27-540: East Staffordshire is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire , England. The council is based in Burton upon Trent . The borough also contains the town of Uttoxeter and numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The neighbouring districts are Lichfield , Stafford , Staffordshire Moorlands , Derbyshire Dales and South Derbyshire . The district was created on 1 April 1974 under
54-434: A borough or district council. In these cases local government functions are divided between county and district councils, to the level where they can be practised most efficiently: Many districts have borough status , which means the local council is called a borough council instead of district council and gives them the right to appoint a mayor . Borough status is granted by royal charter and, in many cases, continues
81-425: A district will consist of a market town and its more rural hinterland. However districts are diverse with some being mostly urban such as Dartford, and others more polycentric such as Thurrock. Non-metropolitan districts are subdivisions of English non-metropolitan counties which have a two-tier structure of local government. Two-tier non-metropolitan counties have a county council and several districts, each with
108-535: A major stakeholder in local news titles, from DMGT. Local World had been formed by former Trinity chief exec David Montgomery in 2012 to consolidate all DMGT's local newspaper holdings other than the Metro, expanding their holdings while streamlining production, to make the group more saleable. Its 115 titles are formed primarily by those of Harmsworth's historic Northcliffe Newspapers Group, alongside other smaller purchases made by DMGT and Local World subsequently, including
135-418: A mayor. They ceased to operate when East Staffordshire was made a borough in 1992, allowing a district-wide mayor to be appointed instead. The Burton area was divided into seven civil parishes in 2003. 52°48′29″N 1°38′45″W / 52.8080°N 1.6457°W / 52.8080; -1.6457 Non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts , or colloquially " shire districts ", are
162-758: A morning publication in 2006, now in the shops at around 6am each day. In 2012 the Burton Mail became part of the Local World group, formed by David Montgomery, who purchased Northcliffe Media from the Daily Mail and General Trust and, separately, Iliffe News and Media – of which the Burton Mail was part. The purchase of the businesses was approved by the Office of Fair Trading on 28 June 2013. In November 2015, Trinity Mirror purchased Local World,
189-471: A shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in East Staffordshire. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 2009 have been: Following the 2023 election the composition of
216-457: A style enjoyed by a predecessor authority, which can date back centuries. Some districts such as Oxford or Exeter have city status , granted by letters patent , but this does not give the local council any extra powers other than the right to call itself a city council . By 1899, England had been divided at district level into rural districts , urban districts , municipal boroughs , county boroughs and metropolitan boroughs . This system
243-491: A type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially shire counties ) in a two-tier arrangement. Non-metropolitan districts with borough status are known as boroughs , able to appoint a mayor and refer to itself as a borough council. Some shire counties now have no sub divisions so are a single Non-metropolitan district such as Cornwall. Typically
270-508: A unitary authority or those that transferred from one county to another, including those that changed name. Nor does it include unitary authorities that have been abolished ( Bournemouth and Poole ). Burton Mail The Burton Mail (formerly the Burton Daily Mail ) is a British daily newspaper published each weekday and on Saturdays. It covers the East Staffordshire, South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire areas. In
297-683: Is also a station serving Tutbury , also on the Crewe to Derby Line called Tutbury and Hatton . This is in the South Derbyshire district. In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central (West) broadcasting from Birmingham . Television signals are received the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter. The Waltham TV transmitter can also be received which broadcast BBC East Midlands and ITV Central (East) from Nottingham . Local radio stations for
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#1732773401342324-481: Is printed at Cambridge Newspapers Ltd's Milton base. The Burton Mail first appeared on 2 May 1898 as a supporter of the town's Conservative Party . It was set up in competition to the existing Burton Guardian , which in turn represented the views of the Liberal Party . Financial backing for the Burton Mail came from the town's brewery barons, who continued to exert an influence over the newspaper well into
351-653: The Burton Football Mail in 1946. The Burton Daily Mail Ltd continued as a trust-operated company until the early 1980s when it was bought out and incorporated into the Birmingham Post and Mail group of titles, then owned by the Iliffe family. In 2012, Local World acquired owner Iliffe News and Media from Yattendon Group . Published from Monday to Saturday, the Burton Mail changed from being an evening newspaper, on sale around lunchtime, to being
378-604: The District Councils' Network , special interest group which sits within the Local Government Association . The network's purpose is to "act as an informed and representative advocate for districts to government and other national bodies, based on their unique position to deliver for local people." This is a list of two-tier non-metropolitan counties and their districts. All unitary authorities are also non-metropolitan districts, which, with
