A massage therapist, based in Burton, is working towards a qualification that will enable her to offer free massage treatments for cancer and hospice patients to honour her late mum’s memory. Donna Read, aged 42, founded her massage therapy business ‘My Healing Hands’ last year, after struggling with the death of her mum who […]
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The Leader of Stafford Borough Council has said he will do everything he can to prevent the Borough being split up as part of local government reorganisation. Councillor Aidan Godfrey spoke out following comments in a report by Stoke-on- Trent City Council that suggested the town of Stone could potentially come under a new North
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A Staffordshire farmer has been banned from keeping livestock for 10 years, after breaching animal welfare rules. David Webster, 61 from Hall Farm, Crake Marsh, Uttoxeter pleaded guilty to multiple animal welfare offences at a hearing on the 4th March 2025 at the North Staffordshire Justice centre. The farmer was prosecuted by Staffordshire
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The Leader of Staffordshire County Council has responded to news that Walleys Quarry Ltd, the operators of Walleys Quarry landfill, has gone into liquidation. Alan White said: “While the Environment Agency remains the principal regulator for the landfill site, Staffordshire County Council is the waste planning authority and will offer relevant advice to the
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A £1.5 million highways improvement scheme to reconstruct Horninglow Road North in Burton has been completed. Staffordshire County Council’s highways crews have spent the last two weeks resurfacing the A511 Horninglow Road North, from the junction of Farm Road to Tutbury Road. This scheme also included the full resurfacing of both the Field
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Stoke-on-Trent is set to give the green light to an ambitious vision of better transport across the city and wider county. The document – called the Joint Strategic Transport Statement – has been drawn up by senior leaders from Stoke-on-Trent City Council and Staffordshire County Council. It sets out a series of shared
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The Leader and Chairman of Staffordshire County Council have both paid tribute to Councillor Barry Panter, the Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, after hearing the news of his sudden death. Alan White, Leader of Staffordshire County Council, said: “Everyone is shocked by this terrible news and, of course, our thoughts are with Councillor Panter’s wife, family,
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The Leader of Staffordshire County Council has responded to proposals by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to create a single North Staffordshire Unitary Authority. Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s proposal would see Newcastle-under-Lyme, the Staffordshire Moorlands – and possibly parts of Stafford and East Staffordshire – join with it into one council serving North Staffordshire. Alan White,
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With spring fast approaching and residents starting to think about home improvements, Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards service is urging caution against rogue traders and unscrupulous home improvement companies. Officers are advising people to be wary of unsolicited calls to their homes, not to sign up on the doorstep for services and not to be
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A trader in Stoke-on-Trent has been sentenced following a crackdown on illegal tobacco. The operation was thanks to partnership working between Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Trading Standards team and Staffordshire Police. Ismail Mohammed, who ran ‘Waterloo Stores’ at 80 Waterloo Road, Burslem, received a nine-month suspended sentence, 100 hours of unpaid work, and had his
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