News in Leek

Karen Bradley: In this week's column on Leek Nub News, the Moorlands MP has praised the Moorlands' vaccine rollout as lockdown restrictions begin to ease.

Police have warned residents in the Moorlands about a spate of local scams involving iPhones being delivered by DPD vans.

PCSO Sara Staples, of Staffordshire Police's Moorlands team, warned residents of the scams earlier today.

Police have appealed for information following the theft of pieces of dry stone walling in the Moorlands.

The theft occurred in the village of Stanley, which is around 4 miles southwest of Leek.

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As the UK lockdown on sport lifts, Leek RUFC will be back open for rugby training at Esterchem Park, Cheddleton this week.

The Seniors and Colts sides are due to return from Tuesday March 30th, with the Girls team set to come back on Wednesday March 31st and Mini and Junior rugby teams returning on Sunday April 4th.

Thousands of pounds have been raised for a Leek teen who is fighting for his life after being hit by a van.

18 year old Lewis Roberts has been in hospital in a serious condition since he was struck by a van on Broad Street in Leek on March 13th, suffering life threatening head injuries.

The Staffordshire Moorlands will receive £87,090 to help local high streets reopen and attract shoppers and tourists.

Councils can use the funding to hold street markets and festivals, boost the look and feel of their high streets, with more seating areas and street planting or less graffiti, and install new signage to help keep people safe as restrictions are lifted.

Staffordshire Moorlands District Councillors have voted to double the price of fines handed out to fly-tippers amid a "growing problem" of waste being dumped at local beauty spots.

The decision was made by the council's Cabinet at a meeting earlier today (Tuesday).

Village fetes and other local events are the experiences we are most looking forward to when government restrictions are lifted, according to a poll seen by Nub News.

The finding comes in a survey of more than 2,000 consumers for #wecreateexperiences, a campaign being launched today (March 30) by One Industry One Voice, a group representing the UK's events industry.

Poultry and bird keepers are being advised to keep their animals housed after a case of avian influenza was discovered on a Staffordshire farm.

Staffordshire County Council's trading standards team is working with the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Staffordshire Civil Contingencies Unit to respond to the incident in the Staffordshire Moorlands.