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17th September 2004
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Friday
17th September
Royal Doulton halts fall in sales
Royal Doulton has stopped a rapid slide in sales, according to the ceramics firm's
latest figures. See
full story
from BBC News
End of car-making 'a tragedy' Arnold Hudson, who lives near Stone
in mid-Staffs, the first person to buy a Jaguar in the 1930s, says it is terrible
they will stop being made in Coventry. See
full story from BBC News
Reward to catch shot man's killer A £25,000 reward is offered in an
effort to track down the killer of Kevin Nunes, whose body was found in Pattingham
two years ago. See
full story
from BBC News
Choir threatened by lack of men A Staffordshire chamber choir, The
Noteable Company, based in Rolleston-on-Dove, will be forced to stop singing if
it cannot persuade more men to join. See
full story
from BBC News
Staffs pro and anti hunt votes Staffordshire MPs voting in the Hunting
With Dogs Bill second reading did not, as had been expected, split exactly along
party lines. Though all the county's Tories were against the bill, some Labour
members had doubts.
Tories voting against the bill were: William Cash (Stone),
Sir Patrick Cormack (Staffordshire South), Michael Fabricant (Lichfield). Labour
MPs voting against the bill were: Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central).
Labour MPs who voted for the bill: Ms Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire Moorlands),
Ms Janet Dean (Burton), Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme), Brian Jenkins (Tamworth),
David Kidney (Stafford), Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North). Labour MPs who
did not vote on the bill were: Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe & Nantwich), George
Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent South), Dr Tony Wright (Cannock Chase). See full
story from BBC News
Meanwhile, one Staffordshire huntstman believes
foxhunters in the county will break the law if a hunting ban is introduced in
eighteen months time. Gerald DeVille, joint master of the Staffordshire Moorlands
Foxhounds was at a demonstration outside Parliament.
New council
tax in pipeline A 5.5 per cent increase in council tax is being proposed by
Staffordshire County Council for 2005-2006. The council's cabinet will be recommended
on Tuesday to go out to consultation on the figure, which is to be achieved with
the aid of £5 million in efficiency savings.
Bravery award
for Jeffrey A man from Stoke on Trent who risked his life to try to save a
woman who was burning to death has been given a bravery award. Jeffrey Powell
from Fenton had been fishing at a pool in Trent Vale when he heard screams and
saw flames. He found a woman who'd set herself on fire. He tried to stop the flames
with his bare hands and managed to remove clothes which had been doused in turpentine.
He then soaked a blanket in water and covered the woman until the ambulance arrived.
The woman died from injuries in hospital three days later. Jeffrey Powell is to
be given an award from the Royal Humane society.
Thursday
16th September
Sir Stanley museum call renewed Businessman
Bob Ahmed, the owner of the house where Sir Stanley Matthews was born, is trying
to drum up support for a plan to turn it into a museum. See
full story
from BBC News
Manhunt Armed police from Staffordshire and Cheshire have carried out a
manhunt after officers from Stoke-on-Trent faced a gunman during a car chase around
the Kidsgrove area. They were on routine patrol when they spotted a Peugeot 406
in Goldenhill they thought could be connected to several crimes. Following a high-speed
chase the driver of the vehicle pulled over on the A34 Congleton Road. A passenger
wearing a mask then got out of the car and pointed what's believed to be a handgun
at the officers. After driving off, the police lost the car, and it was eventually
found abandoned on Old Butt Lane. It's thought the three men involved fled over
wasteland towards the Lawton-Gate area.
Wednesday 15th September
Eye operation for Paraguayan
girl Consultant Ray Brown, who works at Stoke's City General Hospital, and
who spends his free time treating Paraguayan children, helps a girl regain her
vision. See
full story
from BBC News
Farewell event at air base A major farewell ceremony is planned before
RAF Stafford, which currently employs 1,491 people, officially ceases to exist
in April 2006. Some uniformed RAF personnel will remain stationed at the town's
military base after its air combat service support unit moves out next year. Group
Captain Graham Howard, who will be the last commander of 65-year-old RAF Stafford,
said he was "very optimistic" that the civilian operations at the 170-acre site
in Beaconside would continue in the long term.
Tuesday
14th September
'Golden goal girl' backed by fans
Stoke City fans decide a teenager who holds up a board showing the time of
each goal should keep her job.
