Dates Announced for Changes to Food and Garden Waste Collections

Dates Announced for Changes to Food and Garden Waste Collections

With Councils across England now required to collect food waste each week, the District Council has announced that preparations are underway to commence this service in the Moorlands at the end of June when residents will need to present any food waste separately from garden waste. At the same time, the Council and its waste and recycling collection partner Alliance Environmental Services (AES) will be introducing an opt-in subscription scheme for collecting household garden waste. Everyone wishing to continue to […]

10 April 2026

Local News

New Deputy Chief Fire Officer Appointed

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service have appointed a new Deputy Chief Fire Officer (DCFO) following a rigorous selection process. Michelle Hickmott has been appointed as DCFO and will take up her new role in June, when Chief Fire Officer Rob Barber retires from the service and current DCFO Glynn Luznyj takes his post. Michelle brings with her more than two decades of experience within the fire and rescue sector, having served in Warwickshire, London and at The Fire Service College. In […]

10 April 2026

Local News

Children Turning 10 Can Win Fun Day Out In Staffordshire Day Prize Draw

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Staffordshire Day, children turning ten this year are being invited to enter a special birthday prize draw for a chance to win a fun day out for all the family. Staffordshire Day, taking place on 1 May, marks ten years of celebrating everything that makes the county unique and the birthday of the county’s new visitor mascot, Staffy. To mark this occasion, children also celebrating a tenth birthday this year are being invited to share their dream […]

10 April 2026

Local News

Cheadle Driver Jailed for Dangerous Driving

A woman, who hit 80mph on a 60mph road in Cheadle before crashing, has been jailed. Faye Dawson, 50, from Cheadle, was sentenced to one-year-and-two-months in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court recently, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving at a previous hearing. She was also disqualified from driving for four years-and-seven months. It happened on Friday 7 March last year when Dawson lost control of the Vauxhall Corsa she was driving on Delphouse Road. There were five passengers in the car […]

10 April 2026

Podcasts

View from the Wings – A Moorlands Radio Podcast Ep.8

Welcome to the latest episode of A View from the Wings - the arts & entertainment podcast produced by Moorlands Radio. Carol is back! So her and Dave chat about tribute acts and the role they play for fans of the originals. They chat Sunny Afternoon, Good Golly Miss Molly, the all important What's Ons and much more. Sit back with a brew and have a listen.

10 April 2026

Podcasts

A View from the Wings S1 Ep.7

Welcome to the Easter edition of A View from the Wings. We don't hear the lovely Carol Lovatt this week as she's a little under the weather but hopefully she will be back in time for the next episode. We've dragged Tony 'the Wizz' Walley from his technical duties to co-host with the legend that is Dave Stringer. On this weeks episode we her interviews with Jospeh O'Brien who plays Stoke-on-Trent's favourite son Robbie Williams in a brand new tribute […]

2 April 2026

Local News

Staffordshire Police Road Crime Team to Feature in Channel 5’s Motorway Cops

Staffordshire Police’s road crime team is set to appear in a new series of Channel 5’s hit documentary Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s Speeders, giving viewers a behind‑the‑scenes look at the fast‑paced and often challenging work carried out to keep the county’s roads safe. Film crews have spent several months exclusively with officers from the road crime team, capturing real‑time responses to incidents ranging from high‑speed pursuits and drink‑drive stops to arrests of wanted offenders and attendance at serious collisions. The […]

1 April 2026

Local News

Children’s Book Festival in Biddulph to Celebrate National Year of Reading

The Festival of Brilliant, which returns to Biddulph this summer, is going “all in” for the National Year of Reading, announcing the first of its line-up of authors, illustrators, poets and performers. This year’s edition of the children’s book festival features award-winning author and poet Joseph Coelho, alongside acclaimed creators Bethan Woollvin, Jenny McLachlan, Chris Haughton, Lisette Auton and Kieran Larwood. Organised by arts programme OUTSIDE and Staffordshire Moorlands librarians, working with a group of children and young people, teachers, […]

1 April 2026

Local News

They Saved His Life – Now He’s Back to Say Thank You

A cardiac arrest survivor has been reunited with the emergency ambulance crew who helped save his life. The reunion, which took place at Stoke ambulance hub on Sunday 29th March, was a powerful reminder of the importance of early CPR and public access defibrillators. Neal MacGillivray, from Alsager, suffered a cardiac arrest at work in Newcastle-under-Lyme in June 2025. During the emotional reunion at the weekend, Neal and his partner Dawn Massey personally thanked some of the team involved in his […]

1 April 2026

Drivetime with Ian Kendrick

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