Cannock Chase Council is calling on all eligible residents in Cannock Chase to get vaccinated against flu.

Flu is a serious condition that kills, on average, 11,000 people in England each year and hospitalises many more. Adults at high risk from flu are also most at risk from COVID-19. The free vaccine is more important than ever to help protect the nation from a double threat this winter.

This year, the programme is being expanded to help protect people from flu and ease pressure on the NHS and urgent care services.

A number of Council owned roller shutter doors in Cannock Town Centre have been transformed into works of art this summer, as part of a range of environmental improvements in and around the town centre.

Cannock Chase Council commissioned Neil Willis from Auniqueart to create the artworks on 14 shutters, including seven opposite St. Luke’s Church and seven on vacant shops by the Beecroft Road subway underpass.

Cannock Chase Council is thanking the people of Cannock Chase for continuing to recycle as part of Recycle Now’s 17th annual Recycle week.

Despite all that has happened this year with the COVID pandemic, new stats show we care more about the environment than ever before. Statistics released by Recycle Now show that through lockdown the UK has become even more environmentally aware, with nearly 9 in 10 households saying they ‘regularly recycle’. 

Cannock Chase Council’s Cabinet has approved a proposal from Forestry England to become a funding partner for a Commonwealth Games Legacy Project.

Cannock Chase Forest will be one of the venues for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games used for mountain biking events. Its success will reply upon a high quality sustainable trail infrastructure being delivered.

Cannock Chase Council has pledged its support for this year`s Great British September Clean, run by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy.

The campaign which runs from 11 September until 27 September will see up to half a million people taking action to clean streets, parks and beaches across the country.

The Council`s Street Cleansing team is encouraging local residents and community groups across Cannock Chase District to get involved.

A fly-tipper apprehended in Cannock Chase District in August is feeling rather dejected after the Ford Transit Van he was using to illegally discard waste was well and truly crushed this week at a vehicle crushing site.

CANNOCK CHASE DISTRICT COUNCIL

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Section 34B Environmental Protection Act 1990

Last Friday a joint operation was carried out between the Council’s Licensing & Environmental Health Teams, the Police and the Security Industry Authority (SIA).

The operation included visiting 22 licensed premises, unannounced in Rugeley, Cannock and Hednesford town centres and surrounding areas to check that these businesses were complying with the COVID-19 guidance on social distancing and test and trace etc.

Repair works of the swimming pool at Rugeley Leisure Centre will be completed early 2021.

Inspiring healthy lifestyles (IHL) who manage the swimming pool on behalf of the Council identified problems with the tiling in the pool, which was drained during lockdown, to determine the extent of the issue and carry out assessments on the pool.

Tests have been conducted on the pool, pipelines and water tanks over the last few weeks to pinpoint the potential water leak and reasons behind failed tiling.

Cannock Chase Council is delighted to announce that the Tuesday street market in Cannock Town Centre will return on Tuesday 1 September.

E G Skett & Co, the street market operator trialled a Tuesday street market last year.  The success of this market means that Cannock’s regular street market will now take place on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9am until 4pm.