Shoplifter Gemma Grocott has been sent to prison after she was caught stealing cheese and Pimms.The 23-year-old took the goods from the Co-op in Hartshill – putting her in breach of a suspended sentence imposed less than three weeks before.Magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre decided to activate part of the suspended sentence following the thefts, and jailed her for 12 weeks.Prosecutor Steve Knowles said Grocott and co-accused Christopher Ollerhead were spotted in the...
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The Sentinel commented Thief caught on CCTV stealing TWENTY-TWO blocks of cheese from...
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The Sentinel published Penkhull sex offender, 36, fined for reporting to police late...
Sex offender Brett Silver has been fined £120 after he admitted failing to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offenders' register.The 36-year-old, of Dibden Court, Honeywall, Penkhull, was supposed to register his address with the police on March 23. But North Staffordshire magistrates heard he turned up at the police station a day late.Read more: JCB and DHL fined a total of £641k after worker suffered 'multiple injuries'Andrew Bennett, mitigating, said the...
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The Sentinel published Court round-up: Latest cases from Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court and...
PENKHULLA 21-year-old man has appeared in court accused of wielding a baseball bat in the street.Hassan Mir, of James Street, Penkhull, pleaded not guilty at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court to two charges of threatening another with an offensive weapon. The offences are alleged to have taken place on August 13 last year.The case was adjourned for a trial, which will be held on a date to be fixed. Mir was bailed.BENTILEETwo people have appeared in court accused of attempted burglary.Shaun Aspinall,...
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PeteSmith published Stoke City news and transfer gossip LIVE: Bournemouth reaction,...
Stoke City scored a welcome away goal ... in fact they got two - but they only earned a point in the end as Bournemouth claimed a 2-2 draw.
Still, it was a point that ensured both clubs will be playing in the Premier League next season. For Stoke, that will take them up to a decade in the top flight, no mean feat considering a certain bookies was paying out on relegation after their opening game.
Mame Diouf was on the scoresheet for the first time in almost a year after he was given a run...
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The Sentinel published Crewe boss Dave Artell ready for huge summer as he eyes up 15 to...
David Artell says the 4-1 final day win over Barnet was the ideal way to head into an important summer for the club.The manager was purring at the performance which was capped by a Chris Dagnall hat-trick and a George Cooper strike.And he says he is now ready to attack the preparations for next term.Artell said: "All credit to the players, everyone who stepped on the pitch were terrific. We'll got into the summer in a positive frame of mind."There were too many (good performers) to...
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PeteSmith commented Danny Murphy: Bournemouth midfielder Harry Arter's tackle on...
Match of the Day pundits had no doubt in agreeing with Mark Hughes that Harry Arter deserved a red card for his two-footed lunge on Joe Allen.Arter was fortunate to stay on the pitch when he caught Allen in the first half of Stoke's 2-2 draw at Bournemouth yesterday. Referee Paul Tierney took his time to make a decision then only produced a yellow card.Hughes was flummoxed while Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe suggested it would have been considered a good tackle in a bygone age.READ MORE:...
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PeteSmith published Bournemouth's late leveller against Stoke was ONSIDE, rule...
Stoke fans, players and management were feeling aggrieved when Josh King got behind the back line to force a late equaliser yesterday.A Lys Mousset own goal had given the Potters a 1-0 half-time lead at Bournemouth and Marko Arnautovic had a golden chance to make it two before Junior Stanislas levelled just after the hour mark.The visitors grew in dominance, however, and Mame Diouf seemed to have scored a winner when he scrambled home from close range in the 73rd minute.READ MORE: Stoke news and...
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MikeBaggaley published Port Vale: Kevin Jones reveals plans after offering £1.25m...
Kevin Jones believes his inside knowledge at Vale Park would give him a head start in running the Valiants if he can agree a deal with owner Norman Smurthwaite.Jones has revealed he has tabled a £1.25m offer for the club, matching the bid from Burslem-based IT firm Synectics Solutions.His own technology company, Manorshop, took over from Synectics as the sponsors of Vale's Railway Stand last summer after the Synectics deal expired. The 42-year-old businessman also won the contract to...
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PeteSmith published Bournemouth 2 Stoke 2: Never mind Paddy Power, Potters book a...
Stoke's fate was sealed after one game, at least according to one famous publicity stunt.It had taken 23 years to get back into the top flight – a gap so long that the division had been revamped and rebranded and had seemed like a different world from the one which Stoke had plummeted from in 1985.But when the Potters' first match after promotion ended in a 3-1 defeat at Bolton, Paddy Power paid out to all those who had bet on Tony Pulis's side being swiftly relegated. The idea, which cost...
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Martin_Spinks published Bournemouth 2 Stoke City 2: Player ratings after twists and turns...
BUTLAND: No chance with the goals and little else to do shot-stopping wise 6JOHNSON: A mixed bag of quality on the ball going forward, but steady head defensively 6MUNIESA: Plenty of gaps to police down the Bournemouth right from where both their goals originated 6SHAWCROSS: Composed figure, apart from the moment he realised he'd conceded that desperately unlucky own goal 7Read More: Stoke City boss claims Bournemouth star should have been sent offMARTINS INDI: Same as always, did his defensive...
