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From Saturday 9th
- Friday 15th October 2004
(days
in reverse order)
Friday
15th October
Anti-racism
contest kicks off Children are encouraged to take part in a campaign organised
by Stoke City FC as part of the Kick Racism Out of Football campaign. See
full story
from BBC News
Tolkien house for sale A Staffordshire house which was home to Lord
of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is set to be auctioned off next month. Tolkien
lived in on the Teddesley Park Estate, near Penkridge, just before the First World
War. The
house is one property which Boot & Son will auction on November 15th.
See
Tolkien -
the Staffordshire Connection
Thursday
14th October
Radio
awards BBC Radio Stoke was a double winner
at this year's Gillard Awards. The 'Gillards' are awarded for creativity and inventiveness
within the BBC's Local Radio output. The station won a bronze in the 'interactive'
category, and gold in the 'diversity' category. See full
story
Farmer
ditches cows for digging A Staffordshire farmer is branching out into digger
training to combat falling agricultural revenues.
See
full story
from BBC News
Transplant
survivor leads appeal Stone-based Peter Leslie
is the longest-surviving male kidney transplant patient, and has joined a campaign
encouraging organ donation. See
full story
from BBC News
Wednesday 13th October
More
criminal cash seized Police launch an operation to seize money and property
which people have gained from illegal activity. See
full story
from BBC News
Animal group condemn grave attack Speak, an animal rights group, condemn the
desecration of a grave in Yoxall, from which a woman's remains were stolen. See
full story
from BBC News
Broadband
coming People living in rural areas of Staffordshire are soon to benefit from
five million pounds of government money, to provide them with better access to
the world wide web.
The
latest initiative by Advantage West Midlands should ensure everyone in Staffordshire
has access to high speed internet broadband in the next 2 to 3 years.
Save the Prince Stars of the stage and screen, Drag
queen Danny La Rue and veteran comedian Ken Dodd, have
made personal pleas to councillors thinking about axing Cannock's Prince Of Wales
Centre. The council is considering axing the theatre to save £323,000 a
year. Last Monday members of Cannock Chase District Council's Culture and Sport
select committee voted unanimously to keep the theatre open. But the theatre is
not safe yet as the proposals have to go in front of the cabinet and finally the
full council on October 20th.
Farmer ditches cows for digging
A Staffordshire farmer is branching out into digger training to combat falling
agricultural revenues.
See full
story from BBC News
Tuesday
12th October
Police hunt malicious pamphleteer Police in Stoke
say they have retrieved every copy of a leaflet which forced pensioner Eileen
Wilson to flee her home. See
full story
from BBC News
Pottery
company cutting jobs Falling sales are blamed for a decision to make more
than 50 people redundant at Johnson Matthey's. See
full story
from BBC News
Online orders cause wedding
woe Burton-on-Trent newly-weds Sam and Steve Howard will get no wedding presents
after an online gift company goes into administration. See
full story
from BBC News
Monday 11th October
Flowers laid at desecrated grave Relatives of Gladys Hammond, whose remains
were stolen, ask God to forgive the "evil" perpetrators. See
full story
from BBC News
Remains taken
from damaged grave Police say most of the remains of an 82-year-old woman
were stolen when her grave was desecrated. See
full story
from BBC News
Man killed ex-lover's
grandfather Keith Griffiths, 24, from Stoke-on-Trent, is jailed for life for
stabbing his ex-girlfriend's grandfather after their relationship ended. See
full story
from BBC News
Robbie makes
a number one return Stoke-on-Trent's favourite son Robbie Williams goes straight
in at number one in the UK singles chart. See
full story
from BBC News
Sunday
10th October
Billionaire's charity bike trip Staffordshire
mobile phone tycoon John Caudwell sets off on a 2,300-mile charity cycle ride
across Europe. See
full story
from BBC News
Prayers said
at desecrated church A Sunday service is held at a church where the remains
of Gladys Hammond were dug up. See
full story
from BBC News
Angelic help
People are being taught how to work with... angels. It's a ten week course
overseen by Burton College - which includes meditation techniques, and ways of
improving self-confidence. The course leader, Martine Angele Allard says many
of her current students have seen improvements in their everyday life, by contacting
angels and asking them to help out.
Saturday
9th October
Police comb desecrated grave site Forensic teams are
combing a churchyard at at St Peter's Church, Yoxall, where animal activists have
been blamed for digging up a grave. See
full story
from BBC News
Faiths together
Representatives from Burton's Christian, Islamic and Hindu communities launch
a new interfaith network today - this is the first time a formal partnership's
been launched in the town.
Woman flees home over sex leaflet
A pensioner is forced to leave her home in Magdalen Road in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent
when leaflets saying a serious sex offender lives there are distributed in her
area.
See
full story
from BBC News
Give
it sum! North Staffordshire's superstar Robbie Williams has
just re-launched
his charity Give It Sum, which gives funds to local groups who
care for the disadvantaged. See details
of the scheme.
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