News in Leek

Would you like to know what immune-response you develop following the Covid-19 vaccine? Royal Stoke University Hospital have invited volunteers to take part in a research study.

They are looking to recruit 80 people to take part in this study, who fall into these two groups:

The 2021 census has begun as authorities across the country try to determine how many people are living in each area and what the population needs.

What is the census?

With the weather forecast to pick up in the next fortnight, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to take care when out and about in the countryside and prevent the number of accidental fires needing to be attended.

Over the good weather spell that greeted the beginning of March, there were no fewer than eight secondary fires that occupied crews in the western part of the county alone.

Dozens of highways improvement projects to ease traffic flow, improve safety and support cycling have been approved.

Staffordshire County Council's cabinet approved plans targeting road safety and sustainable transport schemes, including the upgrade of busy junctions, updating traffic signals and improving footways and cycle paths.

Moorlands MP Karen Bradley raised concerns that marriages could take place in the "frozen food aisle" of a supermarket but not in a dedicated wedding venue due to Coronavirus regulations.

Her concerns stemmed from the terms of the current roadmap out of lockdown, which would see weddings allowed to resume from April 12th.

Leek is the most expensive parish to live in out of all 43 Moorlands parishes when it comes to paying your council tax, according to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council's website.

The council's website lists how much council tax residents pay in each of the district's parishes for 2021 - 2022, after Staffordshire's local authorities finalised their budgets for the year.

Day-to-day management and running of Staffordshire's Household Waste Recycling Centres is being brought back in-house.

It will remain business as usual for the public at all of Staffordshire County Council's recycling centres when the current outsourced contract expires at the end of March next year.

A senior councillor has called for reassurance that food parcels being sent out to disadvantaged Staffordshire families during the school holidays will contain healthy ingredients following criticism of provisions in other parts of the country.

Several parents hit out on social media earlier this year about the contents of some parcels sent out as part of a Government scheme. They were given to families of children who would receive free lunches at school, but were unable to attend during the latest lockdown.

Police were called to a Leek street earlier today following a report of a "man shouting and kicking a door".

Police attended Picton Street in Leek this afternoon following the report, and an ambulance also attended.

Two senior detectives have highlighted the need for continued community support in Staffordshire Police's fight against County Lines drugs activity.

Head of Major Crimes, Detective Chief Inspector Rob Taylor and Detective Inspector Lucy Maskew from the force's Child Protection and Exploitation Team have shared an insight into the force's dealings with the illegal drugs trade.