Our thoughts and prayers are with their loved-ones 22:30, 16 Dec 2025Updated 05:56, 17 Dec 2025 Here are this week’s funeral notices. These are the death notices published in this week’s editions of The Sentinel. Our thoughts are with the families and friends of their loved-ones. You can see the …
Read More »Sentinel letters: Daughter fuming over postie mixing up mum’s mail
A Stoke-on-Trent woman has slammed Royal Mail after a postie’s blunder saw her mum’s letters delivered to neighbour. Diane Johnson, of Weston Coyney, wrote to The Sentinel to complain after six letters addressed to her mum were put through the wrong door. Diane’s mum then watched out for the mailman …
Read More »‘There are only so many hours in the day’ – North Staffordshire postie hits back after residents slam ‘sporadic deliveries’
A North Staffordshire postie has hit back after residents complained of ‘sporadic deliveries’. Brian Thacker, who is a postman in Leek, says since the coronavirus pandemic began, the number of posties has fallen due to sickness and retirement. He said: “We have had lockdown. We have had widespread sickness. At …
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