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From Saturday 17th
July - Friday 23rd July 2004
(days in reverse order)
Friday
23rd July
Owen
scores in Burslem South
Independent Edward "Ted" Owen gained a council seat from Labour
at Burslem South, Stoke-on-Trent in a poll delayed from June 10 by a candidate's
death. The far right British National Party, subject of last week's BBC
expose, scored 9.2%. Result: Ind gain from Lab, swing 4.6%, Lab to Con.
Police murder case is adjourned The case against a 48-year-old man accused
of murdering Det Con Michael Swindells, 44, from Burton has been adjourned
in his absence. See
more from BBC News
Family 'in limbo' over body find The family of a missing man from Burton-on-Trent,
Staffordshire say they are having a "terrible" time while tests are done
on human remains found near to where he was last seen. See
more from BBC News
Italian find Tests have been carried out today on bones found on
a remote island off Sicily. There's speculation they could be the remains
of an East Staffordshire teacher, who went missing almost six years ago.
Mark Buzec, from Burton, was 32 when he disappeared on a camping trip in
Italy. A group of hikers out walking on the remote island of Filicudi off
Sicily earlier this week discovered human remains close to where Mr Buzec
was last seen.
Ceramics message - as you were! The managing director of a Staffordshire
ceramics company says the sale of a division won't mean any major changes
for workers. Johnson Mathey has sold its pigments division to American chemicals
company Rockwood. Toby Wooldridge, the managing director, says staff have
been kept up to date.
UK drug rape campaign launched A new campaign has been launched to determine
how much of a threat drug rape poses. See
more from BBC News
Campaign tackles unruly behaviour Stoke-on-Trent's mayor launches a
new attack on anti-social behaviour. See
more from BBC News
Thursday
22nd July
30% dip in rail users' complaints Train users made fewer complaints
in 2003 although the least satisfied passengers in the country are in the
Midlands, a report finds. See
more from BBC News
Hospital waiting list times cut The number of people waiting for
an operation in Staffordshire and Shropshire has fallen, a health authority
says. See
more from BBC News
Brewery merger The owner of the UK's former Bass Brewers is planning
to merge with Canadian rival Molson to challenge the world's beermaking
giants.
Coors, which owns the former Bass breweries in Burton-on-Trent, Alton in
Hampshire and Tadcaster, Yorkshire, said it was joining Molson to create
a group with annual revenues of about £3.25 billion.
M6 Toll charge cut to woo lorries Charges for HGVs on Britain's only
toll motorway are to be cut for a trial period after pressure from hauliers.
See
more from BBC News
Wednesday 21st July
No stars for NHS hospital trust In Staffordshire, the trust that
runs hospitals in Cannock and Stafford performed so badly that it failed
to even score in the new Government star ratings. See
more from BBC News
Protest song to keep school open Pupils at the Faber School write
a protest song to try to keep the site open. See
more from BBC News
Meeting held over M6 Toll plans About 100 residents in Seabridge,
near Newcastle-under-Lyme, meet to discuss plans to extend the M6 Toll road.
See
more from BBC News
Red Arrows fly-past over school Pupils at the Friary School in Lichfield
are treated to a special fly-past by the Red Arrows at the end of the school
year. See
more from BBC News
Success at last Artist John Waterhouse from Barton-under-Needwood,
who used to be a warehouse man, has received a Fine Arts Guild award. Mr
Waterhouse had years of struggle after changing careers; but his works now
sell for thousands of pounds a time.
Potential world champions? The Stafford Lancers marching band have
been recognised as the best in England and are now about to take on the
best in the world. The band will be one of forty bands from across the world
at the Show Band Championships in Bournemouth. The band's more than 70 performers,
from the ages of 11 to 25, will perform a show called Images of Russia,
which brings together a brass band, drum line, percussion pit and dancing
colour guards.
Hoon calls for changes Campaigners will have to wait until the end
of this year to find out if the Staffordshire Regiment will be affected
by cuts in the armed forces announced today. Supporters of the Staffords
fear they could be merged with Cheshire, Worcester and the Sherwood Foresters
to form a new Mercia Regiment.
Geoff Hoon, Defence Minister, called for changes tothe regimental system,
but he said he also understood the need not to lose unit identity.
In the Commons, the Conservative MP for Congleton, Ann Winterton, led a
rallying cry to save the Cheshires and Labour's Bruce George (Walsall S)
raised the case of the Staffordshire Regiment - which hopes to celebrate
its 300th anniversary next year. "Although they've seen off the
French, the Germans, the Americans, the Bolsheviks, the Burmese, the Zulus
and assorted African and Indian armies, will they see off or be seen off
by your Government?", he said.
