News in Biddulph

Thanks to Cathy Cooper from Biddulph Slimming World for submitting the following column. Below, Cathy praises Biddulph slimmer Craig Doorbar for achieving a weight loss of over five stone.

Tributes have been paid to a "wonderful and kind" Biddulph teenager following his passing last week.

Harry Mullington, who was a Year 13 student at Biddulph High School, sadly passed away on Monday, 31st August.

Biddulph Classic Car show has been postponed, after it was due to take place this weekend.

The show was due to take place from 2pm - 5pm on Saturday, 12th September, and promised an array of classic and modern cars dating back as far as 1912, and including commercials vehicles agricultural vehicles, motorbikes and scooters.

More than 58,000 meals were claimed in the Moorlands under the Government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, according to the latest statistics.

In total, more than 100 million meals were claimed across the UK under the scheme, which ran throughout the month of August.

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Over 1,100 children from across the county have so far signed up for this year's virtual Summer Reading Challenge.

The annual campaign, run by the Reading Agency and supported by Staffordshire County Council's libraries service aims to encourage children aged four to eleven to continue reading during the summer holidays.

A local councillor has been given a Government 'Points of Light' award for delivering bags of fruit and vegetables every week to vulnerable and elderly residents around the community.

District councillor Joe Porter, who represents the Brown Edge and Endon ward, was given the award yesterday (Thursday) for his food initiatives.

Biddulph's Artisan Market is finally back in Biddulph today, after going months without markets due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Biddulph Nub News reported recently how the market was due to return, with traders excited to welcome visitors back for a browse of the stalls.

Work can now begin on turning the former Brown Edge post office into a part of a residential home, after it was ruled that planning permission was not needed for the proposed conversion.

Biddulph Nub News reported previously how the application, submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council on 9th July by Maurice Shevlin, sought a change of use to "incorporate formal post office floorspace into existing residential house".

Biddulph's Artisan Market is finally returning to the town tomorrow, after going months without markets due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The market usually takes place on the first Friday of every month from 9am - 3pm, but like many things, this was put to a stop as the virus forced the country to go into lockdown.