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RichardAult published WW1: 'Moles' worked under the enemy to plant charges
The mines detonated beneath the German defences at Messines Ridge in Flanders caused one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history – and was reportedly heard in London. RICHARD AULT reports on Lance Corporal William Austin, one of the brave tunnellers who helped to lay the mines...
Lance Corporal William Austin was used to working deep underground in difficult, claustrophobic conditions – but this was nothing like coal mining.He was one of the 'Moles' with the 254th Royal...
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PeteSmith published Gossip: Stoke, Southampton, West Ham and West Brom scouts spotted...
Stoke scouts were apparently spotted in the Bundesliga on Friday evening to take in Cologne's 4-3 win over Werder Bremen.It has led Bild to speculate that they were casting their eye over Cologne's form striker Anthony Modeste, aged 29, who has rebuilt his reputation following a loan spell alongside Steven Nzonzi at Blackburn Rovers back in 2012.Modeste has scored 40 times in 66 league appearances for Cologne since joining from Hoffenheim in 2015 and has got 27 in 35 games in all this season...
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PhilCorrigan commented General Election: Stoke-on-Trent Labour MP: 'Jeremy Corbyn will...
Labour MPs in North Staffordshire are fearing another drubbing at the polls following their party's hammering in the local elections. The Conservatives secured a landslide victory in Staffordshire last week, winning 51 out of 62 county council seats, with Labour left with just 10.With the General Election less than five weeks away, many within Labour have now given up all hope of winning power on June 8. And with leadership a key issue for many voters, Jeremy Corbyn has come under renewed fire...
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P_Cullinane published VIDEO: Our Heroes - Brave Skye, 7, to undergo life-changing op...
Brave schoolgirl Skye Twyford is to undergo a life-changing operation to help her walk – after a successful £21,000 fund-raising campaign.
The seven-year-old has cerebral palsy and can only get around with the help of a frame and a wheelchair.
Medics had ruled she was suitable for pioneering surgery but the procedure is no longer funded by the NHS following a safety review.
Now the Port Vale season ticket-holder Skye is to have the selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) treatment...
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Jack_Furness commented VIDEO: Villagers step up fight against Vodafone's plans for a...
Dozens of families fear their 'picturesque' village's skyline will be destroyed – if a towering phone mast is put up in the conservation area.They have formed an action group to stop telecoms giant Vodafone installing the '57ft monstrosity' on a verge near The Plough pub, in Leek Road, Endon. Their concerns centre on the impact the mast will have on the landscape and historic features.And at their first public meeting, more than 60 residents agreed to bombard Staffordshire Moorlands...
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cwarbrook published Bulldozers move in on former Mitchell High School in Bucknall -...
Demolition work has started at an arson-hit former high school – six years after pupils moved out.Stoke-on-Trent City Council is knocking down the old Mitchell High School after the site was targeted by fly-tippers and vandals.At one stage police were called out 30 times in just three months to deal with children breaking into the derelict building, in Corneville Road, Bucknall.The council even had to bring in a private security firm to continuously monitor the boundary.But now work has...
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P_Cullinane published Derelict Stanfield building put up for auction with an asking...
Fed-up residents are hoping that an 'eyesore' building will be snapped up at auction and turned into a shop.
The derelict property on the corner of Dolly's Lane and Haywood Road, Stanfield, has been a magnet for vandals after being boarded up years ago.
Now it is to go under the hammer this evening with an asking price of £90,000.
Families living nearby want the buyer to turn the building, opposite The Goose Inn, back into a grocery store.
Read more: Fancy buying this former hotel...
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MikeBaggaley published Kevin Jones doesn't want bidding war with Synectics Solutions for...
Port Vale sponsor Kevin Jones says he is not interested in starting a bidding war after revealing he has offered £1.25m for the club.The 42-year-old businessman's offer matches the bid tabled by Burslem-based IT firm Synectics Solutions who went public with their offer on Friday. Both offers are for the club and ground. Jones, from Kidsgrove, has revealed his own interest as the head of a consortium which also includes two unnamed local businessmen.His IT company Manorshop have sponsored...
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KathieMcInnes published VIDEO: New £500k special school to open in former Bucknall...
A new special school is to open its doors in Stoke-on-Trent to cater for autistic pupils and other children who have struggled to cope in mainstream classrooms.Around £500,000 has been invested in transforming a former care home in Cambrian Way, Bucknall, into Aurora Hanley School.The independent school is expected to be up and running by this summer and will educate young people from the age of six up to 19.It will offer 40 places for youngsters with a range of needs, including Asperger's...
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RichardAult commented Former first citizens' anger at lack of Mayor's Parlour in new...
Former first citizens have hit out at the £15.4 million civic hub due to open in the summer – because it will not have a mayor's parlour.Newcastle Borough Council insists its new Castle House will still have a place where future mayors can receive visitors.But former mayoress Angela Cooper believes the failure to retain the parlour is wiping out '800 years of history'.Mrs Cooper, who was mayoress in 2008/9, when her husband John served as mayor, is also angry at being asked to take...
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