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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

3 years

Meanwhile, in Lichfield, a district councillor has quit the Conservative Party, saying: “I can no longer remain a member of this embarrassment show.” (1/2)

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Things Can Only Get Better by D:Ream has entered the iTunes top ten.

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2 years

NEW: Jonathan Gullis has resigned his role as PPS.

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1 year

Sir Bill Cash announces he isn’t going to contest Stone at the next election. Aged 83, he is the oldest sitting MP.

Stone MP Sir Bill Cash announces retirement after 40 years in Parliament

He thanked the people of the UK for Brexit as he announced his resignation

www.stokesentinel.co.uk

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3 years

(2/2) Cllr Alastair Little said he made the decision based on national issues and @Lichfield_DC leader @Douglas_Pullen still has his support. He also criticised MP @Mike_Fabricant for continuing to back the prime minister as the #Partygate saga rumbles on.

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4 months

Julia Gillard (former Australian PM) has been out and about in Newcastle-under-Lyme with Labour’s candidate Adam Jogee.

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2 years

Boris Johnson has been visiting Stoke-on-Trent today. (Incase you missed it! Hah!)

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1 year

BREAKING: Labour have chosen Adam Jogee as their Newcastle-under-Lyme parliamentary candidate. @AJogee

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11 months

Tory candidate Andrew Cooper snuck in, then stood on stage briefly - but then ran off through a fire exit the moment the result was declared! Embarrassing.

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3 years

Speaking of Burslem… I’ve never been before… anyway, today I have, and I am in awe of these spectacular buildings. 😍

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2 years

BREAKING: Conservatives have chosen NOT to reselect Stafford MP Theo Clarke as their candidate for the next election.

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10 months

Evening all! So, I start a brand new job tomorrow at the BBC, which I am extremely excited about. I’ll be an online reporter, covering as much as I possibly can across Staffordshire and Cheshire. Please do message me if you’ve got anything you’d like me to take a look at.

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2 years

Newly-elected Labour district councillors for Biddulph West, Dave Proudlove and Charlie Smith.

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1 year

Finlay Gordon-McCusker (Hollybush)

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1 year

Hollybush - it’s a Labour gain for @fjgm_

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1 year

Lichfield MP @Mike_Fabricant voted in support of voter ID being introduced… but he doesn’t seem to be clear on what the rules actually are! 😬

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11 months

RESULTS Robert Bilcliff - UKIP - 25 Michelle Cook - ind - 242 Ian Cooper - Reform - 98 Lewis Smith - Lab - 669 Donna Summers - Con - 526 Rejected ballots - 4

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

To put today’s budget into context… The top boss at my company, Reach plc, will receive a tax cut worth multiple times my annual salary. At the same time, a pay rise on offer to me and my colleagues won’t even match inflation. You can see why people would feel livid at this.

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11 months

I’m told Andy Street will be giving a press conference (in Birmingham) later this afternoon.

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@journoontheedge

3 months

Confirmed: @DaveR_Lichfield is Labour’s candidate for Lichfield at the general election.

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@journoontheedge

11 months

No recount in Tamworth - that rumour has been squashed by council staff

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@journoontheedge

2 years

Suella Braverman has just sent me (I mean it’s a mailing list, don’t get too excited) an email in which she describes civil servants as being part of an activist blob. 🤯

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@journoontheedge

2 years

New: Jack Brereton has confirmed he is now supporting Penny Mordaunt, saying she is the right person to continue the levelling [up] of Stoke-on-Trent.

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@journoontheedge

11 months

I’ve been speaking to Britain First candidate @AshleaSimonBF who gave me her reflections on the campaign…

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@journoontheedge

2 years

It’s my work anniversary! 🥳🥳🥳 Both myself and the county of Staffordshire have survived an entire year of me being a local democracy reporter here - hurray! I’m excited to see what the next 12 months has in store, but for now: I have a planning meeting to attend! 😍

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

3 months

Alastair Watson has been confirmed as Labour’s candidate for the Staffordshire Moorlands. The incumbent Conservative MP Karen Bradley has represented the area since 2010.

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@journoontheedge

2 years

Results… Conservative - Rathi Pragasam 458 Labour - Nigel Yates 931 Independent - Andrew Hart 493

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4 months

I definitely didn’t have an interview with Arthur Scargill on my bingo sheet when I turned up to work this afternoon. He’s been at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery as part a series of events to mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ strikes.

