This year’s Real Nappy week is fast approaching launching on the 16th April and running up to the 22nd April 2012.  In the UK almost eight million nappies are thrown away every day, and these are mostly landfilled or incinerated.  Once in landfill they can take hundreds of years to decompose. Real nappies are an [...]

In a bid to tackle dog fouling in Burton on Trent and East Staffordshire, the Uniformed Services department of East Staffordshire Borough Council is establishing dog fouling initiatives throughout the Borough. Neighbourhood Wardens and Parks Officers have already been educating dog owners by working late evenings and early mornings. Under section 59 of the Clean [...]

East Staffordshire Borough Council has announced another successful period of performance after meeting both financial and performance targets but continue to look forward with the announcement of a new Arts Strategy.   At this week’s (Monday 12th December) meeting of the East Staffordshire Borough Council Cabinet, officers presented the quarterly performance and outturn reports for [...]

Children under 16 from around Burton on Trent East Staffordshire will be able to take advantage of a free swimming offer as the Council teams up with the Star Foundation for a new clothes collection service from January 2012. The Star Foundation, which encourages children to get involved in sports to keep them off the [...]

BRITAIN’S FASTEST GROWING HOME, GARDEN & LEISURE SUPERSTORE NOW OPEN IN BURTON UPON TRENT! Huge crowds of customers saw the Mayor of Burton upon Trent open the new Range store. After the long awaited arrival of the new superstore, The Range has now opened in Burton upon Trent. The new store is located at Wellington [...]