It's A Fix!

Stoke has been reeling all week after Anthea Turner, known locally as "the people's princess", was voted off ITV1 show 'Dancing On Ice' last Sunday night.

"I'm devastated," said city councillor Jinky Watkins, Stoke's special envoy to Anthea Turner. "And the fact she lost to a dickhead like Cheggers makes it even worse. My Sundays, and maybe even my life, are literally ruined now."

Anthea showed why she has been voted Stoke's sexiest woman on so many occasions, wowing viewers with her supple curves and firm hard-body, moving in such a way as to subtly let viewers know that she is a skilled and accomplished lover, a master in the erotic arts and a connoisseur of the pleasures of the flesh.

Stoke Votes Tulisa "Most Influential Woman"

Singer Tulisa been voted the most influential woman of the last 100 years by readers of local paper The Evening Sentinel! The 23-year-old (real name: Tulisa Chavros) took over two-thirds of the votes, which topped 100,000.

In second place was Margaret Thatcher, while Cher Lloyd, Anthea Turner and Sue Barker made up the top five.

They and other contenders will feature in an upcoming photo exhibition at Hanley library called 'Stoke: Our Love of Women'.

Sunday marks the 100th Stoke Women's Day, an event which is celebrated around the city. The first Stoke Women's Day was held in 1912, sponsored by WKD, to highlight 'unacceptable and often dangerous' conditions if women worked for a living, meaning they’d be better off staying at home raising the kids. That day brought more than a 100 Stokies out into the street and now some forthcoming events are being held to celebrate women's contribution to Stoke.

The full results of the poll:

Tulisa 70.5%

Margaret Thatcher 5.5%

Cher Lloyd 5%

Anthea Turner 4.5%

Sue Barker 4%

Beyonce 3.5%

Cheryl Cole 3%

Coleen Rooney 2%

"Peter Crouch’s Wife"1%

Emmeline Pankhurst 0.5%

Others 0.5%

Peter Crouch: An Apology

Last week, Eye on Stoke reported that Peter Crouch once killed a man with a snooker-ball-in-a-sock before using the dead mans blood in a Voodoo ceremony, after which there was a naked "roasting" orgy involving soccer stars Rory Delap and Wayne Biggins, as well as a bevvy of local beauties including Anthea Turner and Crystal O’Future.

We also reported that Mr Crouch "puts a tube containing bees on his knob" with the intention being that "the bee-stings will make his knob bigger".

We now accept that these stories were untrue and apologise to Mr Crouch.

Carnival Time In Stoke!

23 April is always the biggest party day of the year in Stoke, and yesterday was no exception!

Normally held to celebrate St George's Day, this year's Stoke Carnival also celebrated the 30th anniversary of the ZX Spectrum home computer, still year-on-year the biggest selling computer in Stoke.

The carnival passes through Burslem,
amongst other places...

Even in a time of economic crisis, numbers are expected to be up – largely boosted by domestic tourism. Some 720,000 revellers are thought to have attended yesterday, a slight increase over last year's 710,000.

Massive ranks of seating and barriers are constructed along the route taken by competing street dance crews. The crews start major dress rehearsals (superb parties in themselves) after Christmas (having been practicing since last carnival's end!). In Stoke-upon-Trent, in the massive purpose-built buildings where the floats are prepared, preparations are underway months in advance and there are even international volunteering organisations bringing people to Stoke specifically to help set up infrastructure for the carnival.

...and ends in Hanley with a mass tribute to
Peter Crouch's famous robot dance

This year's carnival was a relatively peaceful affair, enjoyed by all. Only 32 stabbings and 15 deaths were reported, a new record low for the festival. Peter Crouch and Anthea Turner were named this year's King and Queen of the Carnival!

Lewis And Turner Voted Stoke's Sexiest 2012

Adrian Lewis and Anthea Turner have been voted 2012's sexiest people from Stoke in a YouGov poll conducted for Stoke City Council.

"Back of the net!"

Lewis, who recently won his second PDC World Darts title, has been voted sexiest man for the first time, beating off Jonathan Wilkes to the prize.

"Back of the net!"

Anthea Turner  has been voted sexiest woman for the 19th year running. Jonathan Wilkes came second when people mistook him for a woman after seeing pictures of him in The Rocky Horror Show.