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2 years

Stoke Labour has called on Jonathan Gullis to donate his £5,000 ministerial severance payment to local good causes.

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1 month

Newcastle-under-Lyme's new Labour MP @AJogee has asked a government minister to visit his constituency "to listen, to learn and to smell" the issues facing local people.

Newcastle-under-Lyme MP urges ministerial visit over landfill smells

Adam Jogee wants government departments to discuss the possible health impact of landfill gases.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

Morning. Sir Keir Starmer is visiting the area today, and I’ve been given the chance to ask him a few questions. Is there anything you’d like me to raise with him? Drop me a line.

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2 years

Newly-elected Labour county councillor for Biddulph North, Nigel Yates. He tells me: “The priority for me has got to be that Biddulph is no longer the forgotten town.”

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

11 months

Labour has selected Allison Gardner as candidate for Stoke-on-Trent South at the next election. It means they’ve now selected candidates in all three seats in the city… North: @david4lcs Central: @gareth_snell South: @AllisonCGardner

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

3 months

BREAKING Aaron Bell says he will not contest the Newcastle-under-Lyme seat at the general election

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@journoontheedge

3 months

A Tory source has told me it was a shortlist of one… so… I don’t know where that leaves things! The deadline for nominations is less than 48 hours away! Perhaps it will all become clear soon?

Richard Price

@journoontheedge

3 months

I’ve just been told Dan Jellyman has NOT been chosen as Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Conservative candidate this evening.

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

Results… Independent - Neil Eardley 226 Independent - Alistair McLoughlin 154 Conservative - Rathi Pragasam 185 *Labour - Dave Proudlove 288 *Labour - Charlie Smith 364 Green - Ian Waite 61

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

My article outlining concerns about lorries outside Walleys Quarry lorries is now live on the BBC News website.

Walleys Quarry: Residents warn of 'death trap' lorry queues

People in Silverdale say lorries queuing for a landfill site force drivers into oncoming traffic.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

1 year

My car is in for a service today… anyway, I’m pleased to report there’s a satisfactory crockery situation. ☕️ (For those of you from Cheshire who follow me… this is what working in Stoke-on-Trent does to you!)

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

9 months

The competition for this year’s most Christmassy councillor is underway, and it seems @fjgm_ is an early frontrunner. 🎄

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Richard Price

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6 months

Very interesting to compare the difference in local authority response to the Crooked House in South Staffordshire with that of The Leopard in Stoke-on-Trent. Just saying.

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Richard Price

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1 year

The Staffordshire Moorlands is the most beautiful place on planet Earth. You won’t convince me otherwise. (Obvs, cus it’s me, this picture also includes a slice of Cheshire! Haha!)

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

11 months

Image one: This screenshot has been shared on a Tamworth Facebook group, detailing a Facebook post made three years ago by Tory candidate Andrew Cooper. Image two: Andrew Cooper’s response when I enquired about the post.

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@journoontheedge

11 months

Tory source reckons Labour have clinched Tamworth with a majority of around 1,000 votes.

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

3 months

All five of north Staffordshire’s Labour parliamentary candidates have been to Fenton to welcome their party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner, who turned up on her big red battle bus!

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@whitehillpete

3 months

@AngelaRayner and the @UKLabour Campaign bus rolls into Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent to meet with local candidates and supporters #stokeontrent

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

The claimant says the quarry doesn’t operate 24 hours per day. One of the protestors responds: “The smell does!”

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

3 years

Morning everyone! Today I’m really excited to be officially joining the team at Reach plc, as part of the BBC’s Local Democracy Reporting Service. I’ll be based in Staffordshire, and I’d love to hear from you (my DMs are open!) I can’t wait to get started! 🥳

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@journoontheedge

1 year

A jubilant Labour team, celebrating their success in Audley and Knutton this evening. —> Cllr Rebekah Lewis (Audley) —> Cllr Rob Moss (Knutton)

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

10 months

Actor @charlie_lawson1 has joined a group protesting outside Waitrose in Alderley Edge this afternoon. They were calling for the store’s parking attendant Bob to be reinstated. Apparently, he has been suspended for letting people he recognises park there without a ticket.

