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Staffordshire’s new Conservative Council has backtracked on promises to grant Knutton’s Village Farm a lease for the popular project next to the local Sure Start children’s centre, a refusal which now means it has lost a £50,000 good causes grant from the National Lottery.

Villagers plagued by speeding traffic have been urged, during National Road Safety Week, to become ‘Community Speedwatch’ volunteers in an attempt to make their roads safer.

Newcastle MP Paul Farrelly has received assurances that the town’s Territorial Army headquarters will be reprieved from closure under proposals to restructure reserve forces.

A Government Defence minister has been urged to protect the future of Newcastle’s Territorial Army headquarters which faces an uncertain future because of a shake-up of Britain’s Army reserves.

Council chiefs in Newcastle are coming under increased pressure to introduce free weekend parking in an attempt to attract more shoppers to the town.

Newcastle MP Paul Farrelly joined the Mayor and representatives of the Queen and the armed forces in taking what may be the final salute from the town’s Territorial Army unit, the 58 Signals Squadron, at a parade in front of the Civic Offices.

Newcastle under Lyme MP, Paul Farrelly, hosted a special tea party in the town to raise funds in aid of our servicemen and women.

Newcastle MP, Paul Farrelly, is organising a ‘Brew for the Few’ Tea Party as part of the RAF Association’s (RAFA) Wings Appeal.

Local Works, a national coalition of over 100 organisations today joined together to congratulate Paul Farrelly MP for backing a call to increase transparency on how tax payers’ money is spent in our communities.

County Council leaders in Staffordshire were today taken to task after leaving residents of Newcastle with no voice on the authority’s new controlling Cabinet.