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• Trading Standards service continues fight against illegal vapes one year on from ban

• The team seized over 18,000 illegal vapes worth £250,000 last year

• County council worked with partners to close 13 premises selling illegal tobacco goods

• Business as usual at Staffordshire visitor attraction close to major refurbishment scheme

• Hidden gem destination offer shops, eateries, auctioneer, gardens and more

• Scheme will complete refurbishment of Wolseley canal bridge with A51 remaining open

• Highway scheme installing new zebra crossing on St Edward Street in Leek begins Tuesday 21 July

• Work also includes widening footpath, new kerbs, tactile paving, resurfacing and refreshed road markings

• Work expected to take three weeks

• Work to repair a number of potholes on Hemlock Way in Cannock have now been completed.

• The repairs took place overnight to minimise disruption to the community.

• This is part of a wider £15 million investment to improve local roads and keep Staffordshire moving.

• A new family business, selling bespoke wooden gifts, is launching from Silverdale Enterprise Centre.

• All gifts and homeware are made from recycled wood.

• The couple recommend the county council's affordable enterprise centres to anyone thinking of starting a business.

• Highway scheme to install cycleway and footway on Eastern Avenue in Lichfield to begin Monday 20 July

• Scheme will take around six weeks to complete

• Puffin crossing will be upgraded to toucan crossing and existing footpath to be improved for cyclists