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• Stafford joins council hedgehog preservation Roll of Honour

  A warning to check for hedgehogs has been added to grass cutting equipment by Stafford Borough Council

• Measles cases rising in the West Midlands – with risk of holiday season causing a summer surge

  The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) today publishes its monthly update on measles cases in England, which shows outbreaks continuing, with 109 cases confirmed in April and 86 so far in May.

• CrossCountry customers advised of short-notice disruption to services

  CrossCountry customers are being warned of ongoing travel disruption due to industrial action by the RMT union on weekdays and Saturdays.

• Don’t get hooked: new warning urges the public to continue reporting phishy emails and texts with 41 million already reported

  As of April 2025, the total number of phishing scams reported to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) reached over 41 million since its launch in April 2020. This has resulted in 217,000 scams being removed from across 393,395 websites pages by the National Cyber Security Centre.

• Community Safety Alert – Bogus Tradespersons in Eccleshall

  Staffordshire Police are urging local residents to remain vigilant following a report of suspicious activity involving bogus tradespeople in the Badgers Croft area of Eccleshall. The incident occurred at around 12:30pm on Saturday 31st May