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@journoontheedge

8 months

An article I wrote is the fourth most-read across the whole BBC News website right now, which I think is pretty cool. And all the best to Shini who starts her new job in earnest on Friday! 🥳 🔗

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

1 year

A little football joke from @Keir_Starmer to warm up the crowd at @OfficialPVFC this morning. ⚽️

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

I’ve now been blocked by a company which I’ve been reporting on since I started this job almost a year ago. My coverage has been impartial throughout, and I haven’t received any complaints about my coverage. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

Tamworth has now been effectively without an MP for two months. Where is the investigation into Chris Pincher up to? Will he resign as an MP? We’re still watching and waiting.

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@journoontheedge

6 months

BREAKING Walleys Quarry has been issued with a suspension notice by the Environment Agency. The landfill operator must immediately stop the acceptance and disposal of waste, except for inert wastes which do not contribute to the odour. More here...

Latest News

30/08/24 From 2 September 2024 will be referring to our Mobile Monitoring Facilities (MMFs) according to their location. Adopting this change will make it clearer for members of the public and our...

engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com

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@journoontheedge

11 months

Labour candidate Sarah Edwards’ arrival…

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

4 months

Chuffed to bits that myself and colleague @KerryAshdownLDR have been recognised for our LDRS work. Although I now work directly for the BBC, I’m incredibly proud of the work I did as an LDR and I will forever advocate for its value to local newsrooms.

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@journoontheedge

11 months

Right. It’s been a busy evening, but there’s something I feel I need to share now that it’s “official”. I will be leaving The Sentinel and the LDRS at the beginning of November. More on that later… but for now, my job is up for grabs! Full info here:

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@journoontheedge

1 year

[Knutton] Derrick Huckfield (Con) - 99 Aidan Jenkins (Lib Dem) - 60 Rob Moss (Lab) - 153 Rejected ballots: 1

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Richard Price

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2 years

Guys, we’re at number six on the BBC News website…!

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

@AaronBell4NUL has written to Environment Agency chief exec Sir James Bevan, regarding four permit breaches at Walleys Quarry in January. He’s expressed disappointment that it was only due to an FOI by @DrMickSalt that this came to light. Read the full letter:

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2 years

Good grief… and nobody thought to tell me!

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@journoontheedge

2 years

Here’s Dr Mick Salt with an absolute tree trunk of paperwork which the claimants submitted.

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2 years

This afternoon I’ve approached all five of North Staffordshire’s MPs to ask them for their thoughts on their party’s deputy chair Lee Anderson (who wants to reinstate the death penalty). None of them have replied, which I feel is a shame.

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@journoontheedge

2 years

This evening I attended a vigil in memory of Brianna Ghey, which was organised by a student at Keele University. As you may imagine, these are incredibly difficult things to report on, for a variety of reasons.

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@journoontheedge

2 years

There’s laughter from defendants when the claimant says Walleys Quarry is running a lawful operation.

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2 years

@MattChorley Staffordshire oatcakes. Fact. (Topped with Cheshire cheese. Double fact.)

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

Awkward…

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@journoontheedge

1 year

One of the bizarre and potentially disenfranchising aspects of the government’s new voter ID rules which come into force this May…

Daniel Flynn

@danielcflynn52

1 year

#VoterID @Conservatives what's the difference? @AaronBell4NUL ?

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@journoontheedge

1 year

Two Tory MPs interviewing a Tory chancellor, promoted by a department that’s presently controlled by a Tory-led government. It might even be comical if it wasn’t so terrifying. This is likely the future of journalism if the industry as we know it is allowed to crumble.

Nick Jones 💙🇺🇦

@resophonick

1 year

Did GBN pay for this? The way it’s worded is extremely cosy and given that the two ‘interviewers’ are Tory MPs how can anyone expect this to be anything more than a part political broadcast? Really do not think HM Treasury should be doing this kind of promo.

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2 years

Rishi Sunak right now:

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2 years

I think, I think, I recognise this guy…

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1 year

BREAKING... Sir Gavin Williamson has been selected as the Tory candidate for the new Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge constituency at the next general election.

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11 months

I caught up with @Gareth_Snell and @RuthAnderson after Sir Keir’s speech. It’s safe to say they were both very enthusiastic about this year’s party conference.

