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Work to make Newcastle town centre feel safer day and night is paying dividends, according to a new report. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s joint work with Staffordshire Police has resulted in improvements in instances of anti-social behaviour, robbery and general violence. The results follow a series of initiatives including creating Public Space Protection Orders, police officers […]
Residents in Newcastle under Lyme can see for themselves how money is being spent and services delivered thanks to an annual progress report. The Borough Council is presenting the report, detailing its performance set against its four-year development plan to 2026. Its priorities are building the local economy; supporting healthy, safe and active communities; creating […]
Staffordshire Residents looking for information about local services or support to deal with cost-of-living pressures can do so at Community Help Points across the county. Community Help Points assist people in accessing a variety of information, activities and resources to make everyday life easier, including -Using the internet to find important information. -Finding out where […]
Staffordshire Police have once again been calling on anyone carrying a knife to #DitchTheBlade. The campaign ran for 2 weeks recently, in conjunction with the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Violence Reduction Alliance, the aim of the campaign has been to reinforce that it is not normal for anyone to carry a knife. Tackling knife crime remains […]
Staffordshire Police have been proactively targeting those involved in drug cultivation across Staffordshire as part of their Operation Levidrome commitment. On 18th November at 11.30 am Officers attended a home in the Joiners Square area following reports of suspicious activity and found 480 cannabis plants. The incident number is 245 of 18 November. On the […]
Staffordshire County Council is making good on its promise to fix more roads across the county with 16,308 pothole repair jobs completed so far, which is already in excess of jobs completed last year Earlier this year, the council announced an investment of £30 million into maintaining and improving the county’s highways over the next […]
Fire stations, supermarkets, a library and a cricket club – just some of the places you can get a Covid-19 vaccination this month in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. In addition to pharmacies and GP practices, the Targeted Vaccination Team is taking the vaccine out into the community to make it as easy as possible for local […]
In the last year alone, 33 people in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent have died after a road collision, which is why the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) is supporting a national campaign to encourage road users to reduce their speed. Road Safety Week, co-ordinated by the charity ‘Brake’, started yesterday, and runs until Saturday 25 November. […]
Residents are being urged to have their say on the development of a city-wide inventory which will help to protect some of the city’s most treasured public works of art. Stoke-on-Trent City Council is creating a register of public art to help inform planning decisions related to any future regeneration schemes following the removal of […]
More patients in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent can now access their medical records online than almost anywhere else in the country. Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent now lead the country in online patient record access, with over 97 per cent of practices offering this service, surpassing the national 90 per cent target. This allows patients to efficiently access […]
