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A retired couple from Newcastle-under-Lyme have received some good news during lockdown following work to bring a long term empty property back into use. Carer Dorothy Croxford, 75, has been confined to the ground floor of the town house cottage she shares with partner David Goodwin in Kidsgrove since the start of the year due […]
Almost 1,000 nurses, frontline council workers and other public sector staff have trailed new lateral flow coronavirus tests in the city, ahead of a national roll-out. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to trail the new tests before other areas of the country. The new tests […]
A Stoke-on-Trent animation company has joined forces with international film studio to create a new headquarters and a digital and creative hub for Stoke-on-Trent. The new complex on Campbell Place, Stoke, features Framescape, a digital and creative hub to be run as a not for profit community asset to benefit young people in the city. […]
A local arts project is continuing to spread positivity and support people’s well-being in the face of COVID-19 and lockdown measures. Article by Adam Gratton Since late October, Appetite, funded by Arts Council England and the National Lottery, has been offering up an array of art-based entertainment as part of its ‘Seasonal Specials’ programme. Originally […]
The New Vic Theatre’s production of Hoard: Rediscovered, a dramatic celebration of the mysteries of the Staffordshire Hoard, will be available to watch online from Wednesday 18 November – Tuesday 1 December. As audiences are unable to visit the theatre in person during November, the New Vic is taking its fascinating drama based around a […]
An initiative which was set up between Stoke on Trent City and voluntary sector partner VAST to support vulnerable people- #StokeonTrentTogether – has been extended to provide support seven days a week between 9am to 5pm. Redeployed libraries staff will be making proactive calls to vulnerable residents and offering support with accessing help with shopping, […]
Businesses instructed to close through the coronavirus lockdown will be able to apply for £4.2m of funding. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been allocated a total of £4,192,488 through the government’s Local Restrictions Support Grant. The money will be available to businesses such as those in the hospitality, leisure, non-essential retail and personal care sectors. Council […]
Staffordshire-based Legionnaires’ Disease experts SAS Water Ltd is advising hotels, holiday parks and spas to ensure water safety is a priority as the new Covid-19 lockdown and the start of winter causes closures. Working with a luxury lodge park in East Anglia, SAS Water’s legionella consultants have doubled flushing regimes for the park’s lodges, along […]
Lifelong carer Peter Norman, from Nantwich, has been appointed general manager at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme after leading the dementia specialist care village through Covid-19. Peter’s passion for caring for others began at the age of 11, when he became a family carer for his late great-grandmother. He has since built a career in social care that […]
The shortlist has been revealed for an annual book prize which will see one North Staffordshire author win £500. Actress turned playwright Deb McAndrew, former teacher Peter Cash, creative writing lecturer Lisa Blower and academic John Shapcott are all in the running for this year’s Arnold Bennett Prize. The annual book award was established in […]
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