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@journoontheedge

1 year

A year ago today…

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

1 year

What a day it’s been. I just want to reiterate for those who’ve not been following me for very long that I always try my best to report fairly and accurately. I always offer people right of reply, I correct where necessary, I do my utmost to balance everything I post. Tah. 🙂

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2 years

[BREAKING] Conservatives have now secured 25 seats - one ward is still to declare, but it means the party has its first elected majority on the council since the 1970s.

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9 months

Two very different responses from Tory MPs to *that* Conservative HQ tweet.

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

11 months

I can confirm Labour have snubbed Stoke-on-Trent every bit as much as the Tories when it comes to souvenir mugs.

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

1 year

Morning everyone! Happy Staffordshire Day!

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Richard Price

@journoontheedge

2 years

Perhaps most importantly, Matt Chorley now feels vindicated! 😂

Matt Chorley

@MattChorley

2 years

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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4 months

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3 months

BREAKING David Williams has stepped down as a cabinet member at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. He is standing for election as Labour’s candidate in Stoke-on-Trent North. Conservative deputy chair Jonathan Gullis is the incumbent.

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@journoontheedge

2 years

North Staffordshire’s self-appointed premier strike reporter (yours truly) has been out and about this morning speaking to… (1) teachers outside Painsley Catholic College in Cheadle

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@journoontheedge

11 months

Let’s get the important matters out of the way first - tonight’s snack selection! 🐷🍪

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@journoontheedge

2 years

Down but not out… #StopTheStink

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@journoontheedge

2 years

An accusation has been made - just now - that the EA found three illegal loads yesterday. I can’t back that up just yet, but apparently that’s just been confirmed. (I’ll try and find out more details.)

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@journoontheedge

1 year

@Mike_Fabricant Young person’s Oyster cards are definitely not included on the list of acceptable forms of ID.

Accepted forms of photo ID

You need to show photo ID when voting at polling stations in some UK elections. Find out about the different types of photo ID accepted.

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

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10 months

So it turns out once you’ve completed your mandatory training at the BBC, they let you hang out with the celebrities…! 🐻

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4 months

Northern Lights, Endon

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2 years

Just been out to speak to people on the street for an article I’m doing… got chatting to someone who’s come from outside the area, so I asked what’s brought them here today - the answer: an extramarital affair! 😳

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@journoontheedge

2 years

Updated… but still not quite accurate! 🤷🏻‍♂️

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5 months

Alastair Watson is the Labour candidate, and a Stoke-on-Trent City Council cabinet member.

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7 months

Up’anley duck.

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@journoontheedge

2 years

Did you know I’ve made a list of when elections are due to take place in Staffordshire? Well, I have. I know. It’s the kind of excitement you’ve come to expect from me. (But secretly I know you think it’s brilliant and you’re saving it as a handy reference guide for yourself!)

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@journoontheedge

11 months

Jonathan Gullis has described Labour’s Alistair Strathern as an “eco nut job” less than 24 hours after the new Mid Bedfordshire MP was elected.

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@journoontheedge

2 years

My windows are illuminated in green tonight to remind people that whatever they’re facing this holiday season Samaritans are there to listen. Call free day or night: 116 123

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@journoontheedge

2 years

Labour has reportedly opened applications for candidates to run against Jonathan Gullis - who had a 6,286 (15.7%) majority at the 2019 election. The deadline for applications is said to be midday on Thursday 12th January 2023.

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7 months

I’m at a launch event by @ReFormHeritage at @Middleport_Pot to hear from chief executive @AlasdairBrooks about a new heritage development trust which will see a £5m investment in redeveloping historic buildings in SoT. (Reader, you’ll be aware of my interest in the topic.)

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2 years

The dynamic duo of @ChrisMasonBBC and @adamfleming are recording Newscast as I tweet! 🤩

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5 months

BREAKING The leader of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council says the authority is preparing legal action against Walleys Quarry.

Simon Tagg

@SimonTagg

5 months

Environment Health officers @NewsNBC are preparing legal action after they confirmed a breach of the Abatement Notice by Walleys Quarry Landfill. Hopefully another step toward closure and permanent caping off of the stinking landfill.

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11 months

Election updates incoming… 24 hours to go until polls close in Tamworth! (This is a bit like Christmas Eve for politics nerds!)

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