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Funeral of Oulton & Barlaston councillor

The funeral of Peter Proctor, the borough councillor for Oulton and Barlaston who died over the Christmas period, will take…

• Stafford Borough Council

Food and Drink Festival 2011 dates revealed

The dates for the 2011 Stone Food and Drink Festival were revealed today. This year's festival weekend will be from…

• Food and Drink Festival

First Stone Soul Club of 2011

The first Stone Soul Club of 2011 takes place on Saturday 15th January. The club, which celebrated its seventh anniversary…

• music
• Northern Soul
• Stone Soul Club

January jazz at The Vine

The acts for January at Stone’s excellent Monday night Jazz Club at the Vine Inn in Oulton Road have been…

• music
• pubs
• Stone Jazz Club
• the vine

Wildlife Watch leader needed in Stone

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust is looking for a new leader for its Wildlife Watch group in Stone. The group for eight…

• staffordshire wildlife trust
• volunteers

Moddershall Oaks makes national Top 50

Moddershall Oaks has made The Independent's list of the top 50 spas in the country. The list was compiled by…

• Moddershall Oaks
• spa

Christmas tree recycling sites

Christmas trees can be taken to the following sites between Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 12th January to be recycled by…

• Christmas
• christmas tree
• recycling

Winter walk with Stone Ramblers

There's a chance to work off all that turkey and Christmas pudding on Stone Ramblers' annual winter walk on Thursday…

• Christmas
• common plott
• Stone Ramblers

Merry Christmas from A Little Bit of Stone!

A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Little Bit of Stone visitors! Thank you so much for…

• Christmas

In pictures: Big Christmas Carol Walk

The Big Christmas Carol Walk in Stone was a huge success on Christmas Eve! Starting at 9.30am at the Shelter…

• Advent Window
• christ church
• Christmas
• High Street
• town centre

Council pledge on Christmas gritting

The county council says that gritting crews will be on call around the clock to fight the festive freeze which…

• Christmas
• Staffordshire County Council
• winter

Post plum pudding plod cancelled

Stone Lions have decided to cancel their post plum pudding plod that was scheduled for 28th December because of the…

• charity
• Stone Lions

Two-hour parking limit at Morrisons begins

The new parking system came into force at Morrisons today, with those staying longer than two hours being hit with…

• Morrisons
• parking
• parking eye

Train drivers’ strike is suspended

A 24-hour strike by drivers on London Midland train routes planned for Thursday that would have hit trains through Stone…

• london midland
• railway

Woman dies in Hilderstone crash

A woman has died after a car and a van collided in a village just outside Stone. The collision happened…

Stone pupils help to force Government U-turn

Pressure from pupils in Stone has helped to force a U-turn from the Government on plans to scrap school sport…

• schools
• sport