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999 Event to Offer Advice

AN EVENT is being held today to raise awareness of a community safety partnership. The special 999 event, organised by Stafford Borough Council, will take place in the town's Market Square from 10am to 4pm today, as it is the ninth day of the ninth month in 2009.

Plan for Second Mast On Street Is Uprooted by Tree ; Opposition to Phone Proposal Grows

FAMILIES are close to winning the fight against plans to build a second mobile phone mast in their street. Residents in Gallowstree Lane, Thistleberry, have objected to Orange's proposals to build a 12-metre high monopole just across the road from an existing mast.

Heat 2: The Finalsts

THE BADDARENAS: The street dance group is made up of sisters Chantelle and Alicia McEwen and friend Georgia Birch. Georgia, aged 13, from Stoke, said: "It's so good to be able to perform in front of so many people, and show them what you can do."

'She Walked Free As If She Hasn't a Care in the World' ; Anger of Paralysed Victim Whose Attacker 'Got Away with It'

Single mother-of-one Jeanette Crawford was yesterday given a suspended prison sentence for assaulting June Wooliscroft. The incident has left the 61-year-old paralysed and unable to care for herself. Reporter Emma King talks to the victim and her daughter about the consequences of the assault PRIOR to July 4, 2008, June Wooliscroft was a happy, confident, outgoing woman. She lived with her daughter Helen in Goddard Street, Longton, worked as a cleaner at the Last Post pub in Transport Lane, L...

Teen Suffers Head Injuries

A TEENAGE girl suffered potentially serious head injuries following an incident in Hanley. Ambulance crews were called to the scene in Bucknall Old Road at 8.25pm on Monday.

Harness Your Firm's Energy

ENERGY experts will be exploring issues which businesses face at a free environmental event. RE:think Energy, which is supported by Staffordshire County Council and funded by Advantage West Midlands, has joined forces with the Midlands Environmental Business Company to host the session on October 15.

Family Group Name Switch

A PIONEERING service which aims to give impartial advice to families on a wide range of issues is changing its name - to make more people aware of the help it can give. The Family Information Service (FIS), run by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, offers help to families or carers looking after children and young people up to the age of 19. Under its old name, Parent Direct, it was the first service in the country to offer such a service to parents with children aged over eight.

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Rangers Undone by Second-Half Southport Salvo

TWO goals in six second-half minutes thwarted Stafford Rangers' hopes of causing an upset as they lost 4-2 at Southport last night. But a shock Rangers victory had looked on the cards after first- half strikes from Nick Wellecomme and Steve Thompson handed them the advantage at the break. Rangers had the better of the early chances, with Levi Reid forcing Southport keeper Tony McMillan into a good save on nine minutes. But Stafford then fell behind on 14 minutes when Paul Barratt's corner ski...

Youngsters Treated Well at Chelsea, Says Worley

CREWE loan defender Harry Worley has jumped to Chelsea's defence in the aftermath of Fifa's transfer ban on the Premier League giants. Worley was among a pool of talented young players recruited by Chelsea from smaller clubs across the UK and abroad. Crewe technical director Dario Gradi has joined former Chelsea supremo Ken Bates in condemning the manner in which big clubs raid the small.

Duo Seek to Regain Titles

VALUABLE points are at stake in Saturday's Ipstone five-mile road race as Ben Gamble and Ruth Watchorn-Rice bid to retain their North Staffs Road Runners crowns. The Ipstones event, on the local athletics calendar since 1978, is the 18th leg of the 20-race Road Runners series, and Gamble and Watchorn-Rice will be going all out to win.

Radcliffe in the Running for Half Race

PAULA Radcliffe will race in the World Half-Marathon Championships in Birmingham next month. The 35-year-old, who opted not to run the marathon at last month's World Championships in Berlin, was yesterday named in the Great Britain team for the event on October 11.

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STAFFS: Horse owners and riders are being invited to join an initiative to help prevent and tackle equine crime. The Horsewatch scheme is being re-launched in Staffordshire and will be coordinated by PC Kate Hardt. The meetings follow several thefts of equine equipment in rural locations in recent weeks. PC Hardt said: "Horsewatch, which is similar to Neighbourhood Watch, is a great way of connecting horse lovers and preventing crime. Participants will be offered, among other things, security...

'Housing Plan Will Ruin All Our Work' ; Noise, Traffic and Parking Threat to Charities

TWO charities are fighting plans for a major housing and business development over fears it will reduce the services which they are able to offer. Pottery firm Emma Bridgewater will be the cornerstone of the Renew North Staffordshire application to develop an area off Lichfield Street, Hanley, as part of its City Waterside regeneration project.

Team Motivation? 'Thank You Mr Bilic,' Says Fabio ; World Cup England V Croatia Itv1 (8pm Kick-Off)

ENGLAND boss Fabio Capello has thanked Slaven Bilic for providing the team-talk ahead of their World Cup qualifier at Wembley tonight and will simply tell his players to remember what the Croatia manager has branded them. Capello's men can qualify for South Africa with victory against the side that denied them a place at Euro 2008 - but there is the added incentive of proving Bilic wrong after he stirred up the mind games this week.

'If It Wasn't for the Nhs, I'd Be Dead' ; Graham Beats the Odds to Survive Life-Threatening Illness

RETIRED prison worker Graham Owen says he owes his life to the NHS - and his wife - after beating the odds to survive a life- threatening illness. No more than one-in-three patients with a ruptured aortic aneurysm reach hospital alive and 20 per cent of those who do fail to make it to theatre.

Mp Intervenes to Help Sailing Club Battle

AN MP has warned an awardwinning sailing club for the disabled could be forced to close unless it wins its battle for a boat store. Sailability was granted permission for a boathouse at Rudyard Lake after a public inquiry.

'I Watched Death Crash Cars Racing' ; Witness Tells of A500 Vehicles Side-by-Side

A SECURITY guard told a court he saw two cars speed past him "side-by-side" before two men lost their lives in a road accident. Richard Evans said he was driving home from his job at Tesco, Kidsgrove, on the D-road's southbound carriageway when he saw the vehicles coming towards him on the other side of the road.