Teams of firefighters took part in the British finals of an extrication competition to judge how they freed victims trapped in the wreckage of a simulated road accident, with the team from Cleveland winning and going forward to the international finals in

The RSPCA presented the team with a certificate after they rescued a dog who had fallen down a disused well on the edge of Stafford Castle Golf Course in Newport Road, and was trapped underground. Kevin Deakes is mentioned. The photograph shows Mike Hartl