The Sentinel - April 21, 2025

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In this issue

April 21, 2025

Trebles all round!

Hat-trick of awards as pub honoured yet again by real ale aficionados

2 mins

Go-ahead for £85m spend on huge town centre makeover

SPENDING £85 million on three major projects to transform a town centre has been approved.

2 mins

Council and cops pledge to tackle brawling city youths

Vow follows fights, ambushes and schools put in lockdown

2 mins

Are you ready for the rise in pension age?

THE state pension age in the UK is to start rising from 66 to 67 next year, with the increase expected to be completed for all men and women by 2028.

1 min

Appeal lodged on plans for eight homes

AN APPEAL has been lodged after planning officers refused an application to build houses near a former railway station.

1 min

'Red route will kill business!'

TRADERS fear double-red lines on one of Stoke-on-Trent's busiest roads 'will kill business.

1 min

£16m road repair cash 'very, very welcome'

COUNCIL chiefs will be able to repair more roads thanks to a Government windfall of almost £16m.

1 min

TGI Fridays shuts for good at city site

TGI Fridays has shut its Stoke-on-Trent restaurant forever.

1 min

'Play area's a mudbath and not up to scratch'

FAMILIES on a new-build estate are calling for improvements to the children's play area.

1 min

Miliband hits at Farage over net zero 'nonsense'

ED MILIBAND has accused Nigel Farage of peddling \"nonsense and lies\" by appearing to blame the Government's commitment to net zero for the crisis in the UK steel industry.

1 min

Poll predicts Reform UK would win most seats if an election was held now

REFORM UK would be on course to win most seats with no party close to an overall majority if an election were held imminently, a new poll suggests.

1 min

'Raising awareness and helping others is what Kev would have wanted'

A DAD who died of bowel cancer just days after sharing his story to raise awareness about the disease has helped save at least one life, his wife has revealed.

3 mins

Cleaver murder bid man has 'not told mum about attack'

A BON Pan Asian worker who tried to murder his boss with a meat cleaver after being sacked has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order.

1 min

'A bright future for Spode Works'

ANOTHER milestone has been achieved in the redevelopment of the Spode Works - as one of the many buildings in the historic Bottle Kiln Courtyard has been renovated.

1 min

HEART TO DART

IT'S EASY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS HISTORIC DARTMOOR CASTLE, AS RUTH MOSALSKI DISCOVERS

1 min

Cash in with cashback

Cashback offers with banking and personal finance apps Many banking and personal finance apps have their own cashback offers just waiting to be used you may already have one that does.

3 mins

Ops that just can't wait

WHEN you're lying nervously in a hospital bed ahead of surgery, the wait can feel never-ending.

1 min

ANTI-SOCIAL HOTSPOTS

POLICE received around a million complaints about anti-social behaviour last year, with thousands of neighbourhoods across the nation blighted by graffiti, noise nuisance, and intimidating gangs.

2 mins

Curse bites again as Kyren loses opener

KYREN Wilson fell victim to the 'Crucible Curse' as he crashed out in the first round of the World Snooker Championship in a dramatic 10-9 defeat to China's world number 39 Lei Peifan.

2 mins

Goal crazy as Bears put six past Runcorn

CONGLETON TOWN roared into the play offs of the Norther Premier League West Division for the first time by demolishing RUNCORN LINNÉTS 6-0 at the Cleric Stadium largely thanks to a Max McCarthy hat trick.

7 mins

Champers will likely have to wait for Vale

PORT Vale head into today's League Two clash at home to Grimsby Town with their promotion and title destiny still in their own hands.

3 mins

Robins lauds City's young 'trailblazers'

MARK Robins has congratulated Nathan Lowe and Sol Sidibe for nominations for EFL awards as he dreams of a Stoke City first team squad peppered by academy graduates.