Biddulph

Sex pest calls force naked B&B to shut

CLOSED: Mike Howard and, left, with partner Margaret Pate at the launch of their naturist bed and breakfast last year.

Friday, March 12, 2010

A COUPLE have closed their naturist bed and breakfast after getting fed up of being called by swingers and sex pests.

Mike Howard and Margaret Pate say they were forced to halt the operation, near Cellarhead, after receiving abusive calls from people looking for...

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Cameras help authority cut nuisance behaviour

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

NEW technology has helped a partnership reduce anti-social behaviour. The number of reported incidents in the Staffordshire Moorlands has fallen by 22...

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Free garden visits on cards for residents

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

FAMILIES living near a tourist attraction can visit for free again this year. The National Trust is running a concession scheme for Biddulph residents...

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Bid to halt fires caused by smoking

Friday, March 05, 2010

SAFETY DRIVE: Firefighters have joined forces with the NHS to protect families from the risks of smoking. NHS North Staffordshire and Staffordshire...

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'Traffic wardens are hurting town's trade'

Residents outrage over parking crackdown in Biddulph. Frank Harris who is angry about a parking crackdown in Biddulph. Reporter. Karen Category. All Areas News Lead Date. March 4 Time. 9 am

Thursday, March 04, 2010

TRADERS claim over-zealous traffic wardens are driving customers away from town centres. Two employees from a specialist private sector firm have...

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Youngsters net Lotto cash for playing area

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

A SPORTS facility will be unveiled in May after youngsters won lottery funding. The new multi-purpose games area in Church Road Playing Fields at...

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Fly-tippers rubbished for making site 'like Beirut'

CLEAR IT UP: Councillors Norma Massey and Paul Roberts with the rubbish that has been left in Tickhill Lane, Dilhorne. Picture: Alex Severn

Monday, March 01, 2010

COMMUNITY leaders say they have been putting up with fly-tippers dumping tonnes of waste near their village for two decades. But councillors have now...

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Violent robber sent to prison for four years

Saturday, February 27, 2010

ROBBER Christopher Scott, who attacked a man with a glass ashtray, has been jailed for four years. The 29-year-old, of Lawton Crescent, Biddulph, went...

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'Big O' tribute act loses cancer fight

SINGING STAR: Pictured is Roy Orbison impersonator Gerry Grant, who has died. Below, Gerry with wife Annette.

Friday, February 26, 2010

A FORMER welder who found fame and fortune through his uncanny similarity to the legendary Roy Orbison has died after a fight against cancer. From the...

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