内容摘要：Its "excellent work" to integrate people on probation into service delivery, with several people recruited into permanent employment, was also praised.

Its "excellent work" to integrate people on probation into service delivery, with several people recruited into permanent employment, was also praised.

As protesters made their way through Hanley, several buildings were closed for a time as well as a main route out of the city centre.A spokesperson for The Irish Woodman pub in Hanley said they and other firms in the area closed for the day due to the protests.

"Due to the terrible events in Hanley at the moment I've made the decision to close the pub for the rest of the day along with other businesses in Hanley," they said in a post on Facebook.Saturday’s protests, sparked by the death of three girls at a holiday dance session on Monday, came on the same day as a children’s dance production at Stoke-on-Trent's Regent Theatre.The presence of protesters outside following a matinee performance of Never Give Up forced the venue to go into lockdown, one parent said, to protect the children.

He said it was "scary" in the city centre, particularly knowing his daughter and other children were caught up in it.He added that while protesters had since moved on and the lockdown lifted, the evening performance was in the balance and might not go ahead.

Another event, Summer Sounds at The Underground in the city centre ended early as a precaution.

One person who was involved with the event said it was after taking advice from the police.Both men deny any involvement at all with the felling and claim they were each at their respective homes all night.

and took his car to get to the scene, whileand his co-accused was lying.

In his closing speech, prosecutor Richard Wright KC said the "two-man team" and "odd couple" had seen it as "just a tree" and "they must have thought that this was a bit of a laugh".But, he said, they had not appreciated the public's outrage at the destruction of "something so beautiful for no good reason".