Martin_Spinks published Stoke City v Liverpoool: Ref announced for bet365 clash

April 3, 2017, 8:02 am

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Stoke 's home game with Liverpool on Saturday will be reffed by arguably the most unpopular official to darken the club's door in the Premier League.Relations with Mike Dean are a lot healthier now, but there was a time in the club's early Premier League years when he must have felt like public enemy number one in these parts.He sent off three Stoke players during the 2009/10 season to underline his unpopularity with the club's management and fans.An official complaint was made about his...

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The Sentinel commented Drug user tried to chisel his way inside Baddeley Green home

April 3, 2017, 8:09 am

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Drug user David Whewall has been jailed after he tried to break into a house while the homeowners were in bed.The 28-year-old woke the occupiers at the address in Baddeley Green Lane, Baddeley Green, at 7.35am on Saturday (April 1) as he used a chisel to try and gain entry to the property.The victim shouted, 'What are you doing?', and the defendant ran off.About £200 worth of damage was caused to the door.Read more: Investigation into sex and drugs claims at hotelThe defendant was arrested...

Matt_Simpson published 'Massive demand' for Trentham Estate summer concerts overwhelms...

April 3, 2017, 8:10 am

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More than 6,500 people rushed to get their hands on the Trentham Estate's summer concert tickets in the first three hours of them going on sale – so much so the hotline has been overwhelmed.Tickets for the eagerly-anticipated concerts, which includes a bit of everything from Motown to rock and the Spice Girls to Coldplay, became available at 12pm today and such was the clamour for them, people were queuing online two hours beforehand.This year, the Trentham Estate introduced a special...

Matt_Simpson published VIDEO: Experience Tunstall Park as you never have before

April 3, 2017, 9:25 am

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While many of us will have enjoyed a stroll through Tunstall Park, you could probably count on one hand the people who have experienced it from the air.Thanks to some fantastic drone footage provided by amateur photographer Barry Stevenson, people can now enjoy a bird's eye view of the park in all its glory.Barry, aged 61, from Fegg Hayes, has enjoyed photography since he was a teenager and now, with the advent of drone technology, he has been able to get a new perspective on areas in and around...

Dave_Knapper published VIDEO: Balloon release marks anniversary of little Bronwyn...

April 3, 2017, 9:38 am

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Children released dozens of balloons today to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of a toddler in a tragic accident.The grieving parents and siblings of little Bronwyn Taylor joined youngsters at Newcastle's Southlands Creche for the poignant tribute.It was organised to remember the 16-month-old tot who died on April 2 last year after she became entangled in a blind cord at her grandparents' home.Read more: Mum's heartbreak: "He's an angel, but we wish we got to keep him"Since...

The Sentinel commented Court round up: The latest cases from the region's courts

April 3, 2017, 9:44 am

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Here are the latest cases from North Staffordshire Justice Centre and Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court:NEWCASTLEJack Purves, aged 20, formerly of King Street, Newcastle, pleaded guilty to rape. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court after a report is prepared on him by a probation officer.Read more: CCTV appeal: Do you recognise 'wanted' man after armed robbery at shop?STOKE-ON-TRENTThief Michael Haddon has been jailed for 28 weeks. The 29-year-old admitted...

The Sentinel published Lou Macari: Stoke City must show more fight at Burnley

April 3, 2017, 10:00 am

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"One thing's for sure, Stoke had better show more fight at Burnley than they appeared to show at Leicester on Saturday.I wasn't there at the King Power, but it didn't look or sound good.Burnley away is tricky at the best of times and we all know earlier in the season they were being praised for having one of the best home records in the Premier League.They haven't won for seven games since winning more praise for drawing at home to Chelsea - and that run includes an embarrassing home defeat...

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April 3, 2017, 10:11 am

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Police are hunting masked robbers who left a security guard with injuries after attacking him as he collected cash from a supermarket.Two men armed with a wheel brace approached the G4S security guard after he pulled up in his van to pick up money from Aldi in Meir Park this afternoon.They then threatened the victim before launching the assault and leaving him with a leg injury.The pair fled with a 'quantity of cash' in a black Alfa Romeo. Read more: Man, 21, due in court charged with causing...

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MikeBaggaley published Coors League: Cup win, thrillers, poetry and bizarre celebration

April 3, 2017, 10:11 am

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OSSMA Blurton are the new Premier Division Cup champions after winning the eagerly-awaited final against Chell Heath Knave at Newcastle Town. A crowd of more than 250 turned up, and saw Blurton claim a convincing 5-1 win thanks to two goals from Angelo Errico and strikes from Matt Barlow, Matt Haddrell and Simon Howle. Aiden Leech netted a late consolation for Chell Heath who couldn't match their title rivals.Angelo Errico scored twice in OSSMA Blurton's cup win over Chell Heath Knave So,...

The Sentinel published Campaigners protest over NHS bed closures

April 3, 2017, 10:14 am

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Campaigners have staged a protest against the closure of dozens of hospital beds.They waved placards after gathering outside Hanley's Potteries Museum and Art Gallery earlier today. It was organised by North Staffordshire Pensioners' Convention just days after all 64 beds closed at Bradwell Hospital.That means every community hospital bed has already been mothballed at Bradwell, Cheadle and Longton - to only leave beds open at Burslem's Haywood Hospital and Leek Moorlands Hospital.Read more:...

