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Stoke-on-Trent City Council has declared enforcement action against absent and neglectful private-rental landlords across the city. Landlords are reminded they are accountable for waste from their vacant properties.   One such property in Burslem was recently cleared after the owner left a considerable amount of illegally dumped waste outside their property. The landlord has been issued […]
A new statue of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been commissioned as part of a town’s 850th anniversary celebrations. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is commissioning the one-and-a-quarter times life size statue to be cast in bronze and placed in the Queens Gardens. Internationally-famous Staffordshire artist Andy Edwards, whose previous works include the landmark Beatles statue […]
We are urging motorists to wear a seatbelt after recent statistics revealed that more than 800 people in Staffordshire were caught not wearing one last year. Officers are gearing up to tackle the issue as part of Operation Lightning and will be proactively stopping people who aren’t wearing seatbelts in a week-long intensification period this […]
Lollipop men and women from across Staffordshire are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the School Crossing Patrol service (SCP). The service was created in 1953 with the first official patrol starting the year after. While the uniform and sign have changed slightly to meet modern standards, and patrols can now stop traffic to cross any […]
Public consultation on possible future locations for homes, businesses, community facilities and protected green spaces in Newcastle-under-Lyme begins today. The Borough Council has unveiled the first draft of its Local Plan, which will eventually determine which areas are earmarked for different land uses and which are not. The first round of public consultation runs for […]
Staffordshire families whose babies were born on the day of the King’s Coronation have attended a special tea party where they were presented with a commemorative mug. The idea was part of the county’s celebrations for the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Saturday 6 May. The gifts were given to the […]
A woman has been charged with murder after two children died in Stoke-On-Trent at the weekend. Veronique John, aged 49, from Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. This is after Ethan and Elizabeth John (aged 11 and seven) died at a house in Flax Street and […]
Staffordshire Police are continuing to crackdown on residential burglaries as part of their commitment to attend all reported incidents across Staffordshire. Since they pledged in 2020 to attend and investigate all reported residential burglaries unless there is an exceptional reason for us not to do so, Police have: seen a significant increase in the number […]
A woman has been arrested following the tragic deaths of two children in Stoke-on-Trent at the weekend. Staffordshire Police were first called to a car wash on Campbell Road at 2 o’clock on Sunday afternoon (11.06.23) following reports of an assault involving a man and a woman. A man in his 40s was taken to […]
Nine new all-electric vehicles will be hitting the road in Staffordshire as part of the county council’s highways fleet. The nine Renault Zoes are 100 per cent electric and will be used by highways officers to travel around the county making their inspections. Because these cars do not use fossil fuels, it is estimated that […]
