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£330k allocated to prepare plans for Garden Community near Stone

A new train station for a proposed Garden Community at Cold Meece, near Stone,  has taken a step forward after…

• Cold Meece
• Garden community

Summer Saturdays Come to the Churnet Valley

Stone residents invited to explore Churnet Valley Railway as they release details of their summer programme, which will include the…

• churnet valley railway

Co-op Funeral Care highlight local community fund

Stone's Co-op Funeral Care has highlighted that the co-op's annual Community Fund is open for local groups and charities to…

• Co-op Community Fund

Town council unveil Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebration events

Westbridge Park Jubilee "Big Lunch" to be the jewel in Stone Town Council's Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.  Stone Town Council…

• Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
• Stone Town Council

Traders ready to rock for May’s Craft and Collectables Market

On Saturday 21st May, Stone's Craft and Collectables Market returns to Stone High Street - with a great variety of…

• craft and collectables market

Developers looking to win £1.5m transformation work for Stone’s Westbridge Park

Two developers have thrown their hats into the ring to deliver the £1.5m transformation of Westbridge Park in Stone. Stafford…

• Stafford Borough Council
• Westbridge Park

Stone councillor sworn in as mayor of Stafford Borough

On Saturday, 14th May, Stone Councillor Philip Leason MBE received the chains of office at the Annual Meeting of Stafford…

Stone schools invited to join Walk to School Week

Schools in Stone are being invited to take part in this year’s Walk to School Week to help promote the…

• education
• Staffordshire County Council
• Walk to school

Austin and Roe’s guide to getting onto the property ladder in Stone

Local independent estate agents, Austin and Roe, have put together a guide for those wanting to climb onto the property…

Moddershall Oaks shortlisted for the UK’s ‘Best Spa for Wellness’ in the Good Spa Guide Awards

Moddershall Oaks Country Spa Retreat, located just outside of Stone, has launched a new programme of mindful Spa Retreats which…

• Moddershall Oaks

Helping hand with bills available for thousands this summer

Across Stone & Staffordshire, £5.5 million will be spent this summer supporting thousands of people with their domestic bills.

• Staffordshire County Council

Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to visit Stone as full England route revealed

The Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay is coming to Stone during its final journey through England this summer.

• Commonwealth Games
• Queen’s Baton Relay

Rail users advised to check ahead as timetables change

Rail passengers from Stone are being urged to check their train times as many timetables change this weekend across the…

• London Northwestern Railway
• stone station

Local police officers to hold High Street community engagement event in Stone

Staffordshire Police Officers from the local neighbourhood policing team (NPT) are holding a community engagement event later this month in…

• Giles Parsons
• local policing team
• Staffordshire Police

Support group wins funding for Stone Jubilee art project

Sunflower Family Support Group have successfully bid for funding to run Jubilee art workshops in Stone.

• Jubilee
• mental health
• Sunflower Family Support Group

Stone residents and business urged to help shape Staffordshire’s long-term economic growth plan

People and businesses in Stone can now help to shape an eight-year plan setting out the county’s economic growth priorities…

• Staffordshire County Council