Conservative-run Newcastle Borough Council has been the most vocal critic of local government reorganisation, saying that Staffordshire's two-tier system works well and does not need changing.

Councils were previously told that the new unitary councils should have a minimum population of 500,000. The MHCLG letter clarifies that this figure is a 'guiding principle' not a 'hard target' .

A planning application lodged with East Staffordshire Borough Council said existing agricultural buildings would be demolished as part of the project.

In December 2024, Iran’s foreign minister visited Beijing and announced a “golden year” in relations between Tehran and Beijing. His counterpart, Wang Yi, took the opportunity to articulate ...

Britain’s oldest World War II veteran, Donald Rose, has died at 110. Rose participated in the D-Day landings in 1944 and helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany. On ...

As for the decisions made by the council itself, 11 per cent of the 271 stage one complaints were upheld, meaning the authority had failed to follow procedures correctly or provide the level of ...

Police set up a cordon at a Staffordshire supermarket today. And images from the scene at Uttoxeter's Waitrose store have shown a damaged pick-up truck by a police car.

Long Island Crime Scarleth S. Urgiles, 19, of East Hampton, killed in crash that injured 6 others; driver, 18, charged with DWI ...

Council leaders are set to receive an update on plans to open more than six kilometres of disused railway lines into a greenway which will connect Lichfield to Chasewater.

Farming families say their tenancies on council-owned farms have helped them grow their businesses.