By Holly Patel: Student Richie Skelding was so impressed with the nightclub where he worked at to make ends meet, he ended up owning it!

The Manchester Metropolitan University graduate was studying sport and exercise science when he took a door security job at Steam in Crewe.

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By Natasha Kaur: Port Vale skipper Marc Richards “would love” to see his former boss Micky Adams return to Vale Park, he revealed today.

Speaking exclusively to StaffsLive, Richards said he made contact with Adams shortly after he was sacked by Sheffield United yesterday (May 11).

“On a personal note I’d love to see him back,” said Richards.

By Natasha Kaur: Port Vale caretaker manager, Mark Grew, says the squad lacked fitness during the reign of his predeccessor, Jim Gannon.

Mark Grew claimed 18 out of the 20 members of the squad he inherited from Gannon, had put on weight during Gannon’s 75 day reign.

By Josh Hoare: Radio Stoke’s football commentator and a former Potters’ favourite have joined a local band’s charity single to celebrate Stoke City’s trip to Wembley.

The Britannia faithful have been hailed as among the loudest supporters in the country and with 34,o00 set to travel down to the FA Cup semi-final on Sunday, StaffsLive caught up with Universal Thrift Club who have been making all the noise with their Wembley single, The Great North London Road Trip.

By Kieran Jones: Figures revealed by a Freedom of Information request show students at Staffordshire University have paid out a total of £5266.01, so far this academic year (up to 24 March), in fines to the Media Centre.

The media centre provides equipment and facilities to students. Many of them are unhappy with the penalty system.

By James Hood: Journalism graduates at Staffordshire University are among the most likely to get jobs, according to new figures.

The Government’s Unistat report revealed 73 per cent of students had secured graduate level jobs, leaving Staffordshire second in the overall table for journalism.

The figures cover the 2008/09 period and include 25 of the 37 institutions offering a undergraduate degree in the subject area.

By Alexandra Ashton: Students could be charged to park at university in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford, it has emerged.

The charges could be imposed by Staffordshire University in a bid to cut down on growing numbers of vehicles clogging up car parks.

By StaffsLive Reporter: The new FA-sponsored women’s soccer league kicks off this week with a big assist from Staffordshire University sports journalism students.

The new semi-professional league – Women’s Super League – was launched at Wembley on Monday (April 11) with students and recent graduates leading the way in media coverage.

Each of the eight clubs – Liverpool, Everton, Doncaster, Birmingham, Arsenal, Chelsea, Bristol and Lincoln – have been offered student/graduates on attachment to cover match days.

By Craig Talbot: A free performing arts festival is being held at Staffordshire University.

Staffs Fest will showcase dance, drama, music and film with spaces still open for people to apply to take part.

By Calum Donoghue: David Miliband has admitted that people are disillusioned by politics.

The former Foreign Secretary said politics has become disconnected from people’s lives at a Staffordshire University event where he was quizzed by students and staff.

Ahead of the local elections on May 5, the Labour MP was questioned during his visit to Stoke-on-Trent on a variety of subjects from tuition fees to the BNP.