Sham Solutions Ltd

Businesses across Stoke are being warned to watch out for a sham company posting invoices and demanding payment for non-existent work.

The scheme was first discovered in Stoke-upon-Trent where 72 complaints relating to a company called Sham Solutions Ltd have been lodged within three days. Now a business in Chell has also been approached by Sham Solutions Ltd asking for payment for an exorcism.

The company is also sending out deliberately misleading invoices implying that advertising on a web-based directory - www.britishtitties.co.uk - has been ordered, and seeking payment of £269.69.

Child services councillor Sharon Tuft

BNP councillor Sharon Tuft, cabinet member for child services, housing and squatting, said: "There are multiple versions of this scam known to be operating at the moment, many appearing to be based in Eastern Europe. We know what that lot over there are like, so you know not to trust them."

You should contact Stoke City Council to report anything by e-mailing enquiries@stoke.gov.uk. Your e-mail subject should read "I'VE BEEN SCAMMED", all in capitals.

Man Taken By Aliens? In 1978?

On 16 August 1978, Carl Cox was hunting badgers in Cauldon Park. As he shot his assault rifle at a nearby badger, a most bizarre thing happened. The bullet travelled in slow motion, as if he had entered another dimension!
 

To his utter shock and amazement, he saw a humanoid entity standing nearby. The "alien" was quite tall and gangly, at over six feet in height, looking a bit like Peter Crouch. He was clad in a blue catsuit with a wide belt. A bit like the kind Peter Crouch might wear.

Standing bow-legged, the alien spoke to Cox, asking him if he was hungry. The alien threw some sweets to him, telling him if he took one, he would not have to eat for "literally ages". It was surmised that the entity was smart enough to realise that Cox may have been hungry, or else he would not have been hunting badgers.

Soon, the alien pointed toward Cox, and the next thing he knew, he was in a spaceship, with a catsuit on. Also present were two more aliens, and the five badgers he was previously stalking. The badgers were dancing to pop music. He was told that the aliens were travelling to their home planet, located some 164,003 light years away. In a flash, they arrived at the distant location.

Cox described the surrounding landscape as being occupied with large skyscrapers. The brightness of the atmosphere caused Cox's eyes to water. Cox's next remembrance was being back in Cauldon Park. He says that approximately 3 hours had elapsed since his encounter with the alien had begun.

Dare you cross the road and enter Cauldon Park?

Cox was found in a state of panic and nervous exhaustion, shouting: "They took my badgers!" He was taken for medical care to the North Staffs hospital. His blood work showed he had a highly elevated level of blood lust, probably from the sweets he had eaten.

Cox refutes the suggestion he made up the story to cover for an affair he was having at the time, later discovered by his wife. "These are two unrelated things," he said. "They are mutually exclusive." 

Image Of Peter Crouch Found In Naan Bread

Volunteer bouncer Dave Brolly got a surprise when he went out for a curry in Goldenhill on Saturday night - an image of Stoke City striker Peter Crouch in his naan bread!

Peter Crouch in a naan bread

Dave said: "I spotted Crouchy looking back at me. It was clearly him, you can tell by the long shape of the face and the haunted look in the eyes. It was an eerie thing to see given how close we were to Sunday's association football cup match against Liverpool. It was surely a good sign." Crouch did indeed go onto score against Liverpool the next day!

Peter Crouch in a tracksuit

A few days earlier a woman from Stoke-upon-Trent claimed she could see the face of Crouch in a bruise on her arm. She also claimed that the bruise talked to her and told her to do bad things.

Stoke-upon-Trent

Stoke-upon-Trent is located in the centre of Stoke-on-Trent! Confused? You will be!

Stoke derives from the Latin word 'stoc', meaning 'barn fight'.

Stoke-upon-Trent was one of the original "seven towns" that joined together to form Stoke-on-Trent in 1910 (along with Burslem, Fegg Hayes, Fenton, Hanley, Longton and Tunstall).

Many locals want the town renamed to avoid confusion between Stoke-upon-Trent and Stoke-on-Trent. "Old Stoke", "Ye Olde Stoc" and "Barn Fight-upon-Trent" are popular choices for new names amongst residents.

Stoke-upon-Trent is home to the Council of Elders, Stoke City Council and Staffordshire University.

Stoke-upon-Trent was officially at war with Russia for 110 years. At the outbreak of the Crimean War, Britain declared war on Russia in the name of Britain, Ireland, Stoke-upon-Trent and all British Dominions. But when the war ended in 1856, the Paris Peace Treaty omitted Stoke. So Stoke was technically at war with Russia until 1966 when a Soviet official, made aware of the situation, visited the town to declare peace!

Pop star Robbie Williams grew up in the area.

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