Chronicle Series - Biddulph

Free parking in August for Moorlands shoppers

Posted July 31, 2020

As shops, businesses, leisure facilities and visitor attractions across the Moorlands welcome people back following the coronavirus lockdown, the c...

Full of praise for refuse workers

Posted June 04, 2020

The chair of a residents' group has thanked Biddulph's refuse collectors for “religiously” continuing their rounds during lockd...

Good Samaritan rescues kittens from catastrophe

Posted July 13, 2020

A family of orphaned kittens was rescued after their mother was hit and killed on a road. The tiny kittens were born in one of the barns on farmla...

Club donating essentials direct to workers in NHS

Posted March 27, 2020

Volunteers from Biddulph Hiking and Mountaineering Club will be donating “essential” items directly to NHS staff, after a special sessi...

Judging the best lockdown garden

Posted July 03, 2020

Green-fingered residents in Biddulph who have used lockdown as an opportunity to get their gardens in order could rake in prizes in a new competiti...

MP ‘not convinced’ by adviser’s answers

Posted June 04, 2020

Biddulph MP Karen Bradley has said she is “not convinced” by Dominic Cummings’ explanation of his now-famous trip to Durham, and ...

MP's competition for best window poster

Posted May 07, 2020

Children have been invited to design a “thank you keyworkers” poster that could feature in the Chronicle. Biddulph MP Karen Bradley ha...

Newly-tarmacked road is dug up by utility firm

Posted May 21, 2020

A utility giant is digging up a rat-run road – just days after it was resurfaced by the council. Western Power Distribution started carrying...

'No excuse for uncut grass in dry weather'

Posted May 07, 2020

A resident has said he has resorted to mowing grassed areas he claims should have been cut by the council. The grass has not been cut for some wee...

Parking charges suspension 'the best news for traders'

Posted July 24, 2020

Short-term parking charges will be suspended in Biddulph for the month of August and volunteers have agreed to monitor the knock-on effect it has o...