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Martin Jones and Tina Turnock are doing some fundraising for the University Hospitals of North Midlands Charity – they are holding a charity football match at Newcastle Town Football Club on Sunday 28th April – THIS SUNDAY – ‘The All stars Vets’ verses the ‘Golden Generation and it is in aid of cancer care and […]
The Government is being asked to grant permission for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to take legal action against the operators of Walleys Quarry. Earlier this month Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council notified Walleys Quarry Ltd, a subsidiary of Red Industries Ltd, that the site operator had failed to properly control emissions from the landfill in Silverdale and was […]
Claudia Hanks is organising two fundraisers, this Saturday 27th April in memory of her Grandad, TONY CORNES Starting with football …. Football between the Stoke supporters and the vale supporters at Newcastle College starting at 2pm – Tony supported both teams!! So then for those with any strength left after the football, at Night we […]
Staffordshire Police have arrested a teenage boy and seized an off-road bike as part of their continued efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour across Stoke-on-Trent. Just after 2pm on Sunday, Officers went to the BP petrol station off James Brindley Way in Tunstall after spotting an orange KTM motorbike without any registration plates. The boy who […]
Two newly designated conservation areas in Stoke-on-Trent have now been announced to help preserve the city’s historic character. Following a consultation process Stoke-on-Trent City Council has unveiled new conservation areas in Winton Square, Stoke and Albert Square, Fenton. This follows on from 2022 where residents were encouraged to have their say in a consultation exercise […]
Retailers in Staffordshire are being warned that they face further test purchases and strict enforcement action, in a bid to clamp down on the illegal sales of age-restricted products to children. The warning from Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards service follows latest figures from the Central England Trading Standards Authorities The figures, from April 2023 […]
Staffordshire Police are investigating after two people died at the weekend in Stoke-on-Trent. Officers were called at 1pm on Saturday afternoon with a report that the bodies of a man and a woman had been found at a house on Catalina Place, Meir Park. The man and woman, aged in their 70s, were both pronounced dead […]
Work to create a statue of Queen Elizabeth II in Newcastle-under-Lyme has begun – during the week leading up to what would have been her 98th birthday – thanks to two leading companies. Staffordshire digger maker JCB and social impact developer Capital & Centric are jointly funding the statue commissioned by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to […]
Three people have been arrested following disorder in Newcastle-under-Lyme. A report was received that a group had threatened a man at an address on Romney Avenue, Chesterton, shortly before 10 on Saturday morning. The caller stated that a member of the group had a machete. Firearms officers from Staffordshire Police attended the scene and recovered […]
Staffordshire’s JCB Pothole Pro is on the move around Staffordshire, helping to fix potholes and prepare roads for surface treatments. The machine has recently been used on Newcastle Road in Hanchurch, and will be moving up and down the county over the next few months to help with Staffordshire’s spring push on pothole repairs. It […]
