Aug 31
Stoke-on-Trent’s City Council’s Children and Young People’s Services (CYPS) Overview and Scrutiny Committee are to be told of a £2m overspend that “could be as high as £3.502m if children remain in their current placements.”, in a report by Mark Kenyon, Finance & Commercial Manager CYPS. The Report: http://www.moderngov.stoke.gov.uk/mgconvert2pdf.aspx?id=38113 http://www.moderngov.stoke.gov.uk/mgconvert2pdf.aspx?id=38153 The report reveals the spiraling cost is …
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Aug 31
Police and partner agencies are to launch a targeted campaign to step-up road safety on the A500. From Monday 3 September 10 mobile speed enforcement cameras will be introduced along the 50mph stretch of the A500, which runs from Hanford to Etruria. Both the northbound and southbound carriageways will be targeted as part of this …
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Aug 31
Springfields and Trent Vale ward councillor ans City Independent Jackie Barnes has opened a revamped allotment site for the community, with local residents. The site, which is owned by the council, has 10 allotment plots which hadn’t been used for a number of years. But after a community project, which involved contributions from cllr Barnes’ …
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Aug 31
STRONG sales in both its key international markets and the UK hospitality sector have contributed to a strong first half for Staffordshire pottery manufacturer Churchill China. The company said improved margins help to increase pre-tax profits by 22% to £0.8m (2011: £0.7m). Jonathan Sparey, chairman of Churchill China, said: “Churchill China has delivered a healthy …
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Aug 30
Political Parties in Labour run Stoke-on-Trent are being treated to freebie meeting rooms at the expense of the taxpayers PotterieEYE has learned, through a question by one of our writers who put a question to next week’s full council meeting. Mohammed Pervez’s Labour Party councillors had 13 freebie meetings in the 2011/12 financial year which …
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Aug 29
Stoke on Trent could be the next location to be sought out by top Hollywood directors if local officials get their way. Councillors and leaders at Stoke on Trent City Council are working with arts organisation Creative England in a bid to raise the profile of the city as a location that could be used by film …
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Aug 30
Disabled people face a tidal wave of prejudice and discrimination
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by eJay
August 30, 2012
The Paralympic Games must not divert our eyes from the increasing oppression of disabled people
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