News in Leek

Small businesses in Staffordshire can learn how they can grow their operations and increase productivity through a new county programme.

Staffordshire County Council and Staffordshire Chambers of Commerce have together launched the initiative which offers businesses advice on how to get the most out of digital technology.

It has now been 12 months since University Hospital North Midlands recruited its first patient into research studies about Covid-19.

Since that time almost 2,000 patients from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospitals, Stafford have been involved in studies and research from diagnostic testing through to life saving drugs and therapies.

Residents across Staffordshire Moorlands are being warned to be extra vigilant and get tested as latest figures show Covid cases are on the rise.

Cases for Staffordshire Moorlands have started to creep back up in the last three weeks with the seven-day rate hitting 84.3 per 100,000 population. This is higher than the Staffordshire, West Midlands and England averages.

Police have appealed for information after an 18-year-old was hit by a van in Leek over the weekend.

An air ambulance attended Broad Street on Saturday afternoon, and the pedestrian was taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital in a serious condition.

Cyclists and motorists are being urged to be more courteous and to look out for each other in a new road safety campaign.

'Look Out' is the latest campaign from the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) to help reduce the number of collisions involving cyclists within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

A new campaign to help tackle loneliness in Staffordshire has been launched.

The new Let's Beat Loneliness Together campaign by Staffordshire County Council will help raise awareness of the issue and promote the services available to those affected by it. The campaign will also support those individuals or volunteers who want to do something themselves to help reduce loneliness in their local community.

Organisers of the sixth annual Staffordshire Day have launched a county-wide film competition as part of this year's celebrations.

Film-makers from Staffordshire and beyond are being encouraged, by Enjoy Staffordshire, Staffordshire County Council and the county's other local authorities, to enter the Staffordshire Day Film Competition.

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Work to install new play equipment and a multi-use games area in Leek's Brough Park is in full swing - with facilities set to be open in time for the longer, warmer days to come.

The project was given the green-light last year following approval by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council for wide-ranging improvements to the Park.

Staffordshire Police have refused to release documents on plans for a controversial £19 million firing range.

Details of the plan – which is currently at the 'business case' stage – emerged at a meeting of the Staffordshire Police, Fire and Crime Panel in February.