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Staffordshire County Council are supporting a campaign to help people against rogue roofers. Fraudulent tradespeople usually target elderly residents, homeowners with older properties or places with high property values. Advice being offered by Trading Standards includes being wary of periods of high demand, of cheap quotes and of cold callers or uninvited visitors. Staffordshire County […]

Foster Care Matters is celebrating a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating, with the effectiveness of leaders and managers judged ‘Outstanding’ – the inspection highlights the agency’s commitment to providing safe, supportive, and high‑quality foster care. The report also highlights the strong relationships built with foster parents, the positive experiences of children in placement, and the organisation’s commitment

Staffordshire County Council’s archives and heritage service offers residents help and resources to explore their family history. Staff and volunteers can help researchers at Staffordshire History Centre and the Access Point in Lichfield Library on certain Tuesday mornings In February and March. People can use FindMyPast, a genealogy website containing countless historical records, to track

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is improving road safety in Penkhull by trialling its first 20 miles per hour experimental zone. It follows concerns raised by residents and elected members about vehicle speeds and road safety in the area. The scheme will introduce a 20mph speed limit on several roads across the area through an Experimental Traffic

Retail trade union Usdaw is concerned by the latest police recorded crime statistics showing that, in the year to September, there were increases in shoplifting across the West Midlands. In the whole of England and Wales, there was an overall 5% increase in shoplifting. The Office for National Statistics latest figures show an 8% increase

A North Staffordshire community organisation exploring the benefits of bamboo for people and the planet is seeking land in Newcastle-under-Lyme to create a new sustainable park. Brilliant Bamboo, founded in 2023 by Gemma Thomas, is looking for a brownfield site or field of up to one acre where it can establish its second bamboo parklet.

A Staffordshire company has been officially presented with their King’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation at a special ceremony, watched by an audience of more than 100 guests. TMT First, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme is the only company in the county to have won the award last year. The business who are celebrating their 20th birthday this

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery has launched a £150,000 appeal to secure a rare Bronze Age gold Treasure discovered in Staffordshire. The 3,000-year-old solid gold object, unearthed by a metal detectorist near Ellastone in 2023, has been declared Treasure and valued at £150,000. The museum has until spring 2026 to raise the funds needed

A retired RAF engineer from Wolverhampton has had his dream of returning to the cockpit made a reality. The team at Care UK’s Foxland Grange, on Wergs Road in Tettenhall, surprised resident David Barnes with a visit to RAF Cosford to see the planes he worked on up close once again. After finding out about