31,000 people completed the recent Staffordshire Smart Alert mobile phone theft survey, they'll be using this information to improve their mobile phone resources. If you need advice on what you can do to protect your data and phone, or what to do in the event that your phone is stolen do Check out their mobile phone theft pages . Who is most at risk? Data shows that younger people, especially those aged 15 to 39, are more likely to be victims of phone theft and that women
From April next year, Staffordshire Moorlands residents will be asked to separate their food waste from garden waste due to changes in legislation requiring all councils to provide a weekly food waste collection service. SMDC currently collects food and garden waste together but will need to make operational changes to comply with the new law which will add cost and complexity to the service. The collection of garden waste is a discretionary service and the Council has agreed