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June 2, 2022

Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Uttoxeter

Her Majesty the Queen is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this weekend and communities across the nation are hosting many events and activities. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated across the Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on February 6, 1952.

Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Leek

Her Majesty the Queen is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this weekend and communities across the nation are hosting many events and activities. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated across the Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on February 6, 1952.

Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Cheadle

HER Majesty the Queen is celebrating her Platinum Jubilee this weekend and communities across the nation are hosting many events and activities. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated across the Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on February 6, 1952.

Tributes paid to ‘kind and caring’ Ryan

Family and friends have paid tribute to a young man who died following a collision in Cheshire. Ryan Watson was originally from Cheadle, but had recently moved to Rode Heath in Cheshire. He died on Friday, May 6 at the age of just 24.

Centenary celebration for village Women’s Institute

AN all-ladies village group has finally managed to celebrate their 100th anniversary. Alton WI had set to celebrate the group’s centenary last year, but the pandemic put paid to those plans.

Let’s still illuminate town together

This year's Christmas Lights Switch On Event for Cheadle had set to take place this Saturday (November 21). It would have included the ever-popular Team Cheadle Victorian Christmas event which would have seen thousands of people visiting the town centre to join in on the festivities.

Staffordshire moves to High Alert for Covid-19 on Saturday

The Government has confirmed that Staffordshire will move to High Alert for Covid-19 from 00:01 on Saturday, October 31. This means it will be illegal for people to meet socially indoors with another household, unless part of a ‘support bubble’. The new rules apply in both homes and public settings such as pubs and restaurants.

Concerns over drugs in town

An appeal is being made for any information about drug dealing in a Moorlands town centre to be passed on to the police. The appeal comes from Cheadle town and district councillor Kate Martin who is concerned about an apparent increase in drug dealing in Cheadle town centre.

Brightening up their community

A couple in a Moorlands village have been getting creative to lift the spirits of their community. Leslie Kirkland, and his wife Sonya, not only decorated their front garden in Oakamoor with lots of patriotic attire for the recent VE Day anniversary celebrations, but have also spruced up planters outside Valley Primary School, ahead of when some of the pupils went back to school.

VE Day celebrations go online for 75th anniversary

This year marks the 75th anniversary of that monumental day and there had been lots of community events planned for Friday (May 8) to help celebrate the anniversary.

Forget ‘Jack and His Beanstalk’ – meet ‘Alfie and Everyone’s Sunflowers’

Seven-year-old Alfie Pearson started planting sunflower seeds as part of a family lockdown activity with his mum Jessica and dad Mark. However, Alfie, who normally attends Cheadle Primary School, then wanted to share his gardening joy with others and has been leaving potted sunflower seeds out for his neighbours and other members of the community to collect and subsequently grow their own sunflowers.

Trucks banned from weekly NHS Thanks

A haulage company owner has been told he cannot send out his trucks around a Moorlands town as part of the weekly Clap for Our Carers – due to it not being an ‘essential’ journey.

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