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Type | Daily newspaper Monday to Saturday |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | [Trinity Mirror] |
Editor | Martin Tideswell |
Staff writers | Specialists: Dave Knapper (Crime), Kathie McInnes (Education), Phil Corrigan (City Council), Jon Bamber, Laura James (Business), Martin Spinks/Peter Smith (Stoke City FC), Mike Baggaley (Port Vale FC), Richard Sharpe (Crewe Alex FC), John Woodhouse (columnists/TV), Colette Warbrook (Nostalgia). |
Founded | 1854 |
Political alignment | Nonpartisan |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Sentinel House, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom |
Circulation | 28,862 (04 June 2016 - 03 Jul 2016) |
Website | http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk |
The Sentinel is a daily regional newspaper circulating in the North Staffordshire and South Cheshire area. It is currently owned by Trinity Mirror and based at,Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
It is the sixth biggest-selling regional newspaper in the UK and is the only newspaper delivering daily news and features on professional football clubs Stoke City, Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra. The Sentinel also operates an online website with sections on news, sport and entertainment as well as a comprehensive directory of local businesses. The company also uses Twitter and Facebook to break news and communicate with readers.
The publication, which became a morning paper in March 2009, is printed from Monday to Saturday. The newspaper celebrated its 160th anniversary in 2014 and was awarded Freedom of the City.
The Sentinel’s patch includes the six towns of The Potteries (Hanley, Burslem, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke), Newcastle-under-Lyme, Leek, Cheadle, Cheddleton, Crewe, Nantwich, Alsager, Sandbach, Stafford, Stone, Biddulph, Congleton and Eccleshall.