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Forensics cop probe in Burton

POLICE chiefs have revealed that they are reviewing the levels of supervision a former Burton based scenes of crime officer received as part of a major investigation into his quality of work.

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Part-time firefighters are reprimanded

Published: Wed 19 Jun 2013

Cllr Peter Davies visit to Burton fire station Mick Archer - area commander for East Staffs / Cllr Peter Davies

FIRE chiefs have insisted residents in East Staffordshire are in safe hands after it was revealed a number of part-time staff had been disciplined in the last three months.

Game on after footie fixtures are revealed

Published: Wed 19 Jun 2013

THERE’S always a bit of pre-season anxiety before the football fixtures are released. It’s not just about hoping the Brewers don’t get a miserable away day to Accrington during the icy blasts of January nor a trip to Torquay in midweek.You see, other members of the family just don’t understand the need to put their lives on hold while we wait for the Football League computer to churn out what is destined to become the most important dates on my diary. It’s bad enough that birthdays and anniversaries fall in the middle of the season, without potential obstacles such as Scout camps being scrawled in marker pen on the family planner.Sadly, my wife and two daughters simply don’t have the required reverence for the Burton Albion fixture list, even if I do print it off and stick it on the noticeboard and tell everyone that’s where I intend to be on those particular days. They also don’t get that blank Saturdays at this time of the season don’t necessarily mean we can book in a visit from friends - because they have been reserved for cup games that have yet to be drawn.Christmas is always a tricky period to negotiate. Relatives expect to visit or, worse still, want you to visit them and they offer dates without a thought or a care for where and when the Brewers might be playing.You can picture my wife’s face when she suggests a visit to her mother’s and she waits for my reply.“That will be fine if we are knocked out of the cup by then but not if we are still in. Of course, if Derby County are at home, even if we are still in, then the game won’t be played on the Saturday afternoon. Also, if the team we are due to play in the league that day are still in the cup and we are out, we won’t have a fixture at all and therefore that day will be fine.”“We will just go without you” she says.Which, to be honest is the best way to go, because until I know whether or not the pitch is likley to be frozen and what kind of season we are having, how can I possibly be expected to plan my life?

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