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- Friday 22nd October 2004
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Friday
22nd October
Police
picture £1m fire suspect Detectives have released pictures of a man
they want to talk to about an arson attack on University Hospital of North Staffordshire
in August 2004 which caused damage put at £1m. See full
story from BBC News
Thursday
21st October
Wedgwood
submits £40m Doulton bid The Stoke-on-Trent-based Waterford Wedgwood
group has submitted a £40m take-over bid for Royal Doulton. The group currently
owns 21% of the Royal Doulton's shares. See full
story from BBC News
Enter
the debate here
Man pleads guilty to raping boy Terrance Cotton, from Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire
has admitted abducting and raping a 12-year-old boy from Tamworth, Staffordshire,
at a pre-trial review.
See full
story from BBC News
Bridge delay Important safety improvements
to Burton's Victorian ferry bridge may now be completed next year. Built in 1889,
it's been a well-used link for pedestrians between the town centre and Stapenhill.
Repairs to the footway and to the lighting had to be abandoned this summer because
of torrential rain. It's now hoped to complete the work next spring - six months
late.
Consultation ends The public consultation into a possible
new 50 mile toll road, dubbed the "M6 expressway" is due to end today.
If given the go ahead it will run alongside the M6 from Cannock to Cheshire. Proposals
are for the construction of a new tolled motorway between junction 11a of the
M6, just north of Birmingham to Junction 19 at Knutsford, South of Manchester,
or possibly as far as junction 20. The West Midlands Regional Assembly is also
today due to consider its response to the plans and minister will then exam all
responses before making a decision whether to give it the go ahead of not.
Leaflet
appeal over stolen body Police distribute leaflets in an effort to track down
those responsible for taking Gladys Hammond's body from her grave at St Peter's
Church, in Yoxall, Staffordshire.
See full
story from BBC News
Tile firm win 25-year US contract Maw
and Company tile makers, of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, have won a 25-year contract
to design and make unique floor tiles for the Capitol Building in Washington.
See full
story from BBC News
Wednesday 20th October
Activists urged to stop protests Animal rights campaigners were asked to
call off a protest following the theft of Gladys Hammond's body from her grave
at St Peter's Church, in Yoxall, Staffordshire.
See full
story from BBC News
JCB turns pink for cancer charity A pink
JCB mini-excavator will grace building sites across the North West after the Uttoxeter-based
digger-maker was persuaded to help a cancer charity. See full
story from BBC News
Theatre threat Cannock Chase Council has
announced a twenty million pound restructuring of its leisure facilities, which
may lead to the eventual closure of the town's Prince of Wales theatre. The move
would see the closure of the existing sports stadium to be replaced by a leisure
village. It would include a new leisure centre with a host of new facilities plus
a brand new theatre.
Trapped man saved Paramedics say a Staffordshire
pensioner is lucky to be alive after being rescued from a deep ravine where he
was trapped up to his neck in mud in appalling weather conditions. The man in
his sixties, who's not been named, is tonight being treated for hypothermia. Fire
crews pulled the man free after he was trapped in deep mud at Apedale near Newcastle
under Lyme.
Tuesday 19th October
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Robbie
album sold on memory card Stoke-on-Trent singer Robbie Williams' greatest
hits album is to be sold on a memory card for mobile phones.
See full
story from BBC News
Jo - meet Kelly An East Staffordshire athlete
is getting the chance of a lifetime to be trained by the double gold medallist
Kelly Holmes. Jo Harper, a pupil at Thomas Alleyne Sixth Form in Uttoxeter has
qualified for one of the eight places on a training camp run by Kelly Holmes in
South Africa and will be training in high altitudes for a month.
Bellamy's
reserve Wildlife guru, David Bellamy is to open the Radford Bank Nature Reserve
in Stafford today. Over the last twelve months Staffordshire Wildlife Trust has
been working with other environmental groups to ensure that the area which is
in the floodplain of the River Penk is managed for local wildlife and preserved
as an open space.
Youth freed over 'dustbin death' A teenager arrested
over the death of a man found with a head injury in the street has been released.
John Bill, 64, from Crewe Road, Sandbach, Cheshire died after he had earlier been
involved in a confrontation with youths allegedly connected with an incident of
vandalism. Police are saying the death is suspicious and a post-mortem examination
will be held on Tuesday.
Couple fail in fireworks ban bid The
High Court bid by Stephen and Suzanne Roper to stop a series of fireworks displays
at Alton Towers has failed. See full
story from BBC News
Property seized in boot sale raid More
than £250,000 worth of counterfeit good were seized from a car boot sale at Wellington
Drive, Cannock by police as part of 'Operation Payback'. See full
story from BBC News
Central Trains services split up Central
Trains, which operates rail services through Staffordshire to Derby, Birmingham
and Nottingham, is to be split up. See full
story from BBC News
Monday 18th October
Blue
light saves ambulances Staffordshire ambulances drivers are welcoming flashing
blue lights on their vehicles. Until recently, they'd been receiving hundreds
of speeding tickets. Now during an emergency call the new light remains on constantly,
which will always be picked up by speed cameras resulting in fewer tickets. An
ambulance service spokesman said "It's costing £8,000 to install the lights,
but with the county having the third highest number of speed cameras in the UK
they're already proving their worth". All of Staffordshire Ambulance's emergency
vehicles will have the new lights installed by the end of the year.
Family considers business future The Staffordshire family at the centre of
an animal rights protest is considering the future of its business after an attack
on a family grave. John Hall, who runs a guinea pig farm in the village of Newchurch,
gave his first television interview to the BBC programme Inside Out after the
remains of Gladys Hammond - his brother's mother in law - were removed from her
grave in the village of Yoxall in Staffordshire.
Man
indecently assaults young girl A 12-year-old girl was indecently assaulted
while walking on her own in Sandon Old Road in Meir in Stoke-on-Trent. See full
story from BBC News
Two-hour wait for dying teenager A mother says her critically-ill
son had to wait two hours for an ambulance to be transferred to intensive care.
See full
story from BBC News
Lichfield girl meets Olympic champion
Dannielle Walker from Lichfield, Staffordshire was one of twenty leading under-20
women athletes to meet Olympic champion Kelly Holmes on a motivational trip. See
full story from BBC News
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Lichfield
tops housing poll The cathedral city of Lichfield has been described as
'one of the most desirable places to live' in the Midlands in a recent survey
by the Halifax. Find out more
about Lichfield
Saturday 16th October
Investigation into inmate's death An investigation is being held into the
death of Marc David Keeling, 31, from Newstead, SoT, at Shrewsbury Prison. See
full story
from BBC News
Rally against M6 Expressway plans Campaigners
protested in Stafford against plans to extend the M6 Toll by 50 miles in Cheshire
and Staffordshire. Groups, including GAME (Group Against Motorway Expansion),
and the Stafford Friends of the Earth said they wished to encourage people to
express their opinion on the proposal. Closing date for views to go to Department
of Transport is the 21st October. See full
story from BBC News
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