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Drayton Manor Park goes bananas for Love Your Zoo week
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A LOCAL family-favourite theme park has the perfect week of events for little monkeys this May half term. Staffordshire-based Drayton Manor Park is inviting animal lovers from across the UK to spend their May...
Calling all green fingered enthusiasts – get your gloves out and enter ‘Tamworth in Bloom’
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GARDEN enthusiasts are being invited to show off their green talents and enter this year’s Tamworth in Bloom garden competition. Each year, Tamworth Borough Council holds a ‘Best in Bloom’ competition to encourage green-fingered residents...
Waste to energy facility marks five years of reducing waste to landfill and powering homes
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STAFFORDSHIRE’S energy recovery facility has now been operating for five years - diverting a million tonnes of non-recycled household waste from landfill to generate electricity. That’s enough to power the equivalent of 220,600 homes...
Get weaving ready to welcome new ‘faces’ to Dosthill Park
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FAMILIES are invited to learn new skills and join a Willow Weaving Workshop at the launch of the new and creative ‘Wind in the Willows’ sculpture trail in Dosthill Park on Saturday, May 18...
Staffordshire residents urged to get composting with FREE bins
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HOUSEHOLDERS in Staffordshire are being urged to take up composting with the aid of free compost bins from the county council. This week is International Composting Week and people can now order a compost bin online...
Rural School close to Tamworth needs your vote to gain regeneration project funding
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THE Mary Howard School is situated in Edingale - a rural Staffordshire village close to Tamworth - and they need your help! The School have applied for a £5,000 grant from the Calor Rural...
Local community group join forces to create a sensory garden for Blooming Tamworth
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LOCAL group, Care First, have joined forces with Tamworth Borough Council’s Street Scene team to create a ‘sight, sound, touch, smell and taste’ sensory garden as part of this year’s Tamworth in Bloom project. Care...
Sow the seeds for success at the ‘Big Sow’ this Saturday
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THIS year Tamworth is going all out to strike gold in the Heart of England in Bloom competition for the 10th time – and you’re invited to help sow the seeds for success. As part of...
McDonalds staff and local School hold second ‘Love Where You Live’ event
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STAFF from McDonald's and Primary School children were joined by local councillors today (Monday) to litter pick as part of the companies 'Love Where You Live' project. The partnership between staff at the Ventura Park...
Glascote Academy visit Parliament as they reach the NFU final
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GLASCOTE Academy pupils Maci Machin, Mia Stroud, Owen Edwards and Stanley Braddock showcase their winning farm design in Parliament along with Tamworth MP, Christopher Pincher. 2000 children entered the NFU’s first Farmvention competition and the standard...
Snake warning for dog owners
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DOG owners are warned to be careful in the next few weeks if they venture to Cannock Chase to walk their pets. Recent warm weather has brought snakes, including adders, out of their winter hibernation...
Top Midlands house-builder gets behind National Forest campaign
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LEADING Midlands-based housebuilder Davidsons Homes is urging people to join them in supporting a recent request by The National Forest. The growing regional housebuilder has donated 20 trees, to help the charity to reach their...
Charge to Twycross Zoo this Easter!
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ENJOY a crackin’ day out at Twycross Zoo this Easter and come face to face with one of the world’s critically endangered species - new resident, Nandi, the Eastern black rhino! From Saturday 13th April...
Garden Centre defends Easter chick hatchings
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A GARDEN Centre close to Tamworth has taken to Facebook to defend itself after it revealed plans to hatch chicks in time for Easter. Planters Garden Centre on Trinity Road, Whateley posted to Facebook on...
Enjoy the Mother of all deals at Twycross Zoo!
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THOSE looking to treat mum to a wonderful day out this Mother’s Day should look no further than Twycross Zoo, as it is offering free admission to mum’s with every full paying child! From Saturday...
Churches urged to take the lead on tackling climate change
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CHURCHES throughout the region are being urged to take the lead in becoming greener and tackling climate change. The Diocese of Lichfield is an area with a population of over two million which includes Staffordshire...
‘It’s more than just flowers’ is the message for the 2019 Tamworth in Bloom launch
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THE 2019 Tamworth in Bloom campaign has been launched, revealing a very special theme and message as the town goes for gold for an incredible 10th year in a row. Tamworth Borough Council is celebrating this...
Management plan proposed for Countryside Estates
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PLANS to share management of Staffordshire’s country parks, picnic areas and greenways are set to move to the next stage. Under the proposals Staffordshire County Council will look to transfer management, but not ownership, of...
New community nature conservation coming to Amington
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A NEW eight-hectare community park and nature area, including wildlife habitats, an orchard and green open spaces, is being created in Amington as part of the redevelopment of the former golf course site. Almost half...
Tamworth MP joins local wildlife group in planting new trees in Dosthill Park
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IN Autumn of last year, local MP Christopher Pincher kickstarted the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy project in Tamworth. The scheme is run in partnership with the Wildlife Trust and saw MPs receive 5 trees to...
10 tips to prepare your new-build garden for spring and summer
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IF you’ve recently moved into a new-build home, or perhaps just starting afresh in your garden, you may have started to think about planting trees and shrubs to create that idyllic outdoor space. Spring is...
Be part of the pick and join the Great British Spring Clean
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TAMWORTH residents are being encouraged to grab a litter picker and a black bag and take part in a local community ‘clean up’ as part of this year’s Great British Spring Clean. The Keep Britain...
Twycross Zoo welcomes critically endangered black rhinos this Easter
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AWARD-WINNING conservation charity, Twycross Zoo, is expecting a rather large delivery - one that weighs almost a tonne and is critically endangered. An adorable, female Eastern black rhinoceros, will be moving to the Midlands in...
Plans submitted for more new homes to be built
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DEVELOPERS have submitted plans to Tamworth Borough Council for more new homes to be built in the North West corner of the Borough. The application shows plans for another 163 homes on land which sits on the...
NFU Farmers and local MP Christopher Pincher meet to talk Brexit
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IN January this year, Staffordshire National Farmers’ Union (NFU) celebrated their 100th year of activity. With farming in our area contributing so much to the local economy and community, local MP Christopher Pincher met with farmers...
Top five blue bin mistakes revealed in bid to improve recycling
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TAMWORTH Borough Council and Lichfield District Council are counting down the top five blue bin mistakes made by local households in a bid to further improve recycling rates. The Joint Waste Service is highlighting the...
Making blue lights go green!
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WEST Midlands Ambulance Service has welcomed a challenge from NHS England Chief Executive, Simon Stevens to vehicle manufacturers to help “blue lights go green”. Mr Stevens wants the manufacturers to develop more environmentally friendly...
McDonalds joins forces with local school to keep their community clean
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STAFF from McDonalds Ventura Park branch joined forces with local school children from William Macgregor School on the Glascote Road to help clean up their local environment last week.Bianca Carvel who is a shift manager at...