The swimming pool area at Biddulph Valley Leisure Centre will be closed later this month whilst repairs are carried out. The rest of the centre will remain open as normal.
The essential maintenance to the support columns in the pool hall, which has been commissioned by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, will start on Monday 15 January and is due to be complete by 23 February. [Read more…]
Biddulph’s two War Memorials have been given Grade II listed status by Historic England as part of a five-year project to add 2,500 war memorials to the protected list.
The memorials are located at the junction of John Street and Congleton Road, and in the grounds of St Lawrence’s Church. [Read more…]
Local Police Community Support Officer Peter Johnson has been awarded ‘The David Pearsall Award for Police Community Support Officer of the Year’.
Mr David Pearsall commissioned his award for presentation to the Police Community Support Officer who the Chief Constable has judged as being the PCSO of the previous year. [Read more…]
Biddulph Town Council are investigating a scheme to improve the area around the Victoria Centre adjacent to the Sainsbury’s store.
At present the scheme is in Concept Design Stage looking at improvements that could be made to the gardens.
Funds to pay for the scheme would come from £60,000 of Section 106 money given to the Town Council to carry out works in the area left over from the development of Sainsbury’s Store. This money will have to be given back to Sainsbury’s with interest if not expended by the 2018 deadline. [Read more…]
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service are reminding residents to follow safety advice as part Chimney Safety Week.
This timely reminder comes after a house fire in Biddulph was caused by a stray ember from an open fire. Crews were called to reports of a chimney fire in Park Lane, Knypersley on Thursday September 7. When they arrived they found the ground floor well alight. [Read more…]
Nat West Bank are to close the High Street branch in Biddulph as part of a nationwide raft of closures.
The news is another blow to the town centre that is trying to maintain a positive outlook despite increasingly challenging trading conditions and is expected to have a negative affect to footfall. [Read more…]
Traders fear that recent increases in fees to use the Wharf Road car park in Biddulph could deter visitors to the town and have a detrimental effect on the already ailing high street.
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council increased the charges at the Wharf Road car park by up to 50% with effect from 1st April, [Read more…]
Following the report in our last edition of Biddulph Times the imminent departure of the Biddulph Rotary ‘Trolley Trekkers’ the 3 Rotarians duly set off from Sainsbury’s in Biddulph on Saturday 22nd October. Their aim to push a Sainsbury’s supermarket trolley [Read more…]
Biddulph in Bloom have again been awarded Gold in the The Heart of England in Bloom competition. [Read more…]
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire is inviting groups with bright ideas for community safety solutions in Newcastle-under-Lyme to apply for money from the People Power Fund today (1 August).