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Lauren goes for the X Factor!

Published on 29 Apr, 2012 at 11:13 in News | Viewed 398 times | No Comments
Lauren goes for the X Factor!

  Lauren hopes to be getting the ‘yes’ from Simon Cowell A 17-year-old singer-songwriter from Stone hopes to be performing in front of Simon Cowell and company later this year after she made it through two rounds of X Factor auditions for this year’s competition. Lauren Battersby has performed a number of songs in...

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Who’s doing this??

Published on 28 Apr, 2012 at 19:00 in News | Viewed 1,023 times | 12 Comments
Who’s doing this??

More graffiti has been sprayed in Stone, this time on Radford Street, including on the railway bridge and on the windows of the marketing suite for the apartments on the corner of Kings Avenue. The graffiti was sprayed sometime on Friday night or the early hours of Saturday. The same ‘tag’ has been used...

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New Narrow Dog book coming soon

Published on 26 Apr, 2012 at 10:00 in News | Viewed 117 times | No Comments
New Narrow Dog book coming soon

Stone narrowboat adventurer Terry Darlington, author of the bestselling Narrow Dog To Carcossonne, will be launching his new book in the town in June. Narrow Dog To Wigan Pier chronicles his inland waterway expedition to the North of England with wife Monica and their dogs Jim and Jess in new boat Phyllis May 2....

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Police need your help over graffiti

Published on 25 Apr, 2012 at 20:25 in News | Viewed 449 times | 5 Comments
Police need your help over graffiti

Police in Stone have appealed for help following a recent spate of graffiti around the town. Town PCSO Jenny Ludlow-Smith has urged anyone who recognises these graffiti tags, or saw the culprit, to get in touch. You can call the police non-emergency number on 101, Jenny direct on 07929 610424 or – if you use...

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Missing woman found in Stone

Published on 25 Apr, 2012 at 20:02 in News | Viewed 295 times | No Comments
Missing woman found in Stone

A woman with learning difficulties who had been missing from her home in Cannock since Saturday was found safe and well in Stone today by one of the town’s PCSOs. Officers from Cannock Chase Local Policing Team made an urgent appeal for information about 40-year-old Joanna Evans this morning. Police said she had no...

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15,000 street lights to be dimmed

Published on 24 Apr, 2012 at 0:01 in News | Viewed 125 times | 1 Comment
15,000 street lights to be dimmed

Staffordshire County Council will be fitting dimming technology to around 15,000 street lights as it aims to save £8 million over the next 16 years on its street lighting operation. The county also says it will work with any parish or town council that would like to reduce some of its lighting overnight. A...

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Duncan Goodhew makes a splash in Stone!

Published on 23 Apr, 2012 at 21:36 in News, Sport | Viewed 302 times | 4 Comments
Duncan Goodhew makes a splash in Stone!

Young Stone swimmers got a masterclass from an Olympic legend as Duncan Goodhew put them through their paces. The 1980 Moscow Olympics gold medallist was at Stone Swimming Club at Alleynes Sports Centre on Monday night to see the great work the club is doing – and also to pass on some tips to...

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Artists urged to enter open exhibition

Published on 18 Apr, 2012 at 15:19 in News | Viewed 67 times | No Comments
Artists urged to enter open exhibition

Artists from Stone are being encouraged to submit their work to the 22nd annual Staffordshire Open Art Exhibition 2012. The competition - organised by The Shire Hall Gallery in Stafford - provides an ideal opportunity for local artists of any age to display their work in a premier visual arts venue. The Staffordshire Open Art Exhibition...

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Forgetfulness leads to fires

Published on 17 Apr, 2012 at 20:46 in News | Viewed 104 times | No Comments
Forgetfulness leads to fires

Firefighters were called to two houses in Stone last weekend after items that had been left on hobs caught fire in both properties. On Friday 13th April, firefighters were called to what was believed to be a cooking fire in Albert Street at about 9.15pm. It turned out to be hot wax that had...

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Car overturns in Longton Road crash

Published on 14 Apr, 2012 at 10:02 in News | Viewed 749 times | No Comments
Car overturns in Longton Road crash

A woman was cut from her car and taken to hospital after her vehicle overturned in a crash in Stone. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Longton Road and Nicholls Lane at around 5.25pm on Friday 13th April. Two rapid response vehicles attended, one driven by a senior paramedic officer...

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