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A woman has sadly died following a house fire in Leek at the weekend. At 10.20 on Saturday night, the emergency services received a call from someone who saw smoke coming out of the windows of a home on James Street. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service forced their way inside and started work to extinguish […]
A healthcare assistant whose quick thinking helped save the life of a distressed member of the public has been praised for his actions. Mick Hibbs was on his way into work at Royal Stoke’s A&E Department when he spotted a gentleman in distress on a bridge, and Despite not being able to reach the stranger […]
Improvement works to a junction in Trent Vale, along the A34, covering Newcastle Road, Clayton Lane, and Godwin Way, will start next Monday, 26 February. Works will take approximately eight weeks and see improvements to network efficiency, junction operation, and the introduction of pedestrian crossings at the junction of Godwin Way and the north side […]
Household Waste Recycling Centres across Staffordshire could be running more efficiently with the help of 11 new high tech JCBs. Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet has agreed to the procurement of the machines, which will be used primarily to compact material in waste containers and increase on-site capacity. In March 2021 Staffordshire’s HWRCs were brought back […]
Significant repairs are starting on the A53 carriageway this week, thanks to a £220,000 highways investment. The scheme on the A53 Newcastle Road, crossing the Baldwin’s Gate railway bridge, will see highways crews replacing ironwork and damaged kerbs as they completely resurface the carriageway. Temporary traffic lights will be in place from 19 February to […]
Staffordshire Police are appealing for information following a fire at a home in Stoke-on-Trent. Officers attended the property off Rectory Road, Shelton just before 7.30 on Friday evening. Crews from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service extinguished a fire found on the ground floor of the property, and thankfully, no one was injured, the fire however […]
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 […]
