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Don’t just sit and moan: Have your say on future of the Six Towns
The Wyg report says the city council is right to focus on Hanley as the retail centre of the city, but suggests Burslem and Fenton are downgraded. It was easy to spot the killer line in the report...
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We must help families whose children root through bins for food
Hollings Street where children have been seen rooting through bins. Don’t laugh, but I’ll admit I had a hard time believing our own story the other day. The headline certainly grabbed me: “Starving...
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It’s not just public sector workers who’ve been suffering
Union members on strike in Stoke. I was unfollowed on Twitter yesterday by someone who didn’t like the fact that I wasn’t throwing my weight 100 per cent behind the strike action taken by around one...
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Gender is irrelevant: It’s how good people are that matters…
Minister for Employment and Disabilities Esther McVey. It was less Night of the Long Knives and more Morning of the Rolling Pins in Downing Street this week as the Prime Minister gave us the first...
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I’d rather trust teachers in the sex education debate
What age (if at all) do you believe sex education should be taught in schools? As we stumble towards the general election, a few eye-catching policies are starting to trickle out from the main parties....
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No excuse for not playing your part in local democracy
One of the My City, My Say debates. This is one of those columns which I’m going to be slated for. This is one of those columns where I can’t win. Then again, as my forerunner – the late John Abberley...
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Afore ye go… what about the rest of the United Kingdom?
Are our flags about to change? This time next week we could be living in a very different country. Maps may have to be redrawn to remove the words ‘United Kingdom’. Certain flags may become obsolete...
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Could you join the army of hospice volunteers?
Yours truly in the kitchen at the Dougie Mac Hospice. If you are of an age, like me, and you’re born and bred in North Staffordshire, the chances are you will know someone who has received care at the...
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Army trials highlight the best of our youth
Officer candidates put through their paces at AOSB. ‘Are you sure, red one? Think carefully, red one.’ The Group Leader’s unflinching gaze bore into the nervous-looking young man stood in front of an...
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Time for city council to deliver after My City, My Say consultation…
The feedback event for the My City, My Say campaign. So that’s that. The My City, My Say consultation exercise organised by Stoke-on-Trent City Council is over. In all likelihood, you probably didn’t...
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