405-631: The Local Government Act 1972 covering four former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named East Staffordshire, reflecting its position within the wider county. The district received borough status in 1992, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. Since 2011, East Staffordshire Borough Council has been a member of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership . In 2020, East Staffordshire also joined
432-647: The 1970s. As its rivals fell by the wayside, the Burton Mail flourished, changing its title to the Burton Daily Mail and taking over and incorporating other titles up until 1957, when the Burton Chronicle , the last paid-for opposition title to publish in the town, was bought out and incorporated with the Mail , weekly newspaper, The Burton Observer , to form the Burton Observer and Chronicle . The Burton Daily Mail Ltd had also started publication of
459-601: The 2007 purchase from Trinity. The purchase increases Trinity Mirror's local circulation by around 50%. The deal valued Local World at around £220m. In September 2014, Emma Turton became the first female editor in the newspaper's 116-year history. The Burton Mail was named Newspaper of the Year in November 2017 at the Midlands Media Awards. The Burton Mail is currently edited by Julie Crouch, who took up
486-501: The Stoke and Staffordshire Local Enterprise Partnership. East Staffordshire Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Labour majority control since the 2023 election . The first elections were held in 1973, initially operating as
513-462: The area are: Local newspapers are Burton Mail and Uttoxeter Advertiser . The whole borough is covered by civil parishes. The parish council for Uttoxeter has declared that parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council". Between 1974 and 2003 the former county borough of Burton upon Trent was an unparished area . There were charter trustees for Burton which operated between 1974 and 1992, allowing Burton to continue to appoint
540-454: The areas for Wales and England had been enacted separately and there were no Welsh metropolitan areas, the term 'non-metropolitan district' does not apply to Wales. A similar system existed in Scotland , which in 1975 was divided into regions and districts, this was also abolished in 1996 and replaced with a fully unitary system . In England most of the district councils are represented by
567-475: The council was: The next election is due in 2027. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 37 councillors representing 16 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The council is based at Burton upon Trent Town Hall . The building was originally built in 1878 as the St Paul's Institute and Liberal Club, before being given to
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#1732773401342594-487: The exception of those of Berkshire , are coterminous with non-metropolitan counties. For a full list of districts of all types including unitary authorities, metropolitan districts and London boroughs , see Districts of England . This is a list of former two-tier districts in England which have been abolished, by local government reorganisations such as the 2009 structural changes to local government in England . It does not include districts that still exist after becoming
621-575: The old Burton upon Trent Borough Council in 1891 and subsequently converted to become a town hall. Significant extensions were added in 1894 and 1939. Main roads within the borough include the A38 through Burton upon Trent and the A50 near Uttoxeter . There are two railway stations in the borough, Burton-on-Trent on the Cross Country Route and Uttoxeter on the Crewe to Derby Line , There
648-499: The period December 2010 to June 2011, it had an average daily circulation of 12,198. The only paid-for title in Burton-on-Trent, the Mail has been established for more than a century, and prints news from the town and its surrounding area. Burton Mail is part of Staffordshire Newspapers Limited, a media group which encompasses two daily newspapers, five weekly newspapers, and a selection of magazine titles. The Burton Mail
675-754: The position in December 2017. In August 2015, the Burton Mail moved from its premises in High Street, Burton, which it had occupied for 98 years, and moved to a site closer to the centre of the town in Worthington Way, Burton. In January 2020, the Burton office closed with staff transferred to the Derby Telegraph office in Derby adopting a home/office hybrid model of working. The Derby office
702-526: The two-tier structure, but reforms in the 1990s and 2009 reduced their number to 192. A further 55 non-metropolitan districts are now unitary authorities, which combine the functions of county and borough/district councils. In Wales , an almost identical two-tier system of local government existed between 1974 and 1996 (see Districts of Wales ). In 1996, this was abolished and replaced with an entirely unitary system of local government, with one level of local government responsible for all local services. Since
729-620: Was abolished by the London Government Act 1963 and the Local Government Act 1972 . Non-metropolitan districts were created by this act in 1974 when England outside Greater London was divided into metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties. Metropolitan counties were sub-divided into metropolitan districts and the non-metropolitan counties were sub-divided into non-metropolitan districts. The metropolitan districts had more powers than their non-metropolitan counterparts. Initially, there were 296 non-metropolitan districts in
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