Tuesday
20th July
Vicar facing £20,000 costs The Rev Nigel di Castiglione and two churchwardens
who renovated St Mary and All Saints in Trentham, without consent, are asked
to pay costs. See
more from BBC News
Jail for extradited sex offender A paedophile karate instructor,
Graham Phillips, 53, from Hill Ridware, near Rugeley, who fled to Spain
during his trial has been jailed on his return to the UK. See
more from BBC News
Support group for addicts expands A charity support group has opened
a centre in Uttoxeter to help people with drug and alcohol addiction. The
Alcohol and Drugs Service in Staffordshire (ADSiS) now has a base at the
Alan Dean Centre in Carter Street in the town. It employs eight youth workers
as well as specialists in adult and family issues. The group, which is partly
funded by the county council, also operates in Stafford and Hanley. The
centre in Uttoxeter provides people with drug problems with clean needles
to prevent diseases spreading.
Staffords' future in question The future of the Staffordshire Regiment
could be thrown into doubt again today as the Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon
looks to announce a major shake up in the Army's infantry units. Staffordshire
may have to merge forces with Cheshire, Worcester and the Sherwood Foresters
to form the new Mercia Regiment. The Staffordshire Regiment was also threatened
with merger in 1991.
Police name
fatal accident driver A man who was killed when a car smashed into a
garden wall, has been named by police. Stuart Bailey was from Littlewood
Road, Cheslyn Hay near Cannock. Staffordshire Police said the accident happened
on Upper Landywood Lane at Cheslyn Hay, at about 2115 BST on Monday. A male
passenger, 23, from Cannock, was airlifted to the University Hospital of
North Staffordshire, where his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.
An investigation into the accident is under way.
MP's on the MPH One of the West Midland's MP's has been fined for speeding.
The admission came in the Commons from Cannock Chase's Labour MP Tony Wright.
He called for more consistency in how speed cameras operate.
Monday 19th July
Boy wakes up from a 10-day coma The parents of a 10-year-old Daniel
Bishop, who was badly hurt near his home in Heath Hayes, Staffs, say his
love of football has pulled him out of a 10-day coma. See
more from BBC News
New transport service introduced People in rural Staffordshire are
invited to sign up for a new service to take advantage of public transport.
The Border Car system starts in the west of the county next week
and will allow members in and around the Loggerheads area, to book a seat
on a minibus. This will link them with the X64 between Hanley and Market
Drayton. Each journey costs £2 and membership is free.
Biking archbishop's charity trek The Archbishop of Birmingham has
set off on a five-day charity bike ride across his diocese, starting at
the town of Stone in mid-Staffordshire. See
more from BBC News
Regeneration
will bring extra jobs Thousands of construction jobs will be created
in north Staffordshire over the next ten years, according to new research.
Around 12,000 new homes will be built in north Staffordshire and 36,000
will be refurbished as part of the government's Pathfinder project to regenerate
the area.
The survey, commissioned by RENEW North Staffordshire which will be doing
the work, shows that around 2,000 extra construction workers will be needed.
It recommends that more needs to be done to encourage people into the industry.
Sunday
18th July
Probe after mock chemical attack Emergency crews, including some
from Staffordshire, take nearly three hours to begin decontaminating "victims"
of a simulated chemical attack. See
more from BBC News
Council accesses new cycle park Stoke-on-Trent City Council have
given the go ahead for a new cycle path through Hanley Forest Park. The
pathway will run from Ashbourne Grove in the east, to Chell Street in the
west and will eventually link up other parks throughout the city as well.
The development, funded by the local transport plan is set to begin work
in the park this October.
Man is charged over body in flat A man has been charged with murder
after the body of a 62-year-old man was found in a flat in Stoke-on-Trent.
The 43-year-old man is due to appear before Stoke magistrates on Monday.
The dead man was found at Newchapel Court in the Tunstall area at 1900 BST
last Sunday. A post-mortem examination has been held but no results released.
Shirley Hartley, from Tunstall, appeared in court on Friday also charged
with murder. Police have not released the dead man's identity.
Saturday
17th July
Postman charged with letter theft 31-year-old Mr Fryer, who lives
in Audley, is charged with stealing 130,000 letters and leaflets after they
are discovered at a house. See
more from BBC News
Redundancy fears at Stoke-on-Trent pottery The Moorcroft pottery
firm could axe 64 jobs after a sales slump. See
more from BBC News
MP reveals grandson's Iraq attack George Stevenson, the Labour MP
for Stoke South, who voted against the Iraq war, reveals his grandson was
injured recently in a mortar attack on his barracks. See
more from BBC News
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