Panda Press in Stone are looking for a graphic designer. Here are the details: GRAPHIC DESIGNER REQUIRED An opportunity to join a dynamic team at a progressive design and print company, based in Stone. You will be working with a wide range of clients and will possess creative design for print skills including strong...
Plans have been submitted to convert the former double glazing shop in Edward Street into seven bedsits. JPK Designs from Wolstanton have applied to Stafford Borough Council for permission to convert the building into the seven units. The plans from JPK Design Ltd from Wolstanton would create seven bedsits with en-suite facilities and a...
Stone MP Bill Cash was joined by members of the Stop HS2 campaign group at Stone station on 9th February to set out his opposition to the high-speed rail link. Also there were representatives from the HS2 Action Alliance, a network of action groups, who urged people in Stone to form a group. The HS2...
Stone MP Bill Cash is holding a public meeting on the planned HS2 phase two route at Stone station community building at 11am on Saturday 9th February. Our MP set out his “grave concerns” about the route of the HS2 second phase through Staffordshire – which passes close to Walton Heath, Darlaston and Swynnerton...
Dog fouling hotspots in Stone will be targeted as part of a new crackdown on the filthy crime. Stafford Borough Council has introduced dawn and evening patrols to help reduce the number of offences. They have also set up a dedicated email address for people to report offenders. You can now email dogs@staffordbc.gov.uk to give...
Host families are needed in Stone this summer for children from Belarus who will be spending time in the town to recover from cancers caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Margie Haslop from the Chernobyl Children’s Project in Stone has appealed for people to come forward if they can help. Margie Haslop, organiser of...
It’s been really strange this last few months not to have the sound of St Michael’s church bells ringing out over the town. In October last year they were taken down and transported to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London for recasting or retuning after more than £100,000 was raised to get the church’s...
A car was stolen from a driveway on Thomas Avenue in Stone after a burglar broke into the house and grabbed the keys. The offender got into the house through “a small, insecure rear window,” police say, just after midnight in the early hours of Friday. The male was seen to pick up two...
The first phase of £700,000 of towpath improvements in Stone starts on Monday 4th February and will see a section of towpath between Meaford and the Plume of Feathers in Barlaston closed for 1o months. The Canal and River Trust has issued a towpath closure notice for the period 4th February to 22nd November...
Borough councillors will be meeting the technical director of HS2 Limited and setting up community meetings over the proposed route of the high-speed rail line, which looks likely to seriously affect Yarlet, Swynnerton and Walton Heath. Speaking at the Full Council on Tuesday 29th January, leader Cllr Mike Heenan said councillors with wards affected...