News in Biddulph

With the lockdown easing month by month, Biddulph Nub News is switching back on our What's On section - and we want to help publicise your event.

Whether it is an online concert or class, or a fundraising event for later in the year when restrictions may be eased further, or a band playing at your local pub we want to feature it on Biddulph Nub News.

Businesses across the Moorlands, including several in Biddulph, have showcased the measures they have taken to ensure the safety of staff and customers as shoppers return to the High Street.

It comes in the form of a new video made as part of the #ShopSafelyInStaffs campaign, a project from Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Growth Hub, working in partnership with Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, to support residents returning to their high streets as the Government lockdown eases.

Vets at RSPCA Stapeley Grange are caring for a seriously injured cat that had been shot after finding it on Wrexham Close in Biddulph.

The cat has been nicknamed Ollie by staff at the centre, and isn't micro-chipped so his owners can't be easily traced.

A Major Incident declared in Staffordshire to help co-ordinate the response to coronavirus has been downgraded.

The Staffordshire Resilience Forum, made up of bodies including the emergency services and local councils, declared the pandemic as a major incident on 25th March.

Police are appealing for information after an "unknown offender" damaged the windows of two houses in Brown Edge.

The damage was caused at some point in the last week on Fairfield Avenue.

Boris Johnson has today made an announcement that signals more easing of the lockdown measures.

Of course, people in Biddulph and indeed the whole UK have had to make radical changes to their lives since the pandemic began in March.

A new website has launched to serve the town of Biddulph with hyper-local news and what's on - but without any intrusive advertising.

Biddulph Nub News is an online local newspaper solely for Biddulph and the surrounding area.

Round two of a grant funding scheme for Moorlands businesses - described by recent recipients as "a life saver" that has made "a world of difference" - is reopening for new applications today (Friday).

Small businesses with ongoing fixed property costs who have experienced a significant drop in income as a result of Covid-19 can apply to Staffordshire Moorlands Council for a Discretionary Business Grant.

A planning application has been submitted to convert the former Brown Edge post office into a residential home.

The application, submitted to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council on Thursday, 9th July by Maurice Shevlin, seeks a change of use to "incorporate formal post office floorspace into existing residential house".

Staffordshire Police's Serious Violence Board marked a milestone this week, as statutory, voluntary and community organisations have signed up to a strategy to pledge their support and work together.

The board was set up by Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Rescue and Crime, Matthew Ellis, with the goal of ending the scourge of serious violence and the dramatic effects it can have on lives for generations.