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Estate Give a Good Clean Up

RESIDENTS, housing staff and an environmental group came together to clear areas of rubbish as part of a neighbourhood clean up. Staff from affordable homes provider Wulvern took to the pathways and open green areas around Frank Webb Avenue, in Crewe, for a litter pick in partnership with Greenspaces South Cheshire who have been making improvements to the local environment and wildlife habitats by installing bird boxes, planting bulbs and creating wildflower meadows with the help of residents...

Open Day for Care Services

PATIENTS and their families are being invited to an open day to find out about changes to home care services. Radis Community Care and Allied Healthcare Group have been awarded contracts by Staffordshire County Council to provide home care services throughout the Stafford district.

New Training Venue Unveiled

APPRENTICES will get a new training facility if plans for a depot get the green light. Aspire Housing has lodged a change of use planning application for the building in Brick Kiln Lane, Chesterton.

Arty: Families Put Their Artistic [...]

ARTY: Families put their artistic talents to good use by creating lanterns for a town's art festival later this month. People were encouraged to make their own lanterns at Cheadle's Guild Hall at the weekend and return with them for a parade on Friday, March 18. Arts festival secretary Stella Heritage said: "The workshop went very well. "We had about nine children who came along and one or two of them were with their parents. "There were some wonderful lanterns, such as fish and hearts and on...

Lift-Off for New Library Upgrade

WORK has started on upgrading a lift at a town's library. A new lift car is being installed at Leek Library, in the Nicholson Institute, which includes features to make it easier to use by the less able.

Office Marks 10th Birthday

A RECORDS centre which provides valuable information about the county's wildlife has reached its tenth anniversary. Staffordshire Ecological Record (SER), a biological records centre based inside the headquarters of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust at Wolseley Bridge, is celebrating a decade of gathering and recording wild species across the county. Its database currently stands at 1.3 million records of plants and animals, and counting.

Charity Donation: Breast Cancer Survivor [...]

CHARITY DONATION: Breast cancer survivor Catherine Bennett has donated more than Pounds 2,500 to a charity which supports patients and funds research into the disease. The mother-of-four, of Buxton Road, Leek, raised the cash through a variety of stunts. In December she was granted permission from Leek Town Council to hang bras on a 35ft-tall Christmas tree in Market Place for four days.

Vow On Child Safety After 'Challenging' Funding Cuts ; Protection Board's Budget Slashed

REASSURANCES have been given over child protection after funding was slashed for the body overseeing reviews into young people's deaths. The Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) is to have its budget cut by 10 per cent this coming year and by a further 10 per cent the year after.

Extra 'Sit-Down Workouts' for Elderly People

HEALTH sessions which allow elderly people to exercise while sitting down are expanding in North Staffordshire. Four new chair-based exercise groups have been added at Werrington, Biddulph, Kidsgrove and Newcastle, bringing the total to 14.

Death Certificate Errors Found ; Picture Drawn of Poor Decisions and Record-Keeping

MORE than 200 death certificates were wrongly filled in by doctors at a scandal-hit hospital. The mistakes were uncovered during a review at Stafford Hospital following concerns about mortality rates.

Time Capsule Will Mark Building of New Centre

THE history of Chesterton is to be commemorated by young people in the area when they set to work on a time capsule project. The project is being funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of its Young Roots programme, and will see young people working with Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive services.

Display: Shoppers Were Given an [...]

DISPLAY: Shoppers were given an insight into the world of American football during a demonstration at an outlet centre. Members of the Staffordshire Surge American Football Team were at Freeport Talke on Saturday to give families the chance to try on some of the official kit and find out more about the sport.

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Moorlands: An Exhibition Titled 'Landscape [...] ; in Brief

MOORLANDS: An exhibition titled 'Landscape Images of the Peak' is on show at the Nicholson Gallery and Museum. The display will run until Saturday, April 9. The exhibit features work by North Staffordshire artists John Skinner, David Hunt and Philip Gibson.

Kidsgrove: A Free Yoga Class [...] ; in Brief

KIDSGROVE: A free yoga class is being held on Fridays at Butt Lane Community Centre, in Lower Ash Road. The class will run from 2pm to 3pm each Friday and is open to all.