• Staffordshire's Outwoods Primary School has won National Primary School of the Year for encouraging walking and cycling to school

• The Burton school was recognised for its long-term commitment to embed active travel into school life

• Staffordshire County Council has supported the school in achieving this through School Travel Advisors

• Staffordshire County Council backs campaign to ensure further education providers have places for post-16 learners

• ‘A focus on skills for growth in Staffordshire’ sets out partnership plan to secure investment

• Application for £4 million to increase Staffordshire's training provision places has been submitted to Department for Education

• Winners at this year's Visit Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Tourism Awards have been announced

• 400 guests attended as gold, silver and bronze awards were given out across 20 categories

• Winners in 15 categories will represent the county at the national VisitEngland Awards for Excellence later this year

• Improvements to reducing flooding have been completed in Cannock

• The £40k scheme is part of the ‘A FAIR (Flood: Aware, Informed, Resilient) Approach to Community Flood Risk’ project

• Work included installing anti-flooding airbricks, deflective railings and floodgates

• New economic strategy for Staffordshire approved

• Five delivery priorities set out to shape county's growth

• County council will lead, collaborate and advocate projects to build resilient economy

• sben celebrates 1000 member milestone

• Family-run artisan fudge producer joins network

• Businesses can increase profitability and improve environmental performance

• The county council has agreed a £138 million investment to fix roads, tackle potholes and improve public transport, with more than half of the funding focused on maintaining the county’s highways.

• The programme shifts the focus to preventative maintenance, helping to reduce disruption, deliver longer lasting repairs and make better use of public money.

• It also includes major transport improvements, investing in better buses, safer walking and cycling routes, and more reliable journeys across Staffordshire

• Amy Stokes, 16, from Tamworth has won the Staffy art trail design competition.

• Her winning design will be painted onto one of the Staffordshire Day art trail's Staffy sculptures, with the help of a professional local artist.

• With English Tourism Week launching today, Staffordshire celebrates its growing visitor economy which has seen overnight visitors rise by more than 5%.

• Cycleway works are continuing, with a small change to the order of construction phases

• The schedule has been adjusted due to unexpected utility issues under the road

• The project remains on track, with crews working efficiently to avoid delays

• £138m investment to fix roads and improve Staffordshire’s highways

• Focus on preventative maintenance to reduce disruption and deliver longer lasting repairs

• Funding to improve transport, including buses, walking, cycling and safer journeys