Local BBC News
- Hospital inquiry 'could cost £1m'A public inquiry into failings at a Staffordshire hospital could cost the trust that runs it £1m, the chief executive says. […]
- Rail campaigner's walk continuesA campaigner opposed to the high-speed rail link walks through Warwickshire after starting in Staffordshire. […]
- Man killed in collision is namedA motorcyclist who died after colliding with a car in Staffordshire is named. […]
- Robbie turns on Blackpool lightsThousands are expected in Blackpool to watch Robbie Williams, from Staffordshire, switch on the illuminations. […]
- Former head guilty of sex abuseA former head teacher from Staffordshire is found guilty of of sexually abusing and beating boys. […]
- Prince invited to 'ghastly' cityAn MP invites Prince Philip to Stoke-on-Trent after Tony Blair claimed the prince once described it as "ghastly". […]
- Buzz offPupil welcomes calls for 'anti-teen' mosquito ban […]
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Pub & Club Life
Watch the decibel-level (80-plus) – and join the heard!!!!
ALL club committees and officers, plus pub-licensees MUST be made aware of the fact that legislation on noise-levels has changed! The Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 (introduced in 2006) now affects workers in the music and entertainment industries. This definition includes not only clubs, but also pubs (indeed, ANYWHERE that plays live-...
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‘The Power’ at Smallthorne Pioneer!!!!
IT’S all happening at Smallthorne Pioneer Club! On Thursday, August 13th, local darts ace, Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor, is appearing at the Chetwynd Street venue in a charitable fund-raising event for the Donna Louise Trust. The entry-fee on the night is £1, and, if players want to compete against Phil, they pay £2. “Their...
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Centennial celebrations for our local branch in June!!!!
THIS year of 2009 is a landmark one for the local branch of the CIU (Club and Institute Union)! Primarily, this is because the branch is one hundred years old (having been formed on June 21st, 1909), and the hope is that it will be able to celebrate this milestone with some kind of...
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The Club at Newchapel
Friday Night is ‘Party Night’ (with FREE Function Room) at this newly-renascent venue!!!! THERE’S so much going on at this newly-revived, Stoke-on-Trent venue that it’s hard to know where to begin detailing it all! Following a ‘rescue-mission’ (involving a new reformed management committee), The Club at Newchapel is continuing to go from strength to...
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Arrowing aces’ second fund-raiser in memory of Natalie at Knutton club!!!!
FOR the second time in twelve months, top darts players competed in a charity tournament at Knutton Ex-Servicemen’s Club in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust The event honoured the memory of Natalie Buckley, who died aged just 21, in August, 2007, having spent her life battling the debilitating lung-condition. Organised by her family,...
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