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From Saturday 28th August
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Friday 3rd Sept 2004
(days in reverse order)
Friday
3rd September
MP calls for jail suicide inquiry Stoke-on-Trent
South MP George Stevenson is calling for an investigation
into the "dismal" suicide record at Shrewsbury Prison in the wake
of the death of Mark
Keeling from Newstead. See
more from BBC News
New chemical to tackle superbug AddMaster,
a Staffordshire-based company has developed a pellet which it claims repels
hospital superbugs such as MRSA. See
more from BBC News
Speed camera vandals plead guilty Roy
Robotham and Benjamin Taylor,
who vandalised speed cameras after one of them was fined for speeding, have
been given 200 hours community service. They had daubed black and white
paint on 22 camera lenses along a stretch of the A51 in Staffordshire earlier
this year. See
more from BBC News
Thursday 2nd September
Outback air crash victims named Peter and Norma
Quilliam from Staffordshire are identified as the victims of a light aircraft
crash in Australia. See
more from BBC News
Remand prisoner's hanging death A 31-year-old remand prisoner, Mark
David Keeling from Stoke-on-Trent, dies after being found hanged in jail.
See
more from BBC News
Club's golden girl gets red card Stoke
City's "Golden Goal Girl", Charlotte Marsh from Longton, is dropped after
some supporters complain that using her is sexist. Now supporters will be
given a red or white card at the next home game and be asked to hold them
up just before kick-off. See
more from BBC News
Wednesday 1st September
Vet's drugs stolen from surgery Drugs used to sedate animals and
put them to sleep, have been stolen from Marsh Avenue vets surgery in Wolstanton
over the Bank Holiday break.
See
more from BBC News
Superstar revelations Robbie Williams' new autobiography is on sale
from today, three years after his first one was published. The revelations
in "Feel" are said to include details of his childhood sweetheart as a teenager
in Stoke-on-Trent.
Residents oppose town hall plans More than 1,000 people have signed
a petition opposing proposals to sell off Uttoxeter town hall.
See
more from BBC News
Magazine in line for national award A Staffordshire magazine, based
in a garden shed, is in line to win a national award. Local Life in the
Staffordshire Moorlands has made it to the final the Rural Newspaper of
the Year contest run by the National Farmers Union. It is up against two
big newspapers from the south of England. David Cliffe runs the paper from
his shed in Leek, his reporter works in her dining room and his advertising
rep works from his kitchen.
Tuesday 31st August
Police station coverage defended Staffordshire Police are defending
a decision not to staff the front desk of a new £1m station around the clock.
Chasetown Police Station, which serves 32,000 people in the Burntwood area
of the county, opened in May. See
more from BBC News
One-stop health centre planned
Plans for a new community health centre in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent will
include four GP surgeries under one roof.
See
more from BBC News
Monday 30th August
Celebrity visit One of Britain's best-known acting couples made a
guest appearance at the weekend's Inland Waterways Festival in Burton. Actors
Prunella Scales and Timothy West have had their own narrowboat for more
than 20 years, and yesterday were awarded the title of Waterways Personalities
of the Year.
Main rail line shut for nine days Passengers face coach travel on
the West Coast main line after it closes for nine days of renovation. See
more from BBC News
Plans to fight racism Parent support groups could be set up at schools
across Stoke-on-Trent to help ease racial tension between pupils. Volunteers
at Longton High say they're already having some success in tackling problems
there.The Longton High Parent group was formed last year by 11 parents and
a representative from the Racial Equality Council following problems bewteen
white and Asian pupils. At one point, a quarter of them were kept at home
after allegations of racial attacks and the police were brought in. The
support group organises events to try to get the children to be more tolerant
of each other and the volunteers are going to have mediation training to
help ease any further tensions. They say they now plan to visit other schools,
to help them form their own groups, as they believe racial tension between
pupils is a city-wide problem.
Christian help Ten volunteers from a church in Stafford are going
to Bulgaria to help build the country's first hospice. The group from the
Church Lane Evangelical Church will help decorate the centre for the terminally
ill. They'll be there for nearly two weeks.
Sunday 29th August
MP campaigns against new toll road An MP has joined a campaign against
proposals for a new M6 Toll road. Stafford's Labour MP David Kidney has
been holding meetings about the proposal to build a new M6 expressway from
Cannock to Knutsford. He says he has spoken to around 1,000 people so far.
Mr Kidney and Friends of the Earth are both encouraging people to object
to the plan. He says he hopes to get measurements of current air and noise
pollution and wants the borough and county councils to support residents
who would be affected by the motorway.
 Nina
is Staffordshire's Honey Staffordshire's Nina Baskeyfield has won through
to the final of FHM Magazine's annnual High Street Honey competition.
After being nominated by her best friend, she got picked to be in the Top
100 from over ten thousand entrants.
Nina will be undertaking promotional work at local night clubs, local pubs
and businesses, and even appearances at half time at local football matches
to boost her support.
To vote for Nina, supporters have to e-mail honeysvote@fhm.com with the
message 'Nina 17'. Closing date is 1st September.
Saturday 28th August
Post Office closes two branches The Post Office has confirmed it
is to close two post offices in north Staffordshire. Knutton will lose its
high street branch and the Hartshill post office is also to shut, despite
opposition from the pressure group Postwatch Midlands. See
more from BBC News
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