The delivery driver sped off after the van she had been in crashed into a garden wall then ignored police when they signalled for her to pull over A teenager who sent a TEXT to a friend telling them “I’m being chased by the police” while leading cops on an 80mph pursuit has been spared jail. Delivery driver Charlotte Clowes, 19, sped off in a Ford Focus Transit van after it crashed into a garden wall.
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The death of Ukip and the birth of a new political era
As I predicted, Thursday’s by-elections have given Theresa May unchallenged domination of the domestic political landscape. Her win in Cumbria puts her in a position of strength which recalls Margaret Thatcher at the height of her powers in the early Eighties.
Labour wins Stoke by-election as UKIP leader FAILS t…
Labour’s Gareth Snell has held onto his party’s seat in Stoke-on-Trent Central after the UKIP leader failed in his bid to take the seat. UKIP had campaigned hard in the lead up to the by-election as Mr Nuttall tried to capitalise on the region’s overwhelming support for Brexit.
Corbyn faces tough test as voters go to the polls in two by-elections
Jeremy Corbyn is facing his toughest electoral test to date as voters go to the polls in two crunch by-elections in Labour’s traditional heartlands. The party is fighting to hold Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central in the face of strong challenges from the Conservatives and Ukip.
Bot out, Ukip tells Putin, as pro-Russia tweeters attack Paul Nuttall
Ukip has told Vladimir Putin to keep out of the Stoke by-election after typically pro-Russian Twitter accounts turned on party leader Paul Nuttall. The social media profiles have generally posted positive messages about the Kremlin’s bloody intervention in Syria while praising the Russian president, who has been accused of interfering in the US election.
a Patients urged to have say on healthcare in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire
Doctors are calling on patients and local people in northern Staffordshire to sign up to a scheme to ensure they have a voice in the way healthcare services are delivered in the area. Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Groups – the organisations responsible for buying healthcare services in the area – launched the “Our NHS” membership scheme as part of their continued commitment to putting patients at the front line of decisions about local care.
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall is campaigning to become MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Ukip has told Vladimir Putin to keep out of the Stoke by-election after typically pro-Russian Twitter accounts turned on party leader Paul Nuttall. The social media profiles have generally posted positive messages about the Kremlin’s bloody intervention in Syria while praising the Russian president, who has been accused of interfering in the US election.
Bot out, Ukip tells Putin, as pro-Russia tweeters attack Paul Nuttall
Ukip has told Vladimir Putin to keep out of the Stoke by-election after typically pro-Russian Twitter accounts turned on party leader Paul Nuttall. Ukip has told Vladimir Putin to keep out of the Stoke by-election after typically pro-Russian Twitter accounts turned on party leader Paul Nuttall.
Murderer on the run after escaping from prison officers during visit to hospital
Shaun Walmsley, 28, who police are hunting after two armed men helped him escape custody while on a hospital visit in Liverpool. A murderer who was serving a minimum of 30 years in prison is on the run after two armed men helped him escape during an escorted hospital visit.
Murderer on the run after escaping from prison officers during visit to hospital
Shaun Walmsley, 28, who police are hunting after two armed men helped him escape custody while on a hospital visit in Liverpool. A murderer who was serving a minimum of 30 years in prison is on the run after two armed men helped him escape during an escorted hospital visit.
Mr Nuttall said he had spent three hours speaking to officers with Operation Resolve
The under-fire parliamentary hopeful, who faced the resignation of two senior officials on Monday in protest at the party’s “crass insensitivity” over the tragedy, said he had spent three hours giving a witness statement to Operation Resolve. Mr Nuttall faced a fierce backlash and calls to resign as an MEP after it emerged claims that he lost close personal friends at Hillsborough were false.
PM steps up Brexit Bill pressure as she sits in on peers’ debate
Prime Minister Theresa May sits behind the Speaker, back row, as Baroness Smith of Basildon speaks in the House of Lords The House of Lords will conclude the first stage of a crucial Brexit debate after Theresa May and Boris Johnson ramped up pressure on them not to block or delay Britain’s exit from the European Union. In a highly unusual move on Monday, the Prime Minister sat on the steps in front of the Royal Throne in the Upper Chamber as Lords Leader Baroness Evans of Bowes urged peers not to frustrate the passage of the Brexit Bill.
Two senior Ukip officials quit over party’s ‘insensitivity’ about Hillsborough
The resignations are another blow to Ukip leader Paul Nuttall just days before the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election where he is hoping to oust Labour Stuart Monkcom, the chairman of leader Paul Nuttall’s own branch in Liverpool, and Adam Heatherington, chairman of the Merseyside regional branch, comments made by party figures had been “upsetting and intolerable” for the victims of the families. The announcement is another blow to Mr Nuttall just days before the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election where he is hoping to oust Labour.
