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A number of police surgeries and Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meetings are scheduled to be held across Stoke-on-Trent over the next few days. Officers from Neighbourhood Policing Units (NPUs) across the division will be on hand to meet members of the community and offer crime reduction advice. Residents are encouraged to come along to discuss any issues or concerns with their local officers. On Thursday 25 February officers from Burslem NPU will be at the Burslem campus of Stoke-on-T

Community School Action Group Press Statement Following an encouraging meeting with Education Minister, Vernon Coaker yesterday, five members of the Community School Action Group, Margaret Lowe(Chair), Pat Smith (Head of Governors, Mitchell High School), Terry Crowe (Head of Governors, Berry Hill High School), Mick Stone (parent of Mitchell High School) and Graham Lowe (member of the group)) met with Cllr Ross Irving and Cllr Ian Mitchell with a view to trying to resolve their differences over t

Senior politicians in Stoke-on-Trent say Schools Minister Vernon Coaker has given his full support to the Building Schools for the Future programme in the city.   Mr Coaker met council leader Ross Irving and cabinet member Councillor Ian Mitchell along with senior council officers after a fact finding mission including visits to a number of schools in the city yesterday (Thursday).   <

AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNMENT MINISTER FOR SCHOOLS NOW ONLINE Schools Minister Vernon Coaker has met with members of the Community Action Group, the Springfield Action Group, Secondary Heads and Governors and MPs Rob Flello and Mark Fisher. All parties left the meeting happy and were encouraged by the support the Minister offered to their campaigns. But Mr Coaker stopped short of demanding a reprieve for Mitchell, Berryhill or Longton High Schools and he confirmed that the decision was sti

Residents are encouraged to come along to meetings with officers from Neighbourhood Policing Units (NPUs) across the City over the next few days to discuss any issues or concerns the may have. This afternoon officers who police the Abbey Hulton area of the city will be working from the Sutton Community Group base, Priory Road, between 4pm and 5pm.