News in Leek

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.

In this week's column on Leek Nub News, Moorlands MP Karen Bradley says she was pleased to return to debating in person following the reopening of Parliament.

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.

The films that will be shown at Leek Cricket Club's upcoming outdoor cinema later this year have been announced.

Leek Nub News reported previously how residents will soon be able to enjoy an evening of films under the stars when an outdoor cinema comes to the town later this year.

The number of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent residents receiving the Covid-19 vaccine is set to pass 500,000 this week – and a target to offer all adults their first dose by the end of July could be met several weeks early.

The area has topped a national "league table" for vaccine administration, health bosses told a Staffordshire County Council meeting on Tuesday.