoke City's home fixture with West Ham are allowed
to travel to Portugal for the tournament as their bail conditions are lifted
Full
Story from BBC News
Monday
21st June
Council gets tough on dog fouling A zero
tolerance policy on dog fouling is introduced in Stoke-on-Trent. Full
Story from BBC News
Nuisance youths hit by new rules New legislation
to target gangs of troublemakers in the Staffordshire town of Kidsgrove is proving
a success, say police. Full
Story from BBC News
Sunday
20th
June
Businesses to work with students Firms in Staffordshire
are urged to work with the best of the area's university talent.
Full
Story from BBC News
Mock show
to highlight food safety A city council is giving shoppers a chance to star
in their own version of a popular television show as part of National Food Safety
Week. The food safety team from Stoke-on-Trent City Council has set up a mock
kitchen in the Potteries Centre. and people will be invited to find invisible
germs around the kitchen using ultraviolet lights.
Student designs
lightweight fire engine Staffordshire University David Plant, 23 designed
a
lightweight fire engine for a crew
of four or five, and although smaller than usual, it carries the full range of
firefighting equipment, including ladders and hydraulic rescue gear. The vehicle
will remain on display until Thursday at the university's art and design show
on its College Road campus in Stoke-on-Trent.
League shows rise in
parking tickets The number of parking tickets issued in Stoke-on-Trent has
more than doubled, according to a national league. Stoke-on-Trent issued more
than 17,000 fixed penalty fines in the financial year 2001 2002, but in the following
year the number rose to 44,000. The number of appeals against tickets also doubled.
The AA says there is nothing wrong in enforcing regulations - provided the system
is fair.
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