• Trading Standards warn of illegal skin-lightening products being sold on high streets.

• These products can contain banned chemicals that pose serious health risks.

• Advice includes never to buy from unverified sellers or social media accounts, never use on children and always speak to your doctor before use.

• Staffordshire History Centre are hosting a range of walking tours and spotlight talks on the county’s rich history.

• Walks include exploration into Stafford’s grisly past of crime and punishment and links to the monarchy, while talks span topics including fashion and military history.

• The events are either free or at low cost.

• Stafford Family Hub helps families eat more healthily with cooking event.

• The ‘Sow, Grow, Cook and Eat’ showed families how to prepare food by scratch, including sowing seeds and baking bread.

• Part of council's Just Add Veg campaign, a county-wide initiative to promote healthier eating.

• Free books are available at Burton Library for this year's World Book Day

• World Book Day takes place on Thursday 5 March to promote joy of reading

• 12 titles are available up until 15 March or while stocks last

Janet Higgins, Staffordshire County Council’s Cabinet member for Education and SEND, has responded to Government proposals to change the way support is delivered for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

• Residents can now enter a competition to design a Staffy statue for a major new public art trail.

• A copy of Staffy's outline can be downloaded online or collected from any Staffordshire library.

• Up to three winners will be picked, whose designs will be brought to life by professional local artists.

• Public invited to information event on Doxey Road regeneration scheme.

• Event will take place on Friday 27 February between 3pm and 7pm at Stafford's St Thomas & St Andrews Church.

• People will have chance to ask questions and make comments on the preparation and regeneration works.

• Staffordshire County Council agrees three-year Community Safety Strategy.
• The plan, the first of its kind for the council, sets out how the council and its partners will protect people and reduce crime.
• The four priorities are protecting vulnerable people, safer and stronger places, prevention, and effective partnership with clear accountability.

• Staffordshire County Council are supporting a campaign to help people against rogue roofers.

• Fraudulent tradespeople usually target elderly residents, homeowners with older properties or places with high property values.

• Advice being offered by Trading Standards includes being wary of periods of high demand, of cheap quotes and of cold callers or uninvited visitors.

• Staffordshire County Council's archives and heritage service offers residents help and resources to explore their family history.

• Staff and volunteers can help researchers at Staffordshire History Centre and the Access Point in Lichfield Library on certain Tuesday mornings In February and March.

• People can use FindMyPast, a genealogy website containing countless historical records, to track their family histories.