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If your New Year’s Resolution is to get fitter, the Hanley Economic Potters ‘Arf Marathon is now open for entries. The iconic half marathon returns on Sunday 11 June, with five different options for people of all abilities to take part. The chosen charities for this year’s Potters ‘Arf Marathon are Dougie Mac Hospice, UHNM […]
Two major milestones have been celebrated at a key event marking some of Stoke-on-Trent’s greatest achievements. Stoke-on-Trent City Council was joined by more than 180 VIPs, partners and representatives from some of the city’s biggest employers for the Etruria Valley Grand Celebration on Wednesday. The event celebrated the ongoing success of the Ceramic Valley Enterprise […]
Staffordshire Police have arrested a man after suspected class A drugs, phones and more than £30,000 in cash was found during two warrants in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. On the afternoon of Thursday (5 January), Police stopped a blue Nissan which was travelling on Kidsgrove Bank to perform some checks and searchs. A  mobile phone and […]
Staffordshire Police have launched an investigation after £20,000-worth of damage was caused at a vehicle restoration business in Chesterton. Police were called to Reliance Bus Works on Parkhouse Road East at 9.30am on Monday (9 January) after windows were smashed on eight buses and names had been spray-painted onto them. Some of the buses are […]
More than 40 of the county’s best tourism and hospitality businesses will go head-to-head at the ‘Enjoy Staffordshire Tourism & Good Food Awards for 2023’.                                                                                                                   Over 95 entries from across Staffordshire have been whittled down for the next stage, which includes a potential mystery visit from the independent judges, to help decide the overall winners […]
Work has begun on a multi-million-pound Enterprise Zone development in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Chatterley Valley West development, which will sit on the brownfield site just off the A500, will see major private sector investment and council investment including an additional £3.7million through the Kidsgrove Town Deal. The development which lies within the Ceramic Valley Enterprise Zone […]
Local people in Staffordshire have just a couple of days left to respond to a survey on services for disabled and neurodivergent people in Staffordshire. Staffordshire County Council and the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) are asking people how they can support them to live independent and fulfilling lives for as long […]
With many people hoping to improve their health or lose weight in the New Year, some may be tempted to turn to fad diets, bogus health foods or non-prescribed slimming pills. Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service wants consumers to make informed decisions about food and diet and to get reliable advice and support, such as […]
The deputy chief constable of Staffordshire Police, Emma Barnett, has been recognised in His Majesty the King’s New Year’s Honours List for 2023. Emma will receive the King’s Policing Medal (KPM), one of the first of such medals issued since the King began his reign in September 2022. The medal has been awarded for Emma’s […]
A man has been arrested following a cannabis grow discovered at a property in Kidsgrove. Staffordshire Police  attended an address off Newchapel Road just before 11oclock on Tuesday morning and on arrival, found more than 180 cannabis plants.  The property has been secured and the plants have been seized. Shortly after, A 19-year-old man, from […]
