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Businesses and commuters who rely on part of the M6 have been told to prepare for five months of closures.  Three days of urgent repair works saw the start of overnight closures on the northbound carriageway of the M6 between junctions 15 and 16 begin on Friday. Another closure is

A local authority is planning to make millions of pounds of service cuts and raise council tax in the next financial year. Stoke-on-Trent City Council proposes £11.5 million savings as part of its 2023/2024 budget. It is also looking to increase council tax by 4.99 per cent – the new

A new scheme to support businesses with their energy bills is being announced by the Government today. Under the current scheme the unit cost of gas and electricity is capped for all businesses but that will expire at the end of March. It is now set to be replaced with

Up to 1,700 jobs are set to be created after work began on a multi-million-pound enterprise zone development.  Chatterley Valley West in Newcastle-under-Lyme is receiving £3.7 million funding through the Kidsgrove Town Deal and a £3.5 million investment by Staffordshire County Council, which will be paid back through business rates

Work starts this week on the renovation of the Market Square in Stafford.   It is the first phase of a project that will see the biggest transformation of the High Street in the town for a generation.   The more than £1 million work involves enabling the area to be equipped

Edenhurst Preparatory School has welcomed Emma Mousley as its new Headteacher.  Her appointment makes her the first female Headteacher at the independent school, which caters for children aged three months to 11 years. Most recently she was Deputy Head of Pastoral and Wellbeing at Repton Al Barsha, Dubai, where she