See full
story from BBC News
Alrewas 1, West
End 0! An enterprising amateur dramatics director has won the right to stage
a play, after being told no, because it would interfere with a West End production
more than 120 miles away. The Alrewas Dramatics Society was busy rehearsing its
production of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at the Lichfield Garrick, Staffordshire,
when the director wrote to the author to get help overruling the decision. See
full story in Staffordshire
Am Dram News
Inspector praises prison unit The section of a Staffordshire jail
which houses some of the country's most dangerous criminals has been praised by
the Chief Inspector of Prisons. Anne Owers says the unit at the privately-run
Dovegate prison near Uttoxeter is a very safe place. The Chief Inspector says
some of the serious offenders have clearly been helped to readjust to law-abiding
behaviour. The jail opened three years ago.
Monday
13th September
Grandfather's £1.1m lottery win
Early retirement beckons for a 61-year-old Ian Spragg, from Newcastle-under-Lyme,
after he scoops more than £1m on the National Lottery. See
full story
from BBC News
Army experts check weapons
find Army weapons experts check a collection of firearms discovered after
a kitchen fire in Lichfield Road in Stafford. See
full story
from BBC News
Historic rail firm 'could
return' The former London and North Western Railway could be recreated under
government plans, a report says. See
full story from BBC News
Staffordshire man is karting champ Twenty-one year old Mark Litchfield
from Uttoxeter has lifted go-karting's Formula A championship - with two races
still to go in the season. Mark is so far ahead of last year's champion, Gary
Catt, he cannot be overtaken. He has scored 478 out of a possible 500 points this
season. See Formula
A site
Simon is a TASS man An emerging
sports star from Staffordshire is one of 800 young sportsmen and women to receive
backing from the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS), getting underway
this autumn. Simon Blairs, a 21-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent, has been competing
in the martial art of taekwondo since he was six, but as a TASS scholar, in higher
education, will receive sporting services worth £3,000 a year, including
paying for the cost of coaching, sports science, physiotherapy and the use of
training facilities. Simon is attending Staffordshire University and will be one
of the first scholars on the new scheme. This year he competed in the prestigious
World University Championships.
Suspect on forecourt A man's under
arrest after an incident in North Staffordshire in which his car was surrounded
by police. They were called to the forecourt of a petrol station on Crewe Road
in Alsager after reports that the man was armed. Cheshire Police say when they
arrived at the Radway Green service station they found the man locked in the car.
He appeared to be armed with knives and had a pitbull dog with him in the car.
Around 1pm he left the car and was arrested and taken to Northwich police station.
Sunday
12th September
Aqua's future - in a bottle The
mineral water subsidiary of utilities group South Staffordshire Water has negotiated
a sizeable contract to supply supermarket chain Aldi. Aqua Direct will supply
ten million litres of its Elmhurst Spring mineral water a year to stores across
the UK from its new £3m Staffordshire-based bottling plant, near Lichfield.
Although South Staffordshire has produced bottled water for 18 years, this is
the first time it has launched its own brand name.
First ever National
Ambulance Memorial A 5ft 8in tall memorial to honour ambulance personnel for
their dedication and commitment has been erected in a Garden of Remembrance at
the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas. It is the brainchild of former chief
ambulance officer Norman Lakin, from Sandy in Bedfordshire, and is in honour of
ambulance service staff who have lost their lives while working in the nation's'
Ambulance Services. Rosie Winterton MP, the Minister of State for Health, will
unveil the memorial at 2pm on Thursday. Mr Lakin has identified 675 people who
had lost their lives whilst serving the Ambulance Services across the UK.
Saturday
11th September
Man arrested over street murder
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a man found lying injured
in a street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The victim was found in Beasley Avenue, Chesterton,
at 0130 BST on Saturday (10th September). See full
story from BBC News
Naked riders take record
It's been confirmed that Alton Towers in Staffordshire has beaten a world record
for the number of people riding naked on a rollercoaster - a feat that was attempted
in August.
The record was confirmed as the latest Guinness Book of Records statistics
were revealed.
See our Photo Gallery of the rollercoasters in action!
Staffordshire's open doors English Heritage has announced that
hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit properties usually closed
to the public or which charge an entrance fee for free over Heritage Open Days
this weekend. More than fifty Staffordshire properties are taking part: cellars
in the Red Lion Pub in Burslem and the Bethesda Chapel in Hanley are some of the
attractions.
See our Events
Page for details.
Clean-up operation after M6 crash The
clean-up operation continues on the M6 motorway in Staffordshire after a tanker
spilt its chemical load in the fatal accident. See full
story from BBC News
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