• Visit the Dougie Mac's Midnight to Sunrise Walk blog

  By PaulDougieMac

  Here's a video from the Midnight to Sunrise Walk from 2010, to give you an idea of the fun to be...

            

   

  By PaulDougieMac at 16:24 on 20/04/12

  

  As many of our supporters know, the Midnight to Sunrise Walk is just a couple of months away; so we thought it would be the ideal time to introduce the blog. It will feature videos from previous years, and photos for which you can guess the year, as well as special shout outs to supporters along the way.                           Last year's event was attended...

• Roundabout campaign refusing to go away

  By Proud_Potter

  In many ways Jesusjones1's posting is emblematic of the fundamental problems in this case. Faced...

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 14:15 on 10/11/11

  

  The ongoing campaign the save Leek's War Memorial roundabout will live to fight anouther day, after 10,000 people signed a petition. Earlier this week, it was announced that alterations will be made in the plans to locate traffic lights next to the Nicholson Memorial, and now campaigners hope that this will open the door for a change of heart regarding the plans to bulldoze the roundabout. Deputy Mayor Pam Wood will be amongst those...

• Early roundabout work called 'sneaky and disgusting'

  By Jesusjones1

  ‎11,000 people having a clipboard waved in front of their face outside a greengrocers? That's...

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 09:59 on 03/05/12

  

  Leek Deputy Mayor Pam Wood has called the potential early start of work to the demolition of the war memorial roundabout as 'sneaky and disgusting'. Work on the controversial plans was supposed to start on May 14, but cranes arrived at the scene yesterday evening, triggering a passionate response. Mrs Wood told the Sentinel: "It's a sneaky, disgusting trick to pull on the town." Nobody from Staffordshire County Council or...

• Arts Festival dealt a blow

  By Jesusjones1

  I agree!

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 10:41 on 27/04/12

  

  Events at the forthcoming Leek Arts Festival are now in doubt after pub giant JD Wetherspoon confirmed that they will go ahead with the planned closure of The Swan. The chain has purchased the historic building, and plans to temporarily close it this week to allow redevelopment work to take place. Festival organisers had hoped that they could delay that closure so that events could go ahead, but were told earlier this week that...

• Anger over parking fee increases

  By mjcooper

  I pop into Leek on a regular basis and my family does the majority of our shopping here but we do...

            

   

  By CarlyBaldwin at 11:30 on 03/04/12

  

  Leek's deputy mayor has hit out at the council, saying that they 'seem hell-bent on detroying the town' after parking charges rose yesterday. Charges on council-owned car parks in Leek have gone up from 45p to 60p for one hour, and from 85p to £1.40 for three hours. Councillors had promised further consultation after the proposed increases sparked controversy when they were first announced. However, the charges have been...

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