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1 month ago | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | PAHayley Parker |George Thompson |Hayley Parker
The family of a Staffordshire man who was killed by a psychiatric patient while walking his dog have said the incident was just the “beginning of our nightmare” as his attacker is allowed out on visits. Lewis Stone, a retired butcher, was on holiday in Borth, Mid Wales, when he was repeatedly stabbed by David Fleet in 2019. Fleet, who suffers schizophrenia, had been released from a secure psychiatric unit just 10 days before the incident.
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2 months ago | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Dave Higgens |PAHayley Parker |Hayley Parker
A Staffordshire 'Nazi' was among three men who believed a race war was imminent and were planning terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues, a jury has been told. Sheffield Crown Court heard that Christopher Ringrose, 34, of Staffordshire, Marco Pitzettu, 25, and Brogan Stewart, 25, were “right-wing extremists” who were preparing to use firearms, explosives and a range of bladed weapons in their attacks.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Mathilde Grandjean |PAHayley Parker |Hayley Parker
Aldi has beaten its supermarket rival Lidl to be named the UK’s cheapest supermarket of 2024, according to consumer website Which?. Using an independent price comparison website, the research tracked thousands of grocery prices across eight of the UK’s biggest supermarkets – Aldi , Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose – to find out how much each shop was charging for everyday items throughout the year.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Margaret Davis |PAHayley Parker |Flora Thompson |Hayley Parker
Staffordshire Police boss Chris Noble has dismissed claims two-tier policing as he defended his officers' actions during the Hanley riot. Chief constable Noble said it “does not make any sense for policing at all to show favouritism whenever we’re built on respect for the rule of the law”. His comments came after riots swept through Hanley and Tamworth, as well as other parts of the country in July and August, in the wake of the Southport stabbings.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | PAHayley Parker |Vicky Shaw |Hayley Parker
Stoke-on-Trent has been revealed to be the sixth cheapest place to get on the property ladder as first-time buyers race to beat new stamp duty rules. The Potteries is one of the most affordable cities in the country when comparing house prices to average salaries. Only Hull, Burnley, Blackpool, North West, West Dunbartonshire and Dumfries and Galloway have a better ratio.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Naomi Clarke |PAHayley Parker |Kerri-Ann Roper |Hayley Parker
Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting BBC cooking show MasterChef while complaints made by individuals about historical allegations of misconduct are externally reviewed. It comes as the 60-year-old faces allegations of inappropriate sexual comments from 13 people across a range of shows over a 17-year period, as reported by BBC News which said it sent a letter to the TV star’s representatives earlier this week.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Stephanie Wareham |PAHayley Parker |Hayley Parker
A dad who threw beer cans at police officers protecting a hotel full of asylum seekers and was bitten by a police dog has been jailed for 30 months. Tommy McQuaker, 29, will miss his daughter’s first birthday this weekend after he was ordered to serve at least 12 months in prison for his part in “extreme” disorder on August 4 outside Tamworth’s Holiday Inn Express hotel that arose in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | PAHayley Parker |Eleanor Barlow |Hayley Parker
A mum who kept her baby in a drawer under her bed until she was discovered weeks before her third birthday has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. The youngster, discovered at the family home in Cheshire, was found with matted hair, deformities and rashes.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | PAHayley Parker |Matthew Cooper |Hayley Parker
A woman who took a young boy to a post-Southport riot which saw an arson attack on a Staffordshire hotel has been jailed for more than two years. Aimie Hodgkinson-Hedgecox - who has 14 previous convictions involving 30 offences - pleaded guilty to violent disorder after being recorded shouting “incendiary and racist” remarks at police protecting asylum seekers housed at Tamworth’s Holiday Inn Express a day after trouble broke out in Hanley.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | PAHayley Parker |Matthew Cooper |Hayley Parker
A mum-of-two operated on by a disgraced breast surgeon was not told that other medical experts believed treatment he recommended was not the safest option, an inquest has heard. The third of 62 inquests being held on patients of Ian Paterson, who is serving a 20-year sentence for wounding, was told Christine Baker, originally from Stoke-on-Trent, died aged 59 in 2015, after putting her trust in his advice to have a “skin-sparing” mastectomy in 2005.
