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A farmer who died after being hit by a car in the Staffordshire countryside “would have done anything for anybody”, his family have said. Paul Heyworth saw son Alec hit by the vehicle, which sent him flying into air, after he pulled over on the A523 in…
A young Cheshire man who would have ‘done anything for anybody’ died after being hit by a car as his dad watched on in horror. Sheep farmer Alec Heyworth was struck by a car as he attempted to cross an A-road to open a field gate.
The 23-year-old, from…
The humble potato has been voted as the nation’s favourite vegetable – beating the likes of carrots, broccoli, and sweetcorn.
Mushrooms, cucumber, peas, and peppers also made the top 10 – with tomatoes, the fruit that often masquerades as a vegetable, …
Freight transport could return to North Staffordshire’s canals – 250 years after they were first built for this purpose. Midlands Connect, the region’s transport think tank, is proposing the potential use of canals to ship more goods as part of its upc…
‘They’re like our children’: gooseberry growers compete at Yorkshire showAt Egton Bridge event running since 1800, growers come from far and wide to display their labours of love They could be weighing and grading diamonds, or lumps of gold or cocaine,…
Firefighters were called to a major Stoke-on-Trent road after a blaze broke out in a bin. Images from the scene on Leek New Road, in Sneyd Green, show the flames reaching the height of nearby houses.
The alarm was raised at 3.15pm on Saturday (June 4)….
Warwickshire Road Safety partners showed their support to the runners, walkers and cyclists who set off at intervals from Warwickshire Police Headquarters in Leek Wootton on Wednesday 18 May 2022 to support the Andy Cox Challenge.
Warwickshire Police D…
A Leek care home has been rated a perfect 10 by residents’ families. Opened in April 2021, Hen Cloud House is a 66-bed care home based in Buxton Road.
Following on from their success, the care home now has several job opportunities available. Combining…
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 closed part of a key North Staffordshire road this morning following a crash. Officers are at the scene on Macclesfield Road in Poolend – close to Rudyard – where motorists are being diverted from the scene.
The road has been shut off betwe…