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Leek Post and Times
Found in a shocking state - but now Thomas is on the mend
Margaret Russell, secretary of CHEADLE ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY, updates us and highlights some pets who are looking for a new home...
3 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Cheadle trio deliver star turns as Park pile up runs in victory
CHEADLE maintained their bid for an instant return to the top flight with a thumping victory over Leycett in NSSCL Premier B.
3 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
RELIVE LIVE AID
Musicians were rocking all over the world four decades ago. MARION McMULLEN looks at the line-up of the big day
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
NHS is forced to make £306m cuts 'this year'
Concerns over ‘cost-shunt onto residents’
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Leek & District Show all set for its sixtieth event
ARRANGEMENTS are well advanced for Leek & District Show which, this year on July 26, is the 60th such annual event in its history, having lost one year during Foot &Mouth and two during Covid.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Pollution has been linked to 30,000 deaths a year
AIR pollution negatively affects almost every organ in the body and around 30,000 UK deaths will be linked to toxic air in 2025, according to a new report from leading doctors.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Allen's top knock sees Checkley take over from Leek at summit
CHECKLEY are the new NSSCL Premier A leaders after thrashing Hem Heath in their weekend meeting.
4 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
BLOOM BOOM
THE HOLIDAY SEASON is booming in the Moorlands — thanks to the National Garden Festival.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Another plea to save water after dramatic fall in water level at reservoir
Heat expected to return this week prompting calls to limit water usage
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Charity in appeal as NHS grant cut
Bosses say the vulnerable older people it supports will lose a vital lifeline if it cannot be saved from closure
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Store thanks shoppers in county for fundraising
ALDI is thanking shoppers in Staffordshire for helping the supermarket raise £12 million for Teenage Cancer Trust.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Budget hacks
Count the pennies: There are plenty of places to save across your family's spending
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Climate axe would save council 0.02%
Officers cost just £153k out of a budget of £735 million
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Banking on the newest pub in town
DRINKERS are being urged to 'cheque' out North Staffordshire's newest pub - which has opened in a former bank.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Council tax bill may hit £2,116 in five years across Moorlands
Council tax in England will rise nearly £400 a year by 2030 if current trends continue
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Heartbreak couples snub help
HEARTBREAK couples are turning down offers of help to save their broken marriages, despite soaring divorce rates.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Doherty comes to the rescue
Jimmy Doherty's Big Bear Rescue (Sunday, Channel 4, 8pm) was shot over the course of a year, and in last week's opening programme, we followed Jimmy as he embarked on a mission to save two polar bears whose home, Orsa Predator Park in Sweden, was closing down.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Bookings now being taken for county summer holiday activities
BOOKINGS are now open for this summer’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme in Staffordshire, running from Tuesday 22 July to Friday 29 August 2025.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Jimmy Cricket and a comedy hypnotist all set for Foxlowe shows
JIMMY Cricket is without doubt a 1980s comedy icon.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Arsonist caused £100,000 damage and left four hurt
Nicholas Massey had hit 'rock bottom' when he started the blaze on estate last year
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Balance is key for Brehaut as he plans for new Leek season
JOSH Brehaut has explained his thinking behind just six preseason friendlies for Leek Town this summer rather than overloading the schedule.
3 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Council set to chew over new plans to recycle county food waste
Authority is looking to get a county-wide deal
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Graduation ceremony for apprentices
APPRENTICES from across Staffordshire are invited to attend a special graduation ceremony to celebrate their achievements.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
County tourism awards are now open for entries
THE area’s largest celebration of tourism and hospitality, the 2026 Visit Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards competition, is now open for entries!
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Authority is looking to get a county-wide deal
A NEW Staffordshire-wide contract for the disposal of food waste could save taxpayers up to £1 million and reduce the amount of rubbish going to incinerators.
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
£450k fundraiser set to help ‘Rambo’ Costa battle cancer
CHIP shop owner Costa Fantis has been struck down with a highly-aggressive brain cancer.
2 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
New SEND deal will help to ‘save £450,000 a year’
It should allow children to be educated closer to home, says councillor
3 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Reveller took bite out of man's ear
REVELLER Thomas Cotterill bit off half of a man’s ear in an unprovoked attack on a night out in Hanley.
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
'Officers are at breaking point'
New data reveals rise in number of cops injured while on duty
1 min |
July 09, 2025
Leek Post and Times
Staffs rise to T20 Cup occasion to book home draw
STAFFORDSHIRE continued their impressive recent form in the NCCA Twenty20 Cup by booking their place in the Super 12s stage of this year’s competition.
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