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Warning over heat and open water risks as Stone faces extreme temperatures
People in Stone are being urged to take care in the heat, with warnings over open water, wildfire risks and…
Author: Jon Cook
22nd June 2026
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Water testing in Stone shows threats to river life
Freshwater testing carried out in Stone has revealed pollution levels that could be harming fish and other river species in…
Author: Jon Cook
2nd May 2025Staying safe around Stone’s waters in warm weather
With the sunshine out and temperatures rising, the River Trent and Trent and Mersey Canal might look like the perfect…
Author: Jon Cook
1st May 2025New Stone MP getting stuck in on local issues
Whilst Parliament was on its summer recess, Sir Gavin Williamson has been busy across the constituency, meeting local groups and…
Author: Jon Cook
5th September 2024Local Community Facebook Group Lobbies Staffordshire County Council For Footbridge Repairs to Re-open Popular Local Public Footpath
Locals frustrated as popular Aston to Burston trail remains closed after bridge collapse. Eight months on, Staffordshire County Council offers…
Author: Jon Cook
28th June 2024Action on sewage dumped at Stone sports facility
Stone Labour Party and Councillor Jill Hood have joined forces to demand that Severn Trent stop dumping raw sewage straight…
Author: Jon Cook
3rd February 2024Stone Town Council extends fishing lease for River Trent
An angling club has landed more fishing time at the River Trent at Stone after town councillors agreed to extend…
Author: Kerry Ashdown, Local Democracy Reporter15th February 2022Air ambulance attends Stone after teenage girl gets into difficulty in the River Trent
A teenage girl was rescued by emergency services this afternoon after being swept away in the fast-flowing River Trent by…
Author: Jon Cook
16th June 2020Home flooding protection plan completed
A pioneering project to improve the ecological health of a brook in Stone, create new wetland habitats and protect homes…
Author: Andy MacDonald
26th September 20151,000 ducks to race down the River Trent!
After the raft race at the recent Stone Festival, it's the turn of 1,000 plastic yellow ducks to race down…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
19th June 2014In pictures: Stone Festival raft race 2014
If you took part in Stone Festival's raft race on Sunday morning, we salute you! Fourteen teams took to the…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
9th June 2014Teams brave the Trent for festival raft race
Seventeen teams braved the River Trent on hand-built vessels this morning in the annual raft race, the curtain-raising event for…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
2nd June 2013River trail group set up by Trent Vision Trust
The group behind plans to develop land near Stone fire station and create a new river trail linking the site…
Author: Jamie Summerfield7th May 2013Riverside development plans to go on show
Plans for the development of the Trent Valley will go on show at a series of exhibitions in early February.…
Author: Jamie Summerfield26th January 2013In pictures: Flooding hits Stone
Thanks to Johua Cope, Matt Kenney, Penny Holland and Amara Pickerill for these photographs of flooding in and around Stone.…
Author: Jamie Summerfield6th July 2012Stone Lions duck race called off
The terrible weather has forced organisers of this year's Stone Lions duck race to call the event off. It's certainly…
Author: Jamie Summerfield6th July 2012
