[ad_1] Letters offering council tenants the chance to withdraw from controversial solar energy contracts have been delayed due to postal strikes. But the Community Energy Scheme says that its customers will still have time to decide whether to take up the offer when they receive the letter. More than 5,000 council houses in Stoke-on-Trent have…
[ad_1] The Eighties was one of the greatest decades in human history. A time when the pop charts were ruled by electronic dance music and new wave and fashion was just awful (big hair and leggings). It was the time of the Rubik’s Cube, VHS tapes and Walkmans and remember when you could get a…
[ad_1] A rough sleeper has pitched a tent in a North Staffordshire park – despite the city’s homeless being offered support. The tent has popped up in the grounds of the popular Burslem Park. It is understood to have been there for at least six days. Mum-of-one Danielle Simpson, from Burslem, said she first saw…
[ad_1] A community campaign to reverse an “act of vandalism” and bring back a postbox to a Plymouth neighbourhood has been hailed a success. The removal of Stoke village’s post box provoked anger but residents, councillor Jemima Laing and Plymouth MP Luke Pollard petitioned for its return. The group has claimed victory and says Royal…
[ad_1] Hundreds of locals had signed a petition calling for the return of the post box in Devonport Road Stoke Village could be set to get its post box back after an ‘act of vandalism’ removed it. Hundreds of locals had signed a petition calling for the return of the post box in Devonport Road…
[ad_1] Millions of residents across the UK are being urged to check their passports before tomorrow’s ‘deadline’. It comes as May 9 has now been dubbed ‘passport renewal day’ with the Home Office warning of 10-week delays for renewals ahead of the summer. It is reported that around four-and-a-half million British holidaymakers could see their…
[ad_1] Plans have been put forward to open a fish and chip shop – in a former nail bar. An application has been submitted to convert the unit on Chesterton’s London Road. The scheme put to Newcastle Borough Council is seeking permission for a change of use from a shop to a fish and chip…
[ad_1] Resident Adrian Allen has been left baffled – after it took over a week for a letter to get from Hanley to Heron Cross. And Adrian, of Blurton, has branded the service provided by Royal Mail as ‘sub-standard’. He raised the issue in a letter to The Sentinel where he outlined the difficulties he…
[ad_1] Even the meekest among us can lose their cool when pushed to the edge – especially when we’ve all endured a turbulent year. In fact, it seems to have happened a fair bit in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire in 2020. Like any good local news outlet, we’ve been inundated with angry people contacting us…
[ad_1] Twelve Royal Mail workers have tested positive for coronavirus at the same sorting office. Extra resources have been put into Burslem Delivery Office, on Scotia Road, after staffing levels were hit by the positive cases and a number of their colleagues having to self-isolate. It comes as residents are complaining about postal delays in…