Becky_Loton published VIDEO: The Band musical is coming to Stoke-on-Trent - and Take...

April 3, 2017, 10:15 am

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Boyband Take That can't wait to visit Stoke-on-Trent – as their musical The Band is set to arrive in the city later this year. Tickets are now on sale for the show at Hanley's Regent Theatre and are expected to sell fast.It will be somewhat of a homecoming for Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald after they used to visit former bandmate Robbie Willliams' Tunstall home in their 1990s heyday.Read more: Robbie Williams: I always root for Stoke … against anyone other than Port...

PeteSmith published Stoke v Man City FA Youth Cup semi-final LIVE: All action and...

April 3, 2017, 10:30 am

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Stoke host Manchester City tonight in the second leg of the FA Youth Cup semi-final. The Potters have reached this stage of the competition for the first time since 1984 but were given a rude awakening in the first leg when they were beaten 6-0 at Man City's Academy Stadium. A spot in the final against Chelsea might almost already be out of reach but Kevin Russell's side are hoping to benefit from the experience of pitting themselves against the best. Chelsea beat Spurs 9-2 on aggregate in...

The Sentinel published Have you got yours? 'I was 850th in the queue for Trentham Estate...

April 4, 2017, 4:03 am

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More than 11,000 tickets have been snapped up for this year's Trentham Estate summer concerts in just 24 hours. The estate's call-handlers and website became overwhelmed by the demand for tickets as the attraction's 12 concerts went on sale at 9am yesterday.The 80s concert had sold out by 5pm yesterday - as one customer reported being 850th in the queue for tickets. Gazebo spaces at seven of the concerts have also sold out.Read more: Former student at Stoke-on-Trent's top school found dead after...

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April 4, 2017, 4:08 am

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Thief Kimberley Bradburn was stopped as she headed out of a supermarket with £140 worth of booze she hadn't paid for.North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard the 32-year-old had committed the offence in an effort to help her brother find accommodation.Now Bradburn, who admitted a single charge of theft from a shop, has been told to pay fines and costs of £105 following the incident at Tesco.Read more: Police called to street after woman kept children awake by shouting and banging...

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April 4, 2017, 4:24 am

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David Moyes has been slammed for suggesting he might give a female reporter a slap. Good-humoured banter or the language of a misogynistic dinosaur? John Woodhouse investigatesWhen Jim Davidson leaps to your defence, you know you're in trouble. After David Moyes was condemned for telling a female journalist she might "get a slap" for asking a difficult question, the comedian tweeted that he was "sick to death" of political correctness. "Moyes," said Davidson, had...

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April 4, 2017, 4:43 am

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Police are hunting for a tenant after finding 18 cannabis plants inside a Stoke-on-Trent house.Officers made the discovery after raiding a home in Hutchinson Walk, Longton, yesterday.The raid was carried out as part of Staffordshire Police's ongoing 50-50 crime crackdown.Read more: Have you got yours? 'I was 850th in the queue for Trentham Estate summer concert tickets'A police spokesman said: "The 18 cannabis plants have now been removed and destroyed. Inquiries are ongoing to locate the...

JennyAm published Fitness - exercises to target your abdominal muscles

April 4, 2017, 4:48 am

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Craig Silkens, a sports massage therapist and personal trainer at M Club, shares some of his favourite exercises to target abdominal muscles.With the sun starting to make an appearance I've noticed the gym getting busier with people getting their beach bodies ready. But as well as the obvious reasons for training the abs, a recent study came up with 10 other good reasons why it is important to train the trunk regularly.1. It tightens the abdominal structures involved in movement and improves the...

cwarbrook published The Way We Were: The Boulevard, Tunstall: Then and Now

April 4, 2017, 5:35 am

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Readers may recall when this building was a branch office for The Sentinel.The office, in The Boulevard, Tunstall, is pictured in 1973, featuring a display of press photographs in the window.The street was called Station Road until the 1960s, when it was cut in half by a new bypass road and renamed The Boulevard.Station Road used to be part of the 'monkey run', where gangs of young people congregated and paraded around the streets, mainly on Saturday and Sunday evenings.Before being...

kawales published Is this football's worst behaved team?

April 4, 2017, 6:10 am

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Think you have seen it all on a football pitch? Well think again… this team of bad boys even go in for kneeing the referee in the head when they can't get their own way.Okay, the old-timers out there will claim football was much more of a man's game in their day, but even they might have blanched at the thought of taking on Portuguese "hooligan" side Canelas, the Porto-based outfit who have made the news back home after that assault on a match official.Read more: Cricket:...

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April 4, 2017, 6:25 am

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Police are hunting a robber who threatened a man with a knife before stealing his cash in a terrifying city centre attack.The 30-year-old victim, from Stoke, was in Town Road, Hanley, when he was approached by the man asking where to sell his mobile phones.He then went to the man's car where a knife was pulled on him before his money was stolen.Read more: Police called to street after woman kept children awake by shouting and banging doorsNow police have launched an urgent appeal for witnesses...