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As the nights grow longer, Staffordshire County Council’s investment in modern LED streetlights is helping to keep the county’s roads safer and brighter whilst making big cost savings.  With the clocks having gone back on Sunday 26 October, the county council is reminding residents of its ongoing commitment to upgrading a further 15,000 streetlights across […]

The halls’ tired toilets – which were many years old and in need of modernisation – have been completely refurbished thanks to donation from Stoke-on-Trent based Wood Street Maintenance, working with the city council’s Repairs and Maintenance Service. Andy Hart from Wood Street Maintenance, who donated the work as part of his contract with the

Newcastle-under-Lyme Business Improvement District (BID), in partnership with Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, has won Gold in the BID category at today’s Heart of England in Bloom Regional Awards (Tuesday 21st October 2025) and has been named Overall BID Category Winner for the second year running. This builds on a hugely successful 2024 campaign, when the town

A great-grandmother who has been serving petrol since it was just 32p a litre has celebrated 45 years at Gulf Ivy Garage. Dot Ryan is the longest-serving member at staff at the forecourt and shop on Rykneld Street, Alrewas in Burton-on-Trent. Dot, 77, joined the team as maternity cover in 1980 – and 45 years

A Stoke-on-Trent community arts organisation is appealing for help to convert a former town centre bank into a vibrant creative hub. Longton-based Urban Wilderness CIC – whose events include the hugely popular Pig Walk, which this year brought 30,000 visitors to the town, and Winter Gathering – has taken a five-year lease on the vacant

The Village of Alrewas in Staffordshire is celebrating its success in the Best Kept Village Community Awards as overall Winner for the County of Staffordshire and Winner of South Staffordshire Best Large Village. Phil Swift Co-ordinator of the Village submissions for the award said “Our success was based on the wonderful community our vibrant village

Earlier today, thousands of motorcyclists from across the country and overseas made their annual pilgrimage to the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Now in its 18th year, the Ride to the Wall community paid tribute to those who “can no longer ride by our side” with a special Service of