Who's been up in court? The latest cases from North Staffordshir...
HANLEY: ACCUSED Richard Ollerhead has admitted two offences of shop theft, being drunk and disorderly and failing to answer bail. The 41-year-old, of Portland Street, is due to be sentenced at North...
View ArticleThe Way We Were: Looking back to Fenton of yesteryear
MADAM, – I lived all my life in Fenton, until my marriage.As a young child, I lived in Edward Street.There was a lovely hostelry at the Victoria Road end, and a nice family-run sweet shop at the other...
View ArticleThe Way We Were: Seeing double! Class had eight pairs of twins
WITH eight pairs of twins in the same class, the teacher and children could have been left seeing double.But because most of the pairs were mixed sex twins, the potential for confusion at the Fenton...
View ArticlePolice want to track down 'suspicious' dog-walker taking ...
POLICE are stepping up patrols around one of Stoke-on-Trent's biggest parks – after concerns about a dog-walker taking photographs. The force was contacted by a concerned member of the public who...
View ArticleUninsured driver took police on 6-mile chase through city
DANGEROUS driver Peter Hemmings took police on a six-mile chase through the city – because his car was not insured. The 23-year-old 'panicked' when he saw the officers and took off at speeds of up to...
View ArticleFenton drug dealer, 63, narrowly avoids jail after police...
SIXTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Melvin Franklin grew thousands of pounds worth of cannabis to smoke himself and sell for profit.Police executed a search warrant at the defendant's Fenton home after smelling...
View ArticleInquest will take place into the death of Fenton man found dead...
THE inquest into the death of a 59-year-old man who was found dead in a bath at his home will take place next year.The body of Keith Tunstall was discovered at his Fenton home on June 27.Following his...
View ArticleCommunity group looking for misssing competition winner
A COMMUNITY group is appealing for help to find a competition winner.East Fenton Does Matter Partnership was launched with the help of Rob Flello MP at the end of last month. The community partnership...
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COBRIDGE: TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Joshua Smith, of Kirby Street, Cobridge, pleaded guilty to attempted burglary and damaging property on November 11. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at...
View ArticleBurglars struck twice in one night to fund drug habits
DRUGGED-UP Ryan Lynd and Lindsey Owen burgled a Chinese takeaway and a house within minutes. The pair stole cash from the fast food restaurant while the owner was upstairs and a phone, jewellery and...
View ArticleNew care complex to bring 110 jobs to city
MORE than 100 jobs will be up for grabs with the opening of a care home. Shelton Care is to launch the recruitment drive after its plans for the 22-bed centre in Fenton were approved. It will be built...
View ArticleThe Way We Were: Does picture show Fenton in the snow?
MADAM, – Regarding the pictures of snow scenes sent in by Derrick Baddeley (The Way We Were, December 5).I think the photograph in the bottom right corner of page seven has been reproduced back to...
View ArticleSchool receives Government warning on 'poor' GCSE results
THE Government could intervene in the running of a city school after its GCSE results were branded as 'unacceptably low'. The concerns have been raised in a 'pre-warning notice' issued to Woodard...
View ArticleDoormen were hurt in knife attack at nightclub
TWO bouncers have been stabbed as they tried to break up a fight at a city centre nightclub. The door staff suffered 'puncture wounds' in the incident inside Hanley's Fiction nightclub in the early...
View ArticleBUSINESS AWARDS 016: Kendra uses personal experience to help land...
AT THE age of five, Kendra Deans was diagnosed with hearing impairment.Since then she has been required to wear two hearing aids and has specialised equipment at her Fenton home to help her in her...
View ArticleDeath of 36-year-old Fenton man 'unexplained'
POLICE are treating the death of a 36-year-old man as 'unexplained'.Emergency services were called out to Newmount Road in Fenton at about 6.30pm on Monday, December 21. West Midlands Ambulance Service...
View ArticleNew year, new you: Shape up in 2016 with exercises from Jim...
If you've piled on a few pounds over the Christmas period you've no doubt got a New Year's resolution to lose some weight. Over the past year fitness instructor Jim Williamson, who owns Evolve in...
View ArticleFamilies of South Indian heritage are keeping homeland's traditions alive in...
Members of Kerala Cultural Association are backing the Potteries to be named UK City of Culture
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