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Moddershall Valley homes plan thrown out
Published on 18 Mar, 2013 at 13:41 in News | Viewed 428 times | No Comments
Stafford Borough Council’s planning committee has rejected Seddon Homes’ application to develop 34 homes on a greenfield site south of Nicholls Lane and east of Airdale Spinney. More than 80 residents had objected to the planned development, saying that it would encroach into the Moddershall Valley Conservation Area and have a negative impact on the...
Easter holiday activities in Stone
Published on 18 Mar, 2013 at 13:25 in What's On? | Viewed 1,195 times | No Comments
There’s lots going on in Stone over the Easter holidays to keep the youngsters entertained. Stafford Borough Council’s ‘Get Out!’ programme will be running from Good Friday (29th March) to Wednesday 10th April. There will be multi-activity days, ‘Footie Fest’ and trampoline coaching at Alleyne’s Sports Centre. In the swimming pool there will be the...
‘Thank you for saving my life’
Published on 15 Mar, 2013 at 8:29 in News | Viewed 558 times | No Comments
The Stone man who suffered a cardiac arrest at Westbridge Park Fitness Centre made an emotional return to thank the fitness instructor who saved his life. Russell Follows said if it hadn’t been for the actions of Lee Nicklin, he wouldn’t be alive today. Russell suffered a cardiac arrest in the changing rooms of...
Keep Westbridge Park Green press release
Published on 14 Mar, 2013 at 12:37 in Westbridge Park | Viewed 1,289 times | 9 Comments
Keep Westbridge Park Green issued a press release today calling on Stafford Borough Council to “stand by its commitment to withdraw the proposal for a supermarket on the Park given the opposition of residents”. Campaign organisers say that over 700 people completed consultation forms at the KWPG stand on the High Street recently, with...
Praise for lifesaving fitness instructor Lee
A Stone fitness instructor has been praised after he saved the life of a 55-year-old man who collapsed at Westbridge Park Fitness Centre. Russell Follows from Stone suffered a cardiac arrest in the changing rooms of the borough council-run centre on Westbridge Park on 19th February. Instructor Lee Nicklin used CPR and an on-site...
Alleyne’s fears over Westbridge Park plans
Published on 1 Mar, 2013 at 17:56 in Westbridge Park | Viewed 2,329 times | 22 Comments
Alleyne’s High School issued a press release today over the borough council’s proposed plans for Westbridge Park. In the release, the school states that a swimming pool as part of any new leisure centre at Westbridge would see the school’s pool – “a major loss not only for the students of Alleyne’s High School...
Moddershall Valley homes decision delayed
Published on 26 Feb, 2013 at 15:58 in News | Viewed 539 times | No Comments
A decision on a controversial plan to build more than 30 homes next to a conservation area has been delayed after the borough council’s planning committee decided to visit the site of the planned development. The application by Seddon Homes for up to 34 homes on land east of Airdale Spinney went before Stafford...
Work under way on new aviary for park
Published on 26 Feb, 2013 at 10:42 in News | Viewed 333 times | No Comments
Work has started on a new aviary for Stonefield Park – and it’s taking shape pretty quickly. The birds were moved from the old aviary – which had been in the park since 1988 – in October and are currently living in the aviary at Victoria Park, Stafford, until their new home is ready....
Westbridge Park consultation nears end
Published on 25 Feb, 2013 at 14:58 in Westbridge Park | Viewed 1,210 times | 1 Comment
Time is running out to have your say on the borough council’s plans to redevelop Westbridge Park. The consultation closes on Saturday 2nd March, so make sure you take part in the consultation on the borough council website HERE Click HERE to see the borough council’s plan for Westbridge Park See all of A Little...
New fitness club for young people
Published on 22 Feb, 2013 at 10:05 in What's On? | Viewed 551 times | 2 Comments
Youngsters in Stone have been invited to the launch party of a new fitness club that aims to get children in the town doing more exercise. The launch party on Friday 1st March at Alleyne’s Sports Centre will showcase the variety of equipment and activities available in the sports hall, and there will also...