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Bikeability cycle training puts young people safely in the saddle

School children from Stone will continue to benefit from free cycling training over the next three years. Bikeability, the National…

• bikeability
• cycling
• safety
• Staffordshire County Council

Foraging in Stone – Food For Free Initiative

What's better than free stuff? Free stuff you can EAT! With the bewildering array of produce available these days from…

• Food for Free
• foraging

Stone Young Farmers celebrate their 40th birthday!

Stone Young Farmers Club is looking for current and former members as it plans to celebrate it's 40th birthday in…

• Staffordshire County Showground
• Stone Young Farmers

On your bike for Cycle To Work Day

I want to ride my bicycle...Pedal power!  Could you be persuaded to ditch your car in favour of your bike,…

• cycle to work day
• health
• national cycle network
• Staffordshire County Council

Stone branch of HSBC set to close on 25th November

While online banking is certainly advantageous and convenient, it has led to a gradual decrease in the use of High…

• closure
• High Street
• hsbc bank

History message in a bottle

A collection of old glass and stoneware bottles discovered during excavations at Norton Bridge have gone on display. The late…

• Ancient High House
• bottles
• Norton Bridge

Handbags and gladrags to be a weekly hit

Residents in Stone and the wider borough can now have their old clothes and electrical items taken by the binmen…

• bins
• recycling
• Stafford Borough Council

10,000 Facebook Likes!

On the 1st of September 2016 we smashed through the 10,000 Facebook likes barrier and we wanted to say a…

• 10000
• Facebook
• likes

Forest School Training Programme Offers New Skills

If you're a fan of the great outdoors, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust may have just the course for you. A new…

• forest school
• staffordshire wildlife trust
• training
• Wolseley Centre

Calls for Urgent Solutions for Children’s A&E

After closing Stafford County Hospital's A&E department to children, the trust behind it is being called on to explain it's…

• childrens a&e
• Stafford Borough Council
• stafford county hospital

Spate of electrical fires sparks safety warning

A spate of electrical fires across Staffordshire involving white goods has sparked a safety warning. Six separate incidents, three involving…

• electrical fires
• fridge freezer
• safety
• Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service
• tumble dryer
• washing machine

Campaign reminds drivers that ’20 is plenty’ outside schools

As schools across Stone re-open, drivers are being reminded that ‘20 is Plenty’ as part of a high profile road…

• 20 is plenty
• mark deaville
• road safety

1940s nostalgia lined up with War in the Valley 2016

  The Churnet Valley Railway is getting ready for another nostalgic journey, as Staffordshire’s Little Switzerland gets transported back to…

• 1940s
• churnet valley railway
• war in the valley

September’s Photo of the Month Subject – Animals & Wildlife

With the coming of a new month, comes a new topic for our Photo of the Month competition; Animals &…

• photo competition

Monthly Photo Competition – Winners Announcement

Here it is folks, the results of our first ever Photo of the Month competition! Thank you to all the…

All Work & No Play in the Sun for Ambulance Staff

The sun came out in the Midlands over the August Bank Holiday, but while the barbecues came out for some…

• West Midlands Ambulance Service