Marcel Braithwaite Wins In Liverpool, Remains Unbeaten
Braithwaite, who trains at Golden Gloves ABC in the city and has been flawless in the paid code to date, didn’t produce his best but still came out with the win against game Jules Phillips at Fusion Nightclub. ‘The Chosen One’ had the superior skill and technique but throughout the four-round distance was far too concentrated on dispatching of his opponent who in defeat slipped to 0-3 inside the distance.
Civity UK Express Trains to be Delivered with TSA Motors
TSA was awarded by CAF, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, S.A. in Spain, to design and deliver traction motors for Civity UK, a low floor train solution which was developed for commuter and regional services. The train operator Civity UK will strengthen its service by purchasing 43 Civity electric trains which can reach a maximum speed of 160 km/h.
Vauxhall has plants in Ellesmere Port and Luton employing 4,500 staff
Business secretary Greg Clark will meet with Peugeot executives and the French government as he scrambles to secure thousands of British jobs at takeover target Vauxhall. The Press Association understands Mr Clark will travel by Eurostar to Paris tonight for separate meetings with French industry minister Christophe Sirugue and board members of PSA Group, which is in talks to acquire General Motors’ loss-making European operation.
Paul Nuttall clarified claims attributed to him about the Hillsborough disaster
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has told a party press officer who took the blame for an inaccurate claim that he lost “close personal friends” in the Hillsborough disaster that she can keep her job. Lynda Roughley offered to resign on Tuesday evening after her boss was forced to admit during a live radio interview that the claim – carried by his official website for six years – was wrong.
Council tax payers to face further hikes as Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service proposes rise
COUNCIL tax payers could continue to face hikes in their bills as Staffordshire Fire bosses look to save A 4.8m in the next three years. Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority is set to agree at a meeting on Wednesday to raise its council tax precept by 1.75 per cent from April.
Nobel laureate visits Dornsife’s speaker series
Nobel laureate Vernon Smith, commenting on society’s most basic structural elements, said that “the rules of property and modern conventions have ancient origins.” Commerce has existed since prehistoric times, and even primitive tribes increased their economic wealth through methods like specialization.
Labour has plenty of potential leaders if Corbyn quits, says campaign chief
Labour has “plenty” of potential leaders waiting in the wings should Jeremy Corbyn choose to stand down before the next general election, the party’s new campaign coordinator has said. Ian Lavery appeared to suggest that Mr Corbyn could decide to quit ahead of the expected 2020 Westminster poll, but insisted that was not the situation at present.
Labour has ‘plenty of leaders to pick from’ to replace Corbyn
Labour has “plenty” of potential leaders waiting in the wings should Jeremy Corbyn choose to stand down, the party’s new election coordinator has said. Ian Lavery said polling on shadow cabinet members was carried out in Manchester ahead of the upcoming mayoral election and such research was not “uncommon”.
Runcorn care home ‘requires improvement’ after number of unreported falls
A RUNCORN care home has been told it ‘requires improvement’ after inspectors found there had been a large number of unreported falls by residents. Health and social care watchdog the Care Quality Commission discovered that there had been 165 falls by people living at Norton Lodge since January 2016.
Huge fire at UK recycling centre sends blast of black toxic smoke…
This is the dramatic moment a massive inferno broke out at a plastic recycling centre and sent poisonous fumes across a UK city. Six crews dashed to Hanbury Plastics centre in Milton, Stoke-on-Trent, at 9.30am yesterday after the service received 78 calls in ten minutes about the blaze.
George Osborne defends six-figure sum roles on top of pay
My contribution to UK life, by five-jobs George: Osborne defends the roles that earn him six-figure sums on top of his MP’s salary These include pocketing A 620,000 from after-dinner speeches and taking up a controversial role with the US investment firm BlackRock George Osborne yesterday defended the jobs that earn him six-figure sums on top of his MP’s salary, claiming they are part of his ‘varied and interesting’ contribution to national life. The ex-Chancellor, who was sacked after the EU referendum , has been heavily criticised for accepting a string of well-paid roles while still serving on the Tory back benches.
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall to launch Stoke-on-Trent by-election campaign
The party is bidding to take its second seat in Westminster, in the poll called following the resignation of Labour MP Tristram Hunt. Gareth Snell will attempt to hold Stoke-on-Trent Central for Labour as Ukip’s leader hopes to capitalise on a strong Brexit vote in last year’s EU referendum to secure himself a place in the Commons.
