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You will, perhaps, have already seen signs in the village indicating that the Tour of Britain cycle race will be passing through Barlaston 0n Thursday 13th September. The race starts in Trentham Gardens at 10.30am and will come down Old … Continued

The Boys Brigade are celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by organising a relay from Balmoral to Buckingham Palace. The planned route comes through Barlaston during the early evening of Monday, September 3rd. The baton will come down the towpath of … Continued

Several people have raised with me the issue of the inadequacy of the local broadband service. The main complaint is that the current service seems to be  very slow and inconsistent. Staffordshire County Council are currently undertaking an online survey on … Continued

I have been informed, on very good authority, that the ‘XI’ bus service will from the middle of September go to Stafford railway station instead of terminating at the hospital as it currently does. This will make it much easier … Continued

The first more local statistics from the 2011 Census are beginning to emerge. As has been reported in the press the population of England and Wales increased by 7.1% from 2001. Whilst the population of Staffordshire increased by 5.2% during this … Continued