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Members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council have voted to urge the Environment Agency (EA) to close Walleys Quarry.  Describing the odours as a ‘significant public health emergency’, councillors also voted for the Borough Council to assess its legal options and also backed a move to increase the authority’s legal ‘fighting fund’ to £300,000.  Councillors at a […]

Staffordshire Police have arrested a man after a car collided with several vehicles in Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday afternoon.  At Just before 2pm officers on patrol spotted a red Vauxhall Astra on Saraband Place, Tunstall.  A short time later, when patrols tried to stop the car on Piccadilly Street it collided with two police vehicles. Two […]

Residents are being asked to take extra care if walking their dogs in Cannock Chase in the next few weeks, as vulnerable adders emerge from hibernation. As the species faces increasing threats, dog walkers and other site users can play a vital role in their conservation. With temperatures beginning to rise, adders are starting to […]

Staffordshire Police have arrested a man after a car collided with several vehicles in Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday afternoon.  At Just before 2pm officers on patrol spotted a red Vauxhall Astra on Saraband Place, Tunstall.  A short time later, when patrols tried to stop the car on Piccadilly Street it collided with two police vehicles. Two […]

Staffordshire Police are appealing for information following a collision on the M6, southbound between junctions 15 and 16 on Monday morning.  It happened at around 11.40 and involved a silver Ford Transit van, a red Vauxhall Corsa and a grey Ford Puma. The driver and passengers of the Vauxhall Corsa were taken to hospital by […]

Staffordshire County Council Cabinet member Julia Jessel is stepping down after 40 years in politics. The Conservative politician will continue to serve as a county councillor until the local authority election in 2025 but has stepped down from her role as cabinet member for Health and Care with immediate effect. She will be succeeded immediately […]

Staffordshire Police are appealing for information, following a serious assault in Stoke-on-Trent.  At around 5.45 on the morning of Sunday 4th  February, there was a fight outside the Groove Castle club on Trinity Street in Hanley. A man, in his 20s, was left unconscious.  A 17-year-old boy, from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested on suspicion of causing […]

Around 275 homes are being proposed for three brownfield sites in Newcastle town centre.  Three interlinked developments at the Ryecroft, York Place and the Midway will have also shops, offices and a hotel, as well as new public spaces and a possible music venue.  Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s Cabinet, which is overseeing the town centre regeneration, […]

Multi-million pound investment in town centres; job-creating business schemes; new waste collection vehicles and additional grass cuts on urban roads are all part of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s spending plans for the coming year. Cabinet is due to recommend its budget, including a maximum 8p a week council tax increase for 95 per cent of residents, […]

University Hospitals of North Midlands will start work this week on its commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. The Trust’s Estates, Capital Development and Transformation and Sustainability teams will begin a two-year project to reduce carbon emissions at the Royal Stoke University Hospital by replacing four large industrial boilers used to heat the […]