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• A pilates instructor has opened the town’s first fully equipped pilates studio at the Stafford Business Innovation Centre.

• Emma Davey retrained after Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ended her dance career, with pilates central to her recovery.

• Supported by the county council’s enterprise centre network, the studio offers specialist sessions for a wide range of health needs.

• A series of highway improvements start in Leek from Monday 9 March and last six weeks.
• Crews will work overnight and night-time closures are expected between 8pm and 6am.
• Works are preparatory ahead of preventative treatment scheduled for next year.

• Concern over loss of good farming land
• Campaign for a national strategy
• Sign the petition for balanced land use

• Staffordshire Libraries stages first ever short story competition
• Winners to be published in compilation book by former Staffordshire poet laureate
• Submission deadline of 30 April

• People who smoke are being urged to join Staffordshire’s Big Quitathon on National No Smoking Day, 11 March 2026.
• The free programme offers personalised support and proven stop smoking aids to help people quit for good.
• Residents can sign up quickly by text, phone or online.

• Tree giveaway events see 3,500 handed out across Staffordshire

• Initiative delivered by the county council and Staffordshire Sustainability Board

• Households play an active role in improving local environment and boosting biodiversity