• Staffordshire County Council is supporting the Young Friends Against Scams campaign, which provides guidance to young people on protecting themselves from scams.

• The campaign features learning tools to teach young people how to spot fraud, which exists across countless areas such as buying concert tickets, gaming purchases and fake photography/modelling services.

• Young people are asked to sign up as a Young Friend Against Scams to share advice that they have learnt to others.

• Updated Natural Environment Strategy sets out how the county council will protect and enhance nature across Staffordshire.
• New actions include targeted species recovery, wildlife friendly verge management, natural flood solutions, hedgerow restoration and installing features like bat boxes on new council developments.
• Biodiversity Report shows strong progress since 2024, including habitat restoration, targeted action for species, reduced peat and pesticide use, pollinator planting and growing community involvement.

Local pupils have helped to plant 30 pear, apple and cherry trees in Pye Green, as well as a mini forest.

The project was funded by Defra's 'Trees for Climate' programme.

The project aims to teach children new skills, support wildlife, and create a space for the community to enjoy for years to come.

The council is introducing its first Community Safety Strategy, a three year plan to improve safety across Staffordshire.

It sets out a new approach focused on prevention, early action, and shared responsibility.

Priorities include protecting vulnerable people, creating safer places, tackling root causes of harm, and ensuring clear accountability.

Residents, businesses and community organisations across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are being encouraged to share their views as the Government launches its statutory consultation on local government reorganisation.

• A touring comic book collection and exhibition will be travelling across Staffordshire.

• Over 1,500 comics donated to Staffordshire Libraries will tour the county's libraries across a 2-year period as part of the National Year of Reading 2026.

• The collection includes X-MEN, Guardians of the Galaxy, Simpsons comics and much more, plus the work of comic book artist Kieron Gillen, who grew up in Staffordshire.

• Land preparation for Stafford regeneration scheme set to begin
• Excavation and trial works take place ahead of main ground remediation
• Staffordshire County Council working with Stafford Borough Council on scheme delivery

• Staffordshire County Council's Trading Standards team supported Lichfield District Council and Staffordshire Police in the closure of a shop that had sold illegal cigarettes.

• Goods seized from shop include over 11k illicit cigarettes and more than 3kg hand rolling tobacco worth more than £6,000.

• On Friday 30 January, Cannock Magistrates’ Court granted a Closure Order for Mini Market for the maximum permitted period of three months, effective immediately.