Transport and Logistics Network
A key North Staffordshire road is currently blocked after a truck has become stuck under a sign. Police and firefighters are currently on Tean Road in Cheadle where a lorry has got stuck going into Tean Road Recreation Ground.
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A North Staffordshire dad has told how he was ‘treated like an animal’ as he queued for 24 hours to renew his diabetic son’s passport. Phil Corns had made the journey from his home in Newcastle-under-Lyme to Liverpool Passport Office at 8pm on Tuesday …
The agricultural showcase in Stafford is expected to attract more than 65,000 visitors over two days
From monster trucks to livestock – this year’s Staffordshire County Show got underway in Stafford today. The annual event – which will also run tomorro…
Crowds of people flocked to Staffordshire County Show 2022 at Stafford County Showground.
The two-day Staffordshire County Show returned on Wednesday after some disruption last year with the event moving to August due to the virus.
But this yea…
A crash which left a lorry driver died when three army vehicles and his truck collided on the A38 was an “extremely tragic” accident, an inquest has heard. Prior to his death, Derbyshire man John Windle was an experienced lorry driver of 30 years.
Mr W…
An employee from Pets at Home died after getting trapped during a horrific accident at one of the firm’s warehouse in Staffordshire. Shaun Potter, 39, suffered severe brain damage as he become caught between the a forklift and he pallets it was carryin…
Huge rats are getting into people’s homes by sneaking up toilet pipes, pest control experts say. The swimming rodents can apparently tread water for days and hold their breathe for up to three minutes – meaning they can infiltrate people’s homes in one…
Around three-quarters of people in Newcastle and the Staffordshire Moorlands back a masterplan to improve the A50 and A500, according to a new survey. Midlands Connect says the nine schemes proposed for the key strategic route between Stoke-on-Trent an…
Health leaders are preparing for the biggest shake-up of the NHS in a decade. Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire’s six clinical commissioning groups will be abolished on July 1, when the county’s new integrated care system (ICS) becomes fully operational…
Police have launched an arson investigation after a van was torched on a city centre street. Firefighters were called out to Century Street in Hanley at 11.35pm last night following reports of a blaze.
And following the incident a 32-year-old man was a…