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30 days to save Wedgwood?

Update: 30 days to save Wedgwood?

WORKERS have been told production will continue for a month at Wedgwood – but its future depends on finding a buyer.

Administrator Deloitte held meetings with staff yesterday, after being called in by the ailing potter, and told them it would be business as usual when they...

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NHS chief jailed for lying on CV

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A MAN who lied on his CV to get one of the most senior NHS jobs in Stoke-on-Trent was behind bars tonight.Lee Whitehead had been appoin...

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Police plea over Boxing Day assault

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POLICE today appealed for a woman who may have witnessed a Boxing Day assault to come forward. Officers say the domestic incident,...

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£5,000 stolen in robbery

Latest: £5,000 stolen in robbery

A MASKED raider stole thousands of pounds in cash after threatening a worker in a bookmakers. Cheshire Police are hunting the robber...

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£1million tearoom for Trentham Gardens

TAKING SHAPE: From left, Ben Watts, Trentham maintainance manager, Andy Renshaw, of Globe Management Services   and Michael Walker, gardens and estates manager by the site of the  tearooms. Inset, how it will look.  Pictures: Clare Jennings

VISITORS at a tourist attraction will soon be able to enjoy refreshments in a £1 million cafe. Trentham Gardens unveiled plans for a...

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Happy Christmas for high street stores

Happy Christmas for high street stores

HIGH street retailers offered a glimmer of hope today as they posted better-than-expected Christmas trading figures. Clothing chain...

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Can you spot the difference?

ALL IN A NAME: Lord Mayor Derek Capey with the city's charter  complete with hyphens. Right, The PCT's London Road HQ.

A WHITEHALL gaffe has led to the NHS changing the name of the city to Stoke on Trent - but can you work out what's changed?

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Complaints force new police policy

Complaints force new police policy

STAFFORDSHIRE Police has introduced a new charter for dealing with the public after the force was ranked second worst in the country...

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Meet the family with a pet pig (VIDEO)

Meet the family with a pet pig (VIDEO)

THE Lawton family's much-loved pet likes walkies, a stroke, snuggling up on the sofa and occasionally gets told off for chewing a shoe....

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Calls for civic honour after Phil 'The Power' Taylor's 14th world championship

Calls for civic honour after Phil 'The Power' Taylor's 14th world championship

CIVIC leaders have joined darts fans in paying tribute to Potteries icon Phil Taylor. The Power has been described as an ambassador and...

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Gillian forced to track down 1929 document so she can bury mum

DISGUSTED: Gillian Wilson, and below, her mum Joan Cook.

GRIEVING Gillian Wilson was told she could not bury her mother until she paid up to £990 to release her family's burial plot. Stoke-on...

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Stoke City defender Abdoulaye Faye escapes suspension

Breaking News: Stoke City defender Abdoulaye Faye escapes suspension

STOKE defender Abdoulaye Faye is available for Saturday's visit of Liverpool after the Football Association owned up to an administrative error over his disciplinary record.

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Port Vale loanee Gareth Owen recalled by Stockport

Breaking News: Port Vale loanee Gareth Owen recalled by Stockport

PORT Vale's hopes of signing defender Gareth Owen were dashed today when Stockport recalled him from his loan spell at Vale Park.

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Stoke City: We'll come out fighting, says Sorensen

Stoke City: We'll come out fighting, says Sorensen

STOKE City keeper Thomas Sorensen insists the shock FA Cup loss to Hartlepool will be firmly behind the team when Liverpool arrive at...

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Port Vale: Collins ready to extend stay

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VALE boss Dean Glover has revealed Championship side Wolves have agreed to allow loan defender Lee Collins to remain with the club...

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Port Vale: MacKenzie criticises 'negative' fans

PARTING SHOT: Neil MacKenzie has slammed 'negative' Port Vale fans on completion of his loan spell with the club.

UNWANTED loan midfielder Neil MacKenzie insists he would have rejected an extended stay with Port Vale after slamming the club's "negat...

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Crewe Alex: Match postponed

Head Groundsman John Huxley checking the condition of the pitch at Crewe Alex

CREWE Alexandra's League One match against Bristol Rovers at Gresty Road tonight has been postponed because of a frozen pitch.

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Darts: Taylor sets sights on more titles (VIDEO)

WORLD-BEATER: Phil Taylor celebrates with the Ladbrokes.com PDC World Championship trophy at  Alexandra Palace.  Photo: STEVE BOULD

PHIL 'The Power' Taylor is targeting a third decade of darting dominance.

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Claire's diet with a difference

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IN ENGLAND alone, nearly a quarter of men and women are obese, with lack of self discipline thought to be the leading factor.

Claire Sweeney first came to the public's attention as Lindsey Corkhill in Channel 4 soap Brookside, and as a screen and stage performer it is crucial she keeps herself slender and fit.

But it's a body...

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Loving the lady in the mirror

Loving the lady  in the mirror

When you're battling a serious illness it leaves you feeling low both physically and mentally, but a new service based at the Douglas...

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'I said yes as I don't know how long I've got'

DOREEN Wright leapt at the chance for a girly get-together and some pampering. The 74-year-old, who lives with husband David in Stone Road, Trentham, has a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin'...

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Sentinelle makeover: Janet Glaze (PICTURES)

Makeover for Janet Glaze

A makeover was just the tonic Janet Glaze, aged 48, needed following treatment for breast cancer. The mother-of-two and grandmother-of-...

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Two minutes with Clare Bainbridge

Two minutes with Clare Bainbridge

Clare Bainbridge, aged 37, from Rockside, Mow Cop, is a supply teacher and Kumon educational system instructor. A former gardening...

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'We help children less fortunate than our own'

Christina Rosamond and husband Brian.

Love was sweeter the second time around for Brian and Christina Rosamond, both licking their wounds after failed marriages when they...

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Taking simple steps gave Pauline new lease of life

Super Slimmer: Pauline Foy

Pauline Foy loved to get away with husband Terry, but when she found herself too out of breath to keep up with him on their walks, she...

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