Council

Former care homes set to reopen in housing plan

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

CLOSED-DOWN care homes are to be brought back into use as part of a package to improve housing and social services for elderly and vulnerable people.

Kniveden Hall in Leek and Lightwood Home, Cheadle, pictured below, were closed in 2008 by Staffordshire County...

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Freeman call for retiring MP

CALL FOR HONOURS: Councillor Adrian Knapper.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A LABOUR councillor has called for an MP to receive a civic honour. Mark Fisher announced last week he is stepping down as Labour's MP for Stoke-on-Tr...

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Calls for reform of council pay-offs

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

GOVERNMENT watchdog the Audit Commission has called for reform of the system which awards big pay-offs to council chiefs who quit. Auditors found that...

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New limits for busy schools

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

AROUND £275,000 is to be spent over the next two years on introducing part-time speed limits outside schools. Staffordshire County Council has...

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Residents try to stamp out booze plans

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

DOZENS of residents are fighting plans to sell alcohol at a Post Office. Hitesh Bokhiriya has applied to Stoke-on-Trent City Council for a premises...

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Cash bid to demolish unloved estate homes

PLANS: Terry Johnson, of Lilydale Road, Bucknall, talks to neighbourhood renewal manager Phil Dawson. Below, Karen Bowen.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

HUNDREDS of houses could be demolished to transform an estate where residents are living in freezing homes. Bucknall is one of seven areas earmarked...

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Old houses awaiting refurbishment

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

MORE than 40 homes next to an historic pot bank are to be renovated in a way that reflects their heritage, as part of a £1 million pound scheme. ...

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Authority asks for campaign group's view on wind turbines

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

NEIGHBOURS fighting plans for a wind turbine near their homes are to be consulted over a council policy review. Severn Trent wants to put up a...

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Phone company is facing action over half-built mast

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

WORRIED residents have been assured enforcement action is being considered against a mobile phone company at the centre of a planning wrangle over a...

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