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yahoo.com | Jonathan Sutton |SHEHNAZ KHAN
Pottery workers campaigning to save a factory which has gone into liquidation have said soaring energy prices are to blame. Moorcroft Pottery in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, ceased trading at the end of April with the loss of 57 jobs, following 112 years of trading. Former workers have said the jobs represented a total of 1,500 years of combined service and skills, and hope a takeover bid will be accepted by the deadline on 4 June.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Kerry Ashdown |SHEHNAZ KHAN
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The council is set to allow audio recording in taxis following a number of assaults on driversTaxi drivers and passengers will soon be able to record audio in South Staffordshire cabs by pressing a "panic switch" under new measures to improve safety. The local authority is set to allow CCTV with audio recording to be installed in cabs, following a consultation with taxi drivers and users last year.
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Mar 23, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | David Lumb |SHEHNAZ KHAN
Bereaved families who lost loved ones to coronavirus have attended an anniversary event to mark five years since the first national lockdown. Dozens gathered for a day of reflection at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire, on Sunday. Lucia Giordano, whose parents Joan and Francesco died within 12 days of each other in 2021, said they were together for almost 50 years.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | SHEHNAZ KHAN |Elliot Webb
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysA plastic bag attic find that contained original Winnie the Pooh manuscripts and drawings and other papers linked to the bear's creator AA Milne has sold at auction for £95,000.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | SHEHNAZ KHAN
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two people were injured last summer. West Midlands Police said the arrest followed an incident in Clapgate Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, on 28 August where a man suffered a gunshot wound and another man a fractured skull. A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder on Saturday night. The arrest followed a short foot chase after officers stopped a suspicious vehicle, police said.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | SHEHNAZ KHAN |Ethan Saunders
A former soldier who runs bushcraft classes for army veterans is trying to rebuild his campsite after it was damaged during Storm Darragh. Mick Vaughn set up Staffordshire Bushcraft CIC (community interest company) in woodland near Stafford, offering survival classes for veterans on weekends. But the site, on the grounds of Sandon Hall, was "completely flattened" during high winds from the storm in December.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Will Jefford |SHEHNAZ KHAN
A man has been arrested in connection with the attempted abduction of a three-year-old girl in Wolverhampton. West Midlands Police received reports that a man tried to pick up and take the girl while she was outside a house on Leicester Street at about 17:15 GMT on Thursday. He was stopped by the child's mother and is then understood to have left in the direction of Harrow Street.
