Educating Rita: Review
Educating Rita follows no nonsense, Liverpudlian, Rita in her pursuit of knowledge and a greater understanding of well… “Everything”, and her unorthodox alcoholic Open University tutor, Frank. Louise Parkes reviews.
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We all love them, but where did they come from? – History of the Staffordshire oatcake
Bacon? Cheese? Or maybe even golden syrup? No matter how you eat your oatcakes, there’s no denying us Stokies definitely have our oatcakes and eat them.
Alsager Golf and Country Club ready to open new holes
Alsager Golf and Country Club is preparing to open new holes on the golf course in the coming days, with the head green keeper insisting there is a “great vibe around the place”.
The members of the golf club, which has now been open for over thirty years, voted on the course changes at last year’s annual general meeting.
Large cannabis factory with drugs worth 200k discovered in Burslem
Staffordshire Police have uncovered a cannabis factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent in the early hours of Wednesday (18 April).
Stoke man stabbed his victim in broad daylight while high on ‘monkey dust’
A Stoke-on-Trent man who stabbed his victim with a kitchen knife while high on ‘monkey dust’ was jailed yesterday (April 18).
Jack James, 23, of Selwyn Street, Stoke-on-Trent, stabbed his victim which resulted in a punctured lung and caused an artery to bleed.
Tesco in Kidsgrove goes pink to raise money for Cancer Research UK
Employees at a Tesco store in Kidsgrove have been raising money for Cancer Research UK by wearing pink to support the Race for Life events.
Pothole problem to finally be fixed by £10.7m council investment
Stoke-on-Trent City Council have today announced a multi-million pound investment for the roads around the city.
A total of £10.7m is going to be spent on road networks this financial year, with a further £3.4m in the pipeline for the future.
Stoke-on-Trent hurdler Seamus Derbyshire targets 2022 Commonwealth Games
Stoke-on-Trent teenager Seamus Derbyshire won the silver medal in the Commonwealth Youth Games 400 metre hurdles last year, and is now targeting the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022.
Did you know that an extra glass of wine can decrease your life by 30 minutes?
Drinking as little as an extra glass of wine a night could shorten your life by thirty minutes according to a new study.
Research carried out by The University of Cambridge, analysed 600,000 drinkers habits.
Longton man jailed for possession of child pornography
A 37-year-old man who was found with inappropriate images of children has been jailed today at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court (April 13).
Gordon Quick, 37, of Lightwood Road, Longton, was arrested on June 27 2017, after police conducted a search of his property.