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Courts stop the sink!

landfill has been viewed with disdain and distaste since 2016 when excessive hydrogen sulphide gas started to bleed from the landfill. These numbers were discovered to have been under-reported by a (very timely) audit in August 2023, due to improperly calibrated hydrogen sulphide gas monitors. This led to the Environment

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Preview of May election

This May signals the return of local elections to the borough of Newcastle under Lyme for the first time since 2022. There are nine seats up for grabs within the Staffordshire County Council across the borough, all of which voted for the Conservative Party at the last election, in a clean sweep that saw Labour […]

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Keele University, a sinking ship?

“I think some of the worry around the financial picture is that if we are not given the full situation—if there isn’t a real understanding of what is making the finances unsustainable—then where is the guarantee that this isn’t going to continue?”

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Stop the Stink: Successful!

Walleys quarry has long been viewed with distain among residence and students in and around the Newcastle-under-Lyme for being the source of a seemingly never-ending torrent of foul odour due to excessive hydrogen sulphide emissions. On the 28th of November of 2024 the Environment agency issued the quarry a notice to stop receiving new landfill […]