City Council Approves Name Changes

Stoke City Council has approved a bunch of name changes for many roads and places in the city.

Sir Jimmy Savile Road, in Boothen, will be renamed Angry Pulis Avenue, and Jimmy Savile Street in Tunstall will now be known as Ted Hankey Street. The Sir Jimmy Savile Memorial Garden in Etruria will keep its name until a suitable local celebrity dies.

Stuart Hall Street in Burslem is to be known as Wayne Biggins Street, and Max Clifford View in Trentham is to be renamed as Peter Crouch End. Dr Fox Road in Bentilee has temporarily been renamed Foxy Bingo Road pending the outcome of police enquiries. Rolf Harris Road in Shelton is now Brian Blessed Road.

The city council has confirmed that it has no plans though to change the names of Cliff Richard Road, Sir Cliff Street, Sir Cliff Richard Avenue, Bachelor Boy Botanical Gardens, Devil Woman Street, Living Doll Road or Sir Cliff Cliff. "Innocent until proven guilty," council spokesman Jinky Watkins explains. "And we all know Sir Cliff didn't do it. We can rest easy on this one."

Ted Hankey, Wherefore Art Thou?

"Capello's gone. Didnt see that coming." These are the poignant last known words of Ted Hankey, given to the world on 08 February via his Twitter feed @tedhankey.

But little has been heard of "our Ted" since, and Stokies are worried.

"Come back Ted, we will always love you," appeals darts fangirl Doris Ahmed. "You can always 'count' on my support, ha! You see what I did there?"

"I'm a proud 'Ted-Head'," says supporter Dave Murray. "And I'm getting worried. He isn't normally away for long unless he's gone on a bender, and this would be the mother of all benders. Though, if anyone could do it, it'd be our Ted."

Ted joined the PDC darts organisation earlier this year from the rival BDO, a move seen by some darts fans as being equivalent to a member of "The Crips" joining "The Bloods".

@tedhankey

Now that I've joined Twitter, who is the first person I've decided to follow?

Anyone who lives in Stoke, or who likes darts, will tell you that Ted Hankey is a king amongst men. Two time BDO world champion, and a big hit with the ladies, Ted is the kind of man that men want to be, and women want to be with.

You can now get a lot closer to Ted by following him on Twitter, like I am. Follow him now at:

http://twitter.com/tedhankey

If you can't be bothered to go there, or your work computer has blocked Twitter, then here is a selection of Ted's tweets:

"Capello's gone. Didnt see that coming"

"All that she wants is another baby...."

"Merry Christmas kids. Sank a bhuna and a kingfisher"

"16 pints down pub. Wanks out the question...."

"pumping out a bit of tiesto with afternoon practice. tidy."

Ted currently has 7,875 followers. Let's bump that number up!