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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.

The future of Stoke-on-Trent-based tyre maker Michelin has been safeguarded after the Government unveiled support for the company’s £20million investment plans.

The House of Commons Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee has today issued its report into privacy, libel laws and press regulation in the UK. Publication marks the culmination of a year long investigation, in which Newcastle’s MP Paul Farrelly played a leading role.

A campaign to install new floodlighting at Newcastle Rugby Club received a welcome boost thanks a cheque presented jointly by local MP Paul Farrelly and Peter McNestry, Chairman of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

Wedgwood and Royal Doulton have been chosen to produce commemorative ceramics for the London 2012 Olympic Games in a move that has been warmly welcomed by Newcastle MP Paul Farrelly.

Newcastle’s MP Paul Farrelly has published his up-to-date tax return for 2008-9, the first again to do so. Following the release of the long-awaited, final report by Sir Thomas Legg into MPs’ expenses, Paul says a vote next week on electoral reform would indicate the resolve to restore confidence in our political system.

The government has ordered a public enquiry into Tesco’s new superstore at Trent Vale, after listening to arguments from Newcastle’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly. The move, under statutory ‘call in’ procedures, takes the decision out of the hands of Stoke-on-Trent Council, which - Mr Farrelly argued - had broken planning rules to the detriment of Newcastle and Stoke town centres.

Newcastle MP Paul Farrelly has paid tribute to a local primary school which has been recognised as one of the most improved in the country.

A unique slice of Newcastle’s heritage has come under renewed threat from developers who want to convert a historic farm complex into a hotel and spa.

Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Labour MP Paul Farrelly has today made public his tax returns going back to 2001, when he was first elected, and has challenged other candidates - and local elected leaders - to do likewise in the run-up to the 2010 elections.