• Leaders gather at Lichfield Cathedral for We Are Staffordshire roundtable event

• Discussion focuses on strengthening place identity and civic pride through culture

• New Cultural Strategy set to be launched

• New highways approach is already improving how roadworks are planned and communicated.

• £15m investment will speed up tackling road defects through local repair teams.

• Emphasis is on local repair teams who can act quickly when problems arise

• Preparation works take place in Stone ahead of major summer improvements
• Investigations to take two weeks - including school half-term
• Lane closures and signals in place on ring road

Highways crews will be starting major improvements at the Cellarhead junction in the Staffordshire Moorlands next week.