News in Biddulph

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

Two more people from the district died from the virus in the week ending Friday, July 10th, according to the new weekly statistics released earlier today (Tuesday).

The Leader of Staffordshire County Council, Philip Atkins, is to stand down as Leader after 11 years in charge of the local authority and five years as Leader of the Opposition.

A county councillor and representative for Uttoxeter Rural division in East Staffordshire since 1987, Cllr Atkins was awarded an OBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours in 2016, for services to local government over more than three decades, including on district and parish councils.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them after a bike was stolen from Biddulph town centre.

Police were called to Biddulph High Street on Sunday, July 12th, to reports that a bike had been stolen outside the Lai Wah Chinese takeaway.

Staffordshire Police have welcomed a fall of around 20 per cent for burglaries, robberies, and violence with injury offences recorded in the county.

The latest statistics released today (July 17) show a trend of reducing crime in Staffordshire, with another drop in overall crime following on from reductions in the previous quarterly reported data.

A planning application made by Aldi to build a new supermarket in Biddulph will be discussed by town councillors tomorrow (Tuesday).

The German supermarket giant submitted an application to Staffordshire Moorlands District Council last month to build a new store on the site of the former Meadows Special School off Tunstall Road.

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.