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Newcastle-under-Lyme has crowned its landmark 850th anniversary year by winning the top Royal Horticultural Society Britain in Bloom award for the whole country. The national triumph comes days after Newcastle swept up at the regional Heart of England in Bloom awards, winning first place in the small city category, collecting its 21st consecutive gold award […]
Post-Halloween pumpkins being left in country parks for animals to eat are more trick than treat for wildlife. In previous years, rangers at Staffordshire County Council’s countryside parks have noticed an increasing trend of well-meaning people leaving the carved pumpkins to degrade naturally and feed the animals. But the dumped pumpkins cause more harm than […]
Over the last three years Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has planted 14,947 trees at 21 green spaces, while residents and businesses have planted another 9,995 saplings though a Britain in Bloom campaign. As well as promising to break the 25,000 mark this winter, the council is committed to keeping existing trees fit and healthy. David Hutchison, […]
Police are issuing a warning to those taking part in illegal street racing after officers intercepted a car meet in Stoke-on-Trent recently. On Friday 30 September, proactive officers went to Reginald Mitchell Way, Tunstall, and found around 40 vehicles in attendance. They had arranged to meet on social media and were seen driving dangerously and […]
Staffordshire Police are appealing for information after quad bike riders damaged a golf club green in Stoke-on-Trent. Officers were called to the premises, off High Lane in Burslem, last Tuesday night following reports of criminal damage. On arrival, officers discovered tyre tracks on the surface of the green. The incident happened between 2.30 on the […]
Free support and stop smoking aids such as patches, gum and inhalators are being made available free of charge to people in Staffordshire looking to quit smoking. The support is being offered as part of Stoptober, the national quit smoking campaign which runs throughout October. This year’s theme is ‘When you stop smoking good things […]
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) is delighted to share the news that THREE of its alumni from the ‘Class of 23’ have been shortlisted in the Association of Colleges (AoC) Student of the Year Awards. This is an incredible achievement and testament to the student’s hard work and personal journeys each has embarked on […]
Clean energy solar panels are being considered for council land. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is set to develop detailed plans for a field of solar panels after an initial review said there is potential to place them on authority-owned land. The site under consideration neighbours Keele Cemetery, next to the A525. Following a Government commitment to […]
It is all systems go for Staffordshire’s gritters as they are put through their paces ahead of the winter season. The third week of October traditionally marks the start of Staffordshire County Council’s gritting operations, and Saturday saw the county’s gritters test their routes for the first time this season. Now they are ready to […]
Staffordshire Police are appealing for information after officers found a cannabis grow following a flat fire in Stoke-on-Trent. Their colleagues from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service notified them of a house fire at 10.20pm on Tuesday at a flat on Leek Road. The blaze was extinguished just after 11.15 and 20 cannabis plants were later […]