Labour’s Stoke Central candidate launched Twitter attack on Jeremy Corbyn
The Labour candidate selected to contest the crunch Stoke Central by-election battle claimed Jeremy Corbyn was an “IRA supporting friend of Hamas”. Cllr Gareth Snell made the comments on Twitter as the party’s leadership contest between Mr Corbyn and Owen Smith was in full swing in July last year.
Labour Stoke Candidate: Corbyn is “IRA Supporting Friend of Hamas”
Fair to say Labour’s anti-Brexit Stoke-on-Trent candidate is not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn. Gareth Snell backed Owen Smith in the Labour leadership election, blasting Jez as an “IRA supporting friend of Hamas” who “took money and worked at the Iranian state” .
UK government loses Brexit case, must consult Parliament
In this framegrab taken from the Supreme Court handout video, Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, center, speaks at Britain’s Supreme Court in London, Tuesday Jan. 24, 2017, on whether the prime minister or Parliament has the right to trigger the process of taking Britain out of the EU.
UKIP leader to fight February election in threat to Labour
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Paul Nuttall set to be Ukip candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall looks set to be the party’s candidate to fight the crucial Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election. A Ukip source confirmed Mr Nuttall has “thrown his hat into the ring” and will participate in a local hustings event alongside other nominees on Friday before the candidate is confirmed on Saturday.
Police believe this woman may have information on the incident
BRITISH Transport Police are appealing for information after a woman came within centimetres of touching an electrified rail in Ellesmere Port. Two women had been standing on the Ellesmere Port-bound platform talking to another woman, when one of the women climbed down onto the track.
Plans approved to transformed empty sessions house into 42 room hotel
The Toft Road site was bought and earmarked for conversion into the ‘Court House Hotel’ by Flat Cap Hotels in 2016, and will now be transformed to provide 42 hotel rooms and a restaurant and bar. A full planning application, submitted in August 2016, has been hotly contested by Knutsford Town Council, which did not agree with the extension materials or design.
Seven schools may team up for ‘unique’ multi academy trust
PRIESTLEY College could team up with four secondary schools and two primary schools to create a ground-breaking new multi academy trust. Penketh High, Beamont Collegiate Academy, Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High, Bridgwater High, Penketh South Primary and Great Sankey Primary are all planning to join the sixth form to create one of the largest trusts in the north west and one of the first MATs to include a faith school.
Seven schools may team up for ‘unique’ multi academy trust
PRIESTLEY College could team up with four secondary schools and two primary schools to create a ground-breaking new multi academy trust. Penketh High, Beamont Collegiate Academy, Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High, Bridgwater High, Penketh South Primary and Great Sankey Primary are all planning to join the sixth form to create one of the largest trusts in the north west and one of the first MATs to include a faith school.
New group researching Big Bang Theory named in memory of Kingswood eight-year-old
A NEW group formed to further research the Big Bang Theory has been named in memory of an eight-year-old who died from a rare form of cancer. Callands Community Primary School pupil Ava Scott, was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in 2012 and died in September 2013 at the age of eight.
Man stabbed in stomach in Knutsford alleyway
Police taped off an alleyway in the Lowe Drive area at around 3.45pm after attending reports of an assault, and found a 31-year-old man with a puncture wound to the stomach. Sgt Matt Ashton said: “The investigation is in the very early stages but I would like to reassure people that this appears to be an isolated incident.
Important travel information – Wirral line closure
Liverpool FC would like to remind fans using Wirral Line rail services to travel to Anfield on a matchday that this service will be affected for the remainder of the 2016-17 season. This is due to the Wirral loop line track renewal taking place from Tuesday January 3 to Sunday June 18. Services on the Northern Line will not be impacted.
Man in late teens airlifted to hospital following two vehicle crash near Aldeburgh
Police, paramedics, and firefighters from Leiston, Orford and Woodbridge, were called to the crash scene, in Saxmundham Road, just before 8am. The air ambulance also landed near the scene and took a man in his late teens to hospital with serious leg injuries.
Work on flood defences continues a year on from storm Eva hitting town
Storm Eva hit Warrington on Boxing Day 2015, leaving parts of town including Latchford Locks, Longford, Sankey Valley Park, Woolston Park, Lymm, Croft and Burtonwood flooded. A 100m section of Cromwell Avenue between Europa Boulevard and Sankey Brook was hit with 150mm of flood water, with Environment Agency flood defences protecting 119 properties.
Gaming fan spends thousands creating 1980s-style ARCADE in his back garden
A retro computer games fan has built the ultimate man cave in his back garden after converting his garage into a 1980s-style ARCADE. Mat Corne, 40, has spent thousands of pounds on dozens of classic video games machines – including Pac Man, Star Wars and Street Fighter II.