Richard Price
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Journalist - BBC News
Councillors in Staffordshire have voted to overturn the county council's climate emergency declaration.
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Staffordshire County Council scraps climate emergency declaration
Staffordshire County Council voted to overturn its climate emergency, announced in 2019.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Councillors in Staffordshire have voted to overturn the county council's climate emergency declaration.
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Roberts Bakery announced on Monday that it was intending to appoint an administrator to help "secure the best possible outcome" and save as many jobs as possible.
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Roberts Bakery: Family-run Northwich business battles to survive
Four hundred jobs could be lost at Roberts Bakery's Northwich plant as the company fights to survive.
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October 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Roberts Bakery announced on Monday that it was intending to appoint an administrator to help "secure the best possible outcome" and save as many jobs as possible.
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The rebuilt Capo sculpture, depicting Burslem-born potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood, will be unveiled in early autumn according to city council leader Jane Ashworth.
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Rebuilt Josiah Wedgwood statue to be unveiled in Stoke-on-Trent 'very soon'
The rebuilt statue is expected to be unveiled inFestival Park in the early autumn.
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July 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The rebuilt Capo sculpture, depicting Burslem-born potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood, will be unveiled in early autumn according to city council leader Jane Ashworth.
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Lichfield District Council said it had rejected Cocker Hoop Creative Limited's application to hold the Lichfield Food Festival in August and that it would also reject any future applications from the company.
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Lichfield Food Festival organiser banned from staging events
Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd is told it is not allowed to stage events in the Lichfield district.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lichfield District Council said it had rejected Cocker Hoop Creative Limited's application to hold the Lichfield Food Festival in August and that it would also reject any future applications from the company.
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The organisers of a food and drink festival in Staffordshire have paused trader applications while an "urgent internal review" is undertaken.
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Lichfield Food Festival under review as other events cancelled
Lichfield Food Festival organisers pause trader applications as they undertake an investigation.
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July 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The organisers of a food and drink festival in Staffordshire have paused trader applications while an "urgent internal review" is undertaken.
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Officially, brew-tifully amazing! Stoke- on- Trent is now a Guinness World Record holder in its centenary year of celebration!
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July 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Officially, brew-tifully amazing! Stoke- on- Trent is now a Guinness World Record holder in its centenary year of celebration!
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Work has started on a museum which will tell the story of part of the country's industrial transport heritage, according to a charity.
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Work starts on new Apedale heritage railway museum
The new museum is being built next to an existing station building in Apedale, Staffordshire.
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May 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Work has started on a museum which will tell the story of part of the country's industrial transport heritage, according to a charity.
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A man and a business have been charged in relation to an enormous fly-tipping incident in Lichfield earlier this year.
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Charges brought over Lichfield's Watery Lane fly-tipping incident
The waste blocked Watery Lane in Lichfield, and required a specialist team to remove.
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May 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A man and a business have been charged in relation to an enormous fly-tipping incident in Lichfield earlier this year.
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Percy the peacock – who lives in Cotes Heath near Swynnerton - is particularly vocal during the spring mating season, according to owner Jane Ackroyd.
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Staffordshire peacock has reputation for mischief
Jane Ackroyd, from Cotes Heath, says her peacock Percy is loved by 99.9% of his neighbours.
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April 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Percy the peacock – who lives in Cotes Heath near Swynnerton - is particularly vocal during the spring mating season, according to owner Jane Ackroyd.
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Staff at a university in Staffordshire have voted to strike in a dispute over the merger of two departments and the possibility of job losses.
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Keele University staff to strike over school merger plan
Keele University bosses plan to combine the school of humanities with the school of social sciences.
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April 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Staff at a university in Staffordshire have voted to strike in a dispute over the merger of two departments and the possibility of job losses.
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Three men have been jailed for two attacks on refuse workers in Stoke-on-Trent.
The video footage of this incident is quite staggering.
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The video footage of this incident is quite staggering.
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Three men jailed for Stoke-on-Trent bin worker attacks
Joe Corden, Jack Spackman and Kyle Worthington attacked four bin collectors with an axe and a metal pole.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Three men have been jailed for two attacks on refuse workers in Stoke-on-Trent.
The video footage of this incident is quite staggering.
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The video footage of this incident is quite staggering.
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Plans for a new adventure golf course have been approved for Beacon Park in Lichfield.
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Plans for new adventure golf course at Lichfield's Beacon Park
The existing mini golf course at Beacon Park is due to be removed this summer, the council says.
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April 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Plans for a new adventure golf course have been approved for Beacon Park in Lichfield.
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The University of Derby has announced plans to transfer the Leek campus of Buxton and Leek College to Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group.
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Leek college campus to transfer ownership, university bosses say
The Leek campus of Buxton and Leek College is set to be split off from the University of Derby.
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April 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The University of Derby has announced plans to transfer the Leek campus of Buxton and Leek College to Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group.
