Entries by Baba

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FOUR IN A BED HOTEL ACCOMMODATING KEYWORKERS DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

On Monday March 30 Potbank Aparthotel in Stoke-on-Trent featured in popular Channel 4 reality TV show Four in a Bed. The show was set in and around the Potbank Aparthotel – a recently converted early 19th century “potbank” within the 250 year old former Spode factory. Filming took place in the spring of 2019, long […]

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Young pen pals provide reasons to stay cheerful

Residents at Belong care village in Newcastle-under-Lyme and others in the group operated by not-for-profit care provider Belong, have found real reasons to be cheerful during the Covid-19 epidemic, as a result of an initiative from Liverpool-based charity, Ready Generations, which has encouraged children of all ages to become pen pals for older people in […]

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Containers needed to help Gin distillery supply hand sanitiser

The owners of a gin distillery in Newcastle-under-Lyme have switched from producing gin to hand sanitiser during the Coronavirus pandemic. Staffordshire Gin supplied Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council with 25 litres of the hand sanitiser on Wednesday March 25, to help with the essentials the local authority need for recycling and waste crews. Since then the company […]

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Outdoor markets close and bulky waste collections stop

Outdoor markets at council-run locations across the city have closed, and new requests for bulky waste collections have stopped, following government guidance in response to the coronavirus emergency. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has confirmed that it is also reviewing indoor markets, in line with national guidance released overnight which allows stalls that offer essential retail, such […]

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Potters Arf 2020 cancelled

The Potters ’Arf marathon has been cancelled as civic leaders urge residents to follow social distancing health advice, in response to the coronavirus. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has taken the step to call off the road race in consultation with Hanley Economic Building Society, race sponsors and charities as part of a managed and proportionate response […]

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1st Time Clean Launch New Service

A Stoke-on-Trent contract cleaning company has launched a new service aimed at deep cleaning and sanitising premises. Burslem based 1st Time Clean were due to launch the new system in the summer but have brought it forward in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The company which employs thirty people has contracts across the UK and […]