News in Biddulph

Dog owners are being urged to bin their bags after they've picked up after their pets.

The call has come from members of the Cabinet at Staffordshire Moorlands District Council following an increase in the number of bags being left on streets and paths across the area.

Children in the local area are being encouraged to think about walking or cycling to school when classrooms reopen in September.

Staffordshire County Council is encouraging parents to think about alternative ways that their children can get to school, fewer places available on public transport for the foreseeable future.

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Biddulph Valley Leisure Centre will be given a state-of-the-art antimicrobial treatment in the battle against Coronavirus before it reopens its doors to customers.

As part of the easing of lockdown, gyms, leisure centres and swimming pools can reopen from Saturday, 25th July, subject to strict hygiene guidelines.

People from across Staffordshire are being urged to be on their guard against unscrupulous loan sharks who may try to exploit the coronavirus outbreak and prey on people's financial worries.

Staffordshire County Council's Trading Standards service is now working with the England Illegal Money Lending Team to raise awareness of the risks of taking a loan from illegal money lenders.

Staffordshire County Council has begun work to repair the pavements around the mini roundabouts at Park Lane in Knypersley, after a lengthy period of ill repair for the footways.

Work began on Monday this week (13th July), in a project that is scheduled to take around four to five months.

Police will be "engaging and talking" to people in Biddulph when it comes to enforcing the wearing of masks, but "have got the facilities to fine people" if it is needed.

That was the message of a local police Sergeant at a meeting of Biddulph Town Council last night (Tuesday).

Biddulph Town Council has given its support to the installation of double yellow lines on a single track area off Conway Road.

At a meeting last night (Tuesday), councillors voted unanimously in support of introducing the lines on the crescent section of the road, which runs around a green area and meets with Harlech Drive.

Short-term car parking charges will be suspended in Biddulph in August, councillors confirmed last night (Tuesday).

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council made the decision to allow free parking in the town for the month in an effort to attract shoppers back to Biddulph's High Street following the Coronavirus pandemic.

Seventy-six people have now died from Coronavirus in the Staffordshire Moorlands, the latest figures have shown.

Three more people from the district died from the virus in the week ending Friday, July 3rd, according to new statistics released earlier today (Tuesday).