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A former MP is among 13 contestants to have entered the Celebrity Big Brother house for the reality TV show's latest series.
Sir Michael Fabricant was an MP in Staffordshire for more than 30 years, most recently for the Lichfield constituency.
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Sir Michael Fabricant was an MP in Staffordshire for more than 30 years, most recently for the Lichfield constituency.
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Former Lichfield MP booed entering Celebrity Big Brother house
Sir Michael Fabricant was booed by crowds gathered outside the Big Brother house on Monday.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A former MP is among 13 contestants to have entered the Celebrity Big Brother house for the reality TV show's latest series.
Sir Michael Fabricant was an MP in Staffordshire for more than 30 years, most recently for the Lichfield constituency.
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Sir Michael Fabricant was an MP in Staffordshire for more than 30 years, most recently for the Lichfield constituency.
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Absolutely astonishing footage of this Amazon lorry crashing over a roundabout.
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Amazon lorry careers over roundabout and crashes
Video shows the moment cars are caught in the truck's unexpected path.
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April 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Absolutely astonishing footage of this Amazon lorry crashing over a roundabout.
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Coventry cycle path to be completed after extremely lengthy process. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Stepping back from this I wonder if we take too long to build essential infrastructure? And why that is?
Campaigners lose High Court fight against Coventry cycleway
A decision to complete the Binley Cycleway was made by Coventry City council last year.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Coventry cycle path to be completed after extremely lengthy process. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Stepping back from this I wonder if we take too long to build essential infrastructure? And why that is?
Birmingham City Council has been denied permission to increase council tax by nearly 10% but has instead been given approval to raise it by 7.5% from April.
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Birmingham City council denied permission for new 9.99% tax rise
But the government says the council can increase it by 7.5% without a local referendum.
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February 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Birmingham City Council has been denied permission to increase council tax by nearly 10% but has instead been given approval to raise it by 7.5% from April.
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Birmingham City Council is planning to cut about £148m of spending while increasing council tax by 7.49% in the coming financial year.
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Birmingham City Council bosses plan £148m spending cut in budget
A £43m cut to adult social care services is among the council's latest plans to balance its books.
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February 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Birmingham City Council is planning to cut about £148m of spending while increasing council tax by 7.49% in the coming financial year.
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"We cannot balance our budget for next year without borrowing a significant amount."
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Cheshire East Council facing £27m gap without tax rise
A council leader says borrowing money would be
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January 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"We cannot balance our budget for next year without borrowing a significant amount."
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Lichfield's MP has called for those behind a "genuinely staggering" mound of illegally dumped waste that blocked a road in his constituency to be jailed.
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Culprits of enormous Lichfield fly-tip should be jailed - MP
Dave Robertson says lives were put at risk by the colossal waste pile which blocked a road this week.
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January 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Lichfield's MP has called for those behind a "genuinely staggering" mound of illegally dumped waste that blocked a road in his constituency to be jailed.
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Karen Bradley, who represents the Staffordshire Moorlands, said she was concerned the government wanted to force the area to become part of a "Greater Stoke-on-Trent" against the will of residents.
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'We do not want a merger with Stoke-on-Trent,' says Karen Bradley
Karen Bradley believes the current structure ensures more decisions are made by local people.
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January 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Karen Bradley, who represents the Staffordshire Moorlands, said she was concerned the government wanted to force the area to become part of a "Greater Stoke-on-Trent" against the will of residents.
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Plans to turn a former quarry in Staffordshire into a holiday park have been given the go-ahead after more than a decade of objections from locals.
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Moneystone Quarry holiday park approved after years of objection
Laver Leisure says the new holiday park will provide 250 jobs and bring a range of tourism benefits.
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January 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Plans to turn a former quarry in Staffordshire into a holiday park have been given the go-ahead after more than a decade of objections from locals.
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In the photo here of Heaney by the names to the left but cropped out are two inducted for cycling. One is my Grandad Roy Swinnerton. For a shiny penny can any of the #CyclingBlueSky crowd name the other?
January 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In the photo here of Heaney by the names to the left but cropped out are two inducted for cycling. One is my Grandad Roy Swinnerton. For a shiny penny can any of the #CyclingBlueSky crowd name the other?
A man has been arrested following a large fire at a building in Stoke-on-Trent from which three people were rescued.
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Man arrested after large building fire in Stoke-on-Trent
The 58-year-old arson suspect is also detained on suspicion of cultivating a cannabis plant.
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January 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A man has been arrested following a large fire at a building in Stoke-on-Trent from which three people were rescued.
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Critical incidents at two hospitals in Staffordshire have been stood down, hospital bosses said.
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Critical incidents stood down at two Staffordshire hospitals
The hospitals' trust is urging patients to only use the A&E services in a serious emergency.
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January 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Critical incidents at two hospitals in Staffordshire have been stood down, hospital bosses said.
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