Rough Close

MADAM, – I have an old postcard of two North Staffordshire heroes, Corporal Ernest A Egerton VC and Lance Sergeant John H Rhodes, both recipients of the Victoria Cross. The back of the card reads 'Proceeds in aid of Colonel Blizzard's North Stafford ...

MORE people are being urged to sign a petition against plans to relocate a community's post office. Around 150 residents have already pledged their support to help save Rough Close Post Office. But more people are being urged to sign an online petition ...

They are fighting plans to shut Rough Close Post Office and open a branch within a nearby convenience store. The Post Office claims the proposed move to the Martin McColls store, in Sandon Road, Meir Heath, will be more convenient for customers by ...

The intrepid pair hope their Ben Nevis trek will help raise about £1,000 for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice whose nurses helped care for their grandfather, Donald Reid. Donald, of Rough Close, was diagnosed with lung cancer in September last year and ...

A tough 2013 is casting a shadow over BlueCrest Capital Management LLP, one of the most successful hedge-fund firms of the post financial-crisis era. The firm, founded by former J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. traders Michael Platt and William Reeves, more ...