
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)…

Pop-up cinema to take over Goods Yard signal box for worthy cause
A FORMER railway signal box in Stoke-on-Trent will open to the public for the first time in over 30 years, with a charity pop-up mini-cini set to take over.
For one weekend only, the Signal Box doors at Capital&Centric’s Goods Yard neighbourhood…

Belong appoints Head of People
Not-for-profit care village operator Belong, which has a location on Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has appointed HR specialist Maggie Wallace as Head of People - with the aim of attracting, inspiring and retaining the sector’s most talented…

Denise Coates Foundation supports local students
Staffordshire University has received a generous donation from the Denise Coates Foundation to help transform the lives of local students.
The charity, founded by bet365 CEO and honorary doctor Denise Coates, is the longest standing major…

Tunnel Visions – Art Trail for Kidsgrove Canal
Explore, experience and get involved in Kidsgrove’s freshest FREE art trail, boasting a wonderful range of paintings, photographs, sculpture, prints and mixed-media.
A Staffordshire University BA Fine Art students, Appetite and the Canal…

World Book Day at Stoke-on-Trent Libraries
A host of very special storytelling sessions have been organised to celebrate World Book Day across Stoke-on-Trent libraries.
Six sessions will take place across all of the library sites on Saturday 4 March to mark the annual celebration of…

Research and education in spotlight as Staffordshire University Pro-Vice Chancellor meets with the President of Pakistan
Staffordshire University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor, Professor Raheel Nawaz PFHEA NTF, met with Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi to discuss Artificial Intelligence, and Higher Education.
He presented the President with a copy of his latest…

Celebration of Local Heroes in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Community heroes are to be honoured for the first time in a local awards scheme.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has launched the inaugural “Newcastle Heroes”
awards, with a ceremony to take place at the Mayor’s Charity Ball at…

Civic charities score a fundraising boost at Lord Mayor’s football tournament
Stoke-on-Trent Lord Mayor Faisal Hussain hosted a one-off charity football tournament in aid of his chosen charities, Brighter Futures and The Hubb Foundation.
The tournament which took place at Fenton Manor Sports Complex had 24 teams take…

Stoke-on-Trent’s young people get taste of property career with week-long Regeneration Brainery
AMBITIOUS young people from Stoke-on-Trent are experiencing a fascinating insight into the world of property and development.
Students from Stoke-on-Trent College are taking part in the Regeneration Brainery – an immersive national programme…

Carers’ achievements celebrated at champion awards
A former pub manager from Newcastle-under-Lyme who swapped the bar for the reception desk of a care village is amongst those who have been recognised at the annual Belong Champion Awards - which celebrates the not-for-profit operator's teams…
