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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jul 29

The rebuilt Capo sculpture, depicting Burslem-born potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood, will be unveiled in early autumn according to city council leader Jane Ashworth.

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Rebuilt Josiah Wedgwood statue to be unveiled in Stoke-on-Trent 'very soon'

The rebuilt statue is expected to be unveiled inFestival Park in the early autumn.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jul 9

Lichfield District Council said it had rejected Cocker Hoop Creative Limited's application to hold the Lichfield Food Festival in August and that it would also reject any future applications from the company.

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Lichfield Food Festival organiser banned from staging events

Cocker Hoop Creative Ltd is told it is not allowed to stage events in the Lichfield district.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jul 8

The organisers of a food and drink festival in Staffordshire have paused trader applications while an "urgent internal review" is undertaken.

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Lichfield Food Festival under review as other events cancelled

Lichfield Food Festival organisers pause trader applications as they undertake an investigation.

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Paul Williams @paulwilliams207.bsky.social · Jul 8

Officially, brew-tifully amazing! Stoke- on- Trent is now a Guinness World Record holder in its centenary year of celebration!

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · May 20

Work has started on a museum which will tell the story of part of the country's industrial transport heritage, according to a charity.

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Work starts on new Apedale heritage railway museum

The new museum is being built next to an existing station building in Apedale, Staffordshire.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · May 19

A man and a business have been charged in relation to an enormous fly-tipping incident in Lichfield earlier this year.

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Charges brought over Lichfield's Watery Lane fly-tipping incident

The waste blocked Watery Lane in Lichfield, and required a specialist team to remove.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Apr 22

Percy the peacock – who lives in Cotes Heath near Swynnerton - is particularly vocal during the spring mating season, according to owner Jane Ackroyd.

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Staffordshire peacock has reputation for mischief

Jane Ackroyd, from Cotes Heath, says her peacock Percy is loved by 99.9% of his neighbours.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Apr 11

Staff at a university in Staffordshire have voted to strike in a dispute over the merger of two departments and the possibility of job losses.

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Keele University staff to strike over school merger plan

Keele University bosses plan to combine the school of humanities with the school of social sciences.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Apr 10

Three men have been jailed for two attacks on refuse workers in Stoke-on-Trent.

The video footage of this incident is quite staggering.

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Three men jailed for Stoke-on-Trent bin worker attacks

Joe Corden, Jack Spackman and Kyle Worthington attacked four bin collectors with an axe and a metal pole.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Apr 8

Plans for a new adventure golf course have been approved for Beacon Park in Lichfield.

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Plans for new adventure golf course at Lichfield's Beacon Park

The existing mini golf course at Beacon Park is due to be removed this summer, the council says.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Apr 8

The University of Derby has announced plans to transfer the Leek campus of Buxton and Leek College to Newcastle & Stafford Colleges Group.

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Leek college campus to transfer ownership, university bosses say

The Leek campus of Buxton and Leek College is set to be split off from the University of Derby.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Apr 8

A former MP is among 13 contestants to have entered the Celebrity Big Brother house for the reality TV show's latest series.

Sir Michael Fabricant was an MP in Staffordshire for more than 30 years, most recently for the Lichfield constituency.

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Former Lichfield MP booed entering Celebrity Big Brother house

Sir Michael Fabricant was booed by crowds gathered outside the Big Brother house on Monday.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Apr 7

Absolutely astonishing footage of this Amazon lorry crashing over a roundabout.

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Amazon lorry careers over roundabout and crashes

Video shows the moment cars are caught in the truck's unexpected path.

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David Gregory-Kumar @drdavidgk.bsky.social · Mar 6

Coventry cycle path to be completed after extremely lengthy process. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Stepping back from this I wonder if we take too long to build essential infrastructure? And why that is?

Campaigners lose High Court fight against Coventry cycleway

A decision to complete the Binley Cycleway was made by Coventry City council last year.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Feb 4

Birmingham City Council has been denied permission to increase council tax by nearly 10% but has instead been given approval to raise it by 7.5% from April.

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Birmingham City council denied permission for new 9.99% tax rise

But the government says the council can increase it by 7.5% without a local referendum.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Feb 4

Birmingham City Council is planning to cut about £148m of spending while increasing council tax by 7.49% in the coming financial year.

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Birmingham City Council bosses plan £148m spending cut in budget

A £43m cut to adult social care services is among the council's latest plans to balance its books.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 26

"We cannot balance our budget for next year without borrowing a significant amount."

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Cheshire East Council facing £27m gap without tax rise

A council leader says borrowing money would be

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 26

Lichfield's MP has called for those behind a "genuinely staggering" mound of illegally dumped waste that blocked a road in his constituency to be jailed.

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Culprits of enormous Lichfield fly-tip should be jailed - MP

Dave Robertson says lives were put at risk by the colossal waste pile which blocked a road this week.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 26

Karen Bradley, who represents the Staffordshire Moorlands, said she was concerned the government wanted to force the area to become part of a "Greater Stoke-on-Trent" against the will of residents.

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'We do not want a merger with Stoke-on-Trent,' says Karen Bradley

Karen Bradley believes the current structure ensures more decisions are made by local people.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 24

Plans to turn a former quarry in Staffordshire into a holiday park have been given the go-ahead after more than a decade of objections from locals.

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Moneystone Quarry holiday park approved after years of objection

Laver Leisure says the new holiday park will provide 250 jobs and bring a range of tourism benefits.

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Joe Earley @joeearley.bsky.social · Jan 24

In the photo here of Heaney by the names to the left but cropped out are two inducted for cycling. One is my Grandad Roy Swinnerton. For a shiny penny can any of the #CyclingBlueSky crowd name the other?

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 23

A man has been arrested following a large fire at a building in Stoke-on-Trent from which three people were rescued.

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Man arrested after large building fire in Stoke-on-Trent

The 58-year-old arson suspect is also detained on suspicion of cultivating a cannabis plant.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 22

Critical incidents at two hospitals in Staffordshire have been stood down, hospital bosses said.

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Critical incidents stood down at two Staffordshire hospitals

The hospitals' trust is urging patients to only use the A&E services in a serious emergency.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 22

A man who murdered his wife has died in jail, according to the firm that runs the prison.

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Stoke-on-Trent man who murdered wife dies in prison

Peter Matthews murdered his wife Carol in March last year and was given a life sentence in August.

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Richard Price @journoontheedge.bsky.social · Jan 22

Talks have taken place with "interested parties" hoping to save a theatre and museum in Staffordshire, a council leader has said.

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Talks taking place to save theatre and museum in Cannock

The authority said more than 2,000 people responded to the consultation regarding the plans.

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