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Stone by the Seaside returns this week

With the school summer holidays in full swing, Stone Town Council have organised a second Stone by the Seaside event…

• market square
• Stone by the sea
• Stone Town Council

Alex pedals hard for Veterans PTSD Charity

Local resident Alex Preston will be cycling 1,000 miles this month to raise money for veteran's charity Combat Stress. Alex,…

• Alex Preston
• Combat Stress

Sandon by the Sea comes to Sandon Village Fete

In a celebration of classic seaside holidays, Sandon Village Fete will this year include a special Sandon by the Sea…

• Sandon Village Fete

Summer campaign re-runs for National Firearms Surrender

As part of a national two week surrender of firearms and ammunition, which started on Saturday 20 July 2019, Staffordshire Police…

• Firearms surrender
• Staffordshire Police

Summer Reading Challenge invites children to blast off!

As part of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, children from across Staffordshire are invited to join in the Space Chase…

• Stone library
• Summer reading challenge

Staffordshire apprentices take to the stage for graduation

Higher-level apprentices Richard Cumberlidge and Naomi Yates are just two of over 150 apprentices who took to the stage at…

• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Apprenticeship Recognition Awards

£5m pothole pledge already seeing results

An additional £5m ploughed into tackling potholes on Staffordshire’s roads is already seeing results.with more than 300 defects fixed across…

• pothole fund
• Staffordshire County Council

GP practices come together to better serve patients

Joining together as Primary Care Networks (PCNs), groups of GP practices across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are formally committing to working…

• Primary Care Networks

Stone school buildings win two awards for Fords of Blythe Bridge

In recognition of construction projects completed at two schools in Stone, Fords of Blythe Bridge has picked up two prestigious…

• christ church academy
• Fords of Blythe Bridge
• walton priory middle school

Reminder of dangers of cooling off in open water

Following the death of a 21-year-old man in Chasewater, in Staffordshire, people are being reminded of the dangers of swimming…

• danger
• Open water swimming

School head bids farewell after 21 years

After more than two decades at the helm of Stafford Grammar School, the man who became one of England’s youngest…

• Stafford Grammar School

Work continues for cleaner air

The first year of an air quality initiative in Staffordshire has seen hundreds of businesses, school pupils and their parents…

Pirehill’s marathon fundraising effort

On Monday 15th July, all pupils and staff at Pirehill First School will be completing the final mile of what…

• Cancer Research
• pirehill first school

Learning disability day services could be reshaped based on public feedback

Day services for adults with a learning disability or autism could be reshaped based on feedback from users and their…

• Staffordshire County Council

Trust to invest £40m in 300 new ambulances

With the announcement of an order for 300 new ambulances, West Midlands Ambulance Service is set to maintain its position…

• West Midlands Ambulance Service

Patient experiences wanted for county services survey

Patients’ experiences of using GP out-of-hours services and NHS111 are being sought by the NHS commissioners of services across Staffordshire…

• NHS 111
• survey