The lastest news for Whitehill and Kidsgrove delivered by RSS from Whitehill Online. http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:42:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/27/11/ Tina Morrey your new Borough Councillor. The 2008 Borough Council elections for Kidsgrove have brought about change. The long term Labour Councillor Margaret Astle has been unseated by a relatively new comer to the political scene. Whitehill Online has had the pleasure of catching up with your new councillor, enabling us to find out a little bit more about what we can expect from Cllr Morrey. On thing is for certain, as she is a local resident though and though, the people of the Kidsgrove ward will be well represented. Local News - Local News Sat, 03 May 2008 19:48:15 +0100 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/26/11/ Following the election on Thursday it appears that people are not impressed with the new venues. The main concerns seem to come from residents who used the Birchenwood pavilion. It appears that this was used for 2 wards (Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe) placing everyone in one small room. It appears that this is not popular with voters and we will be interested to see if this will be changed in time for next years elections? Local News - Local News Sat, 03 May 2008 15:57:06 +0100 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/25/11/ The polls have now closed all over the area and it will be tomorrow morning when the votes will be counted. Personally this is a let down, as I quite enjoyed the late nights viewing the tv and all the political changes which will take place.It appears that the turnout could be very poor. The results are now being published. The first of the local results is the Butt Lane ward, in which the Lib Dems have taken from Labour. The exact results are published below; Local News - Local News Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:27:32 +0100 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/24/11/ The development of Mount Road continues, with the road now being closed off and a diversion put in place around Vine Bank Road. This has been in many peoples experiences a very painful and slow experience as the parked cars on both sides of the road are making this unsuitable. When the plans were placed in the Sentinel it clearly said that the Police would prevent people from parking on this road - what has happened to this we may ask? Local News - Local News Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:17:56 +0100 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/23/11/ It is comming up to that time of the year when we get asked to cast our vote at local elections. This year it is the Newcastle Borough elections, so these are the people who meet in Newcastle and decide how your money is spent over the whole Borough. These people control street cleaning, parks, gardens etc - however not the highways which is a Staffordshire County Council job. In the Kidsgrove ward you will have the following candidates to pick from; Local News - Local News Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:54:24 +0100 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/22/11/ Following action from Cllr Mary Maxfield it appears that the series of pot holes which had been annoying many regular drivers from Whitehill to Kidsgrove have now been fixed. It was noted that the smaller holes had been filled the other day, however Cllr Maxfield told our forum boards that she was going to visit the site manager to get this matter sorted - clearly it has been. You can report any problems with your roads and street lights using the Clarence system, the link and phone number can be found at the bottom of this article.... Local News - Local News Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:33:33 +0100 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/21/11/ Please help us find our beautiful tabby cat who went missing from our home in Keats Gardens on Saturday. She is a petite sized tabby cat with distinctive leopard style spots under her chin and a perfect ring around the end of her tail. Although she does not wear a collar she is fully micro chipped and easily identifiable. Our 10 year old son is distraught - we all are. We have recently moved house 3 weeks ago and this is the 1st time she has been out. Please help by calling 07951 363707 we desperatley want to know she... Local News - Local News Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:33:31 +0100 http://www.whitehillonline.co.uk/cms/content/view/20/11/ A Whitehill Online poll has found that 75% of residents feel that they dont get value for money friom their council tax. Despite this large figure, this is not as high as we were expecting which must be testiment to the improvements in the local area over the past year. We are planning to carry out a survey asking this question in the future.The results of the poll are shown below; Local News - Local News Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:14:51 +0100