My Personally Speaking column in The Sentinel (27 August 2026) We all deserve to live in communities that are safe, secure and clean – with access to good and reliable services, shops you want to visit and a thriving local high street, as well as a chance to embrace the arts, culture and all other opportunities to socialise. In Newcastle-under-Lyme, we know more than enough about the need for our communities to be clean, and the terrible impact that waste crime and fly-tippi