News in Biddulph

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).

There has been a "significant increase" in attendances to Emergency Departments for minor injuries since lockdown measures were relaxed, University Hospitals of North Midlands bosses have said.

The hospitals are now having to make a range of "robust" changes to ensure that resources are directed effectively, and in an effort to keep hospitals, staff and patients safe, prioritising the sickest patients to protect staff and emergency services.

Staffordshire University is urging families to take part in a study which aims to assess the impacts of coronavirus on children.

The study of children's drawing is open to participants aged 4 – 14, and can be carried out entirely in the home. Children are simply asked to draw a picture about their life since coronavirus struck.

Local residents have been encouraged to love where they live by keeping it clean and joining in with community litter picking events.

The Brown Edge Community Litter Pick will take place this Saturday (18th July) from 10am - 12pm, and everyone has been invited to join in.

Biddulph Youth and Community Zone has been overwhelmed with positive messages from those who use its services after local residents were asked to take its "Post Lockdown Survey".

Biddulph Nub News reported previously how the Zone was looking for people's opinions on the quality of their services during the coronavirus period, and any potential ways that they could improve going forward.

With less than a month to go, people are being reminded there's still time to nominate work colleagues, carers, friends and family members for a Staffordshire Dignity in Care Award.

The annual awards recognise those people and organisations who provide care, always putting dignity at the heart of everything they do.