
Season’s Greetings Review
An extended family combined with Christmas chaos, creates comedy gold in Season's Greetings at the New Vic theatre thanks to genius Alan Ayckbourn.
As Christmas Eve gets underway finishing touches to the decorations at Neville (Matt Addis)…

New Urban Quarter plans for Stoke-on-Trent
An exciting new urban quarter is to be developed at the Swift House site - near to Stoke-on-Trent's railway station.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is working with award-winning social impact developer Capital & Centric – the stars of…

Public consultation to shape masterplan
A public consultation exercise has begun, the results of which will drive major improvements in housing, highways and sports provision for residents in Knutton.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is asking residents, businesses and partner…

New chair for Stoke-on-Trent Health and Wellbeing Board
Councillor Abi Brown, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, has been appointed as the new chair for the Stoke-on-Trent Health and Wellbeing Board.
The role is to help to ensure health services provided by a range of organisations are tailored…

Further £50,000 of funding for Stoke-on-Trent Voluntary and community groups
Voluntary and community groups (VCS) across the city are to benefit from a further £50,000 of funding to help them provide crucial services to residents through the coronavirus pandemic.
The initiative follows a previous successful grant…

Further support grant available for Stoke-on-Trent based businesses
Stoke-on-Trent businesses are set to receive a further grant to help them through the coronavirus pandemic, under phase two of the ‘Additional Restrictions Grant’.
This comes as phase one of the fund saw a total of £266,488 allocated…

Mental Health Helpline 24/7
A mental health helpline set up in response to the second national lockdown caused by the COVID 19 pandemic has received more than 11,000 calls since it first began operating at the beginning of November 2020.
During December 2020 helpline…

New Lockdown Business Grants welcomed by Borough Council
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is poised to act quickly to distribute one-off top up grants designed to help borough businesses through the latest Coronavirus restrictions.
The Government has announced that businesses in the retail, hospitality…

More than £11m to Transform Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Centre
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has secured more than £11million in a landmark bid to change the shape of the town centre.
The news is the result of a successful bid by the Council to the Future High Streets Fund and has been warmly…

£83,000 boost to voluntary and community groups
Voluntary and community groups awarded £83,000 in grants to continue to provide important support to city residents through the coronavirus pandemic.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council announced 41 groups are to receive funding through the latest…

Recycling vehicle gets a ‘green’ upgrade
A new recycling truck has hit the streets of Stoke-on-Trent to help improve the efficiency of the council’s recycling operation and reduce its impact on the environment.
The 44ft truck features a 130 yard walking floor trailer with air…