The Sentinel - April 11, 2025

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April 11, 2025

Margarita time again!

And karaoke, and bottomless brunch as cocktail bar opens in former Bloom premises

1 min

Shhh!

Don't tell anyone... but former city library could soon embark on new chapter as an events venue

2 mins

Trio jailed after violent attacks on city binmen

Group were armed with a gun, axe and a sledgehammer

7 mins

Help us to plate up!

CREATIVE youngsters are hoping their Staffordshire-themed plates will find favour in a public vote to mark the county's special day.

1 min

Dad, 82, 'feared he'd die' as son launched 'cruel attacks'

DRUG user Matthew Haywood twice attacked his 82-year-old dad.

2 mins

Water giant's pledge on link road

SEVERN Trent say it will finally build a link road for its Stoke-on-Trent sewage works - but only if two parcels of land are included in the city’s new local plan.

2 mins

Stop scrolling and set an example

AWAY on holiday for a few days recently I passed one of those odd little kiosks you only get in European cities.

2 mins

Tariff pause welcomed

THE European Union's executive commission has said it will put its retaliation measures against new US tariffs on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump's pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated solution.

1 min

Fire alert as temperature may hit 24C

HOT weather is set to bring highs of 24C to the UK as fire services continue to warn of wildfires across the country.

1 min

Grooming gang inquiries to go ahead, says Cooper

THE Home Secretary has insisted that local inquiries into grooming gangs in five towns will be going ahead despite accusations the plans were being watered down.

1 min

PM promise to listen to areas 'failed' by politics

POLITICS has failed communities across the UK for decades, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he promised change to bring an end to an era of “managed decline”.

1 min

History hunt sheds new light on B&B's past life as town workhouse

POIGNANT stories of paupers seeking shelter in the early 19th century have been rediscovered by a couple digging into the origins of the B&B they own.

1 min

Woman in hospital following three-car road smash

A WOMAN was taken to hospital following a three-vehicle collision in Bradeley.

1 min

£5.5m rocketing cost of transforming railway station

THE multi-million pound cost of transforming a town’s railway station is rocketing.

2 mins

'Caring' woman found dead at home after pal and a relative raised the alarm

'Intelligent' Amber had taken three medications

1 min

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

NOT to be confused with the Western film of the same name, The Magnificent Seven relates the story of seven care-home residents, who, in 1994, stage a plan to run away from their place of residence in order to attend the 50th anniversary of D-Day celebrations across the Channel in Normandy.

1 min

'We just want to support Aaron'

MORE than 100 friends and family of a man who has been given just four to eight weeks to live have gathered to raise money for charity - and to celebrate Aaron Lee.

1 min

I'm very grateful comedy worked out for me...there was no plan B

Have you ever been star-struck? All the time. I remember when I was 20 or something in Edinburgh and I saw Harry Shearer in a bar. He's the voice of Mr Burns and Smithers in The Simpsons and was the bass player in Spinal Tap. To people like me, that is as famous as it gets.

4 mins

It'll be nostalgia on steroids

IN just a few weeks when Robbie Williams steps under the lights of Murrayfield on the first night of his tour, he has one objective.

1 min

I didn't want to be a size zero woman taking down 300 men

VIOLA Davis is redefining what an action hero looks like. In the South Carolina actor's new blockbuster movie, G20, the almost 60-year-old is doing hand-to-hand combat, dodging bullets and taking out armed mercenaries - in a ballgown.

4 mins

Could Gareth Malone's latest test be too hard to Handel?

Gareth Malone is tackling Handel's Messiah with eight novice singers.

2 mins

TAKE 5 AND RELAX

AUDI has always had a reputation for creating capable, usable and rather understated performance estate cars.

3 mins

FIA chief quits over 'principles'

ROBERT Reid has resigned from his role as deputy president for sport at the FIA and accused the governing body of a \"breakdown in governance standards\".

1 min

Draper crashes out at the double

TENNIS Jack Draper crashed out at the last-16 stage of the Monte-Carlo Masters following a three-set defeat to Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

1 min

Cantona hits out at new regime

FORMER Manchester United forward Eric Cantona, above, has accused minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe of “destroying” the club.

1 min

'To top off my three player of the year awards with promotion would be perfect'

RYAN Croasdale values his Port Vale Players’ Player of the Year title more than others but said ‘to get all three was special’

3 mins

'Atmosphere was really good. It was a wonderful connection with all of those who were in the room'

DARREN Moore expressed his delight that Ryan Croasdale had picked up three player gongs at the Port Vale awards evening.

2 mins

'The players know what they have to do and seem up for the fight...'

STOKE City swing from one huge match to another in the battle to stay in the Championship.

3 mins

Lampard hit with charge after referee confrontation

COVENTRY manager Frank Lampard has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association following his team's Championship meeting with Burnley on Saturday.