
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)…

Support Group seeking Parents Stories
A fast-growing support group is seeking real life stories for a fundraising book offering advice to parents with children with special needs and disabilities.
Parent engagement in Stoke (PEGIS) was started five years ago by a group of parents…

Council Acts on Climate Change
Measures aimed at making Newcastle-under-Lyme “carbon neutral” in little more than a decade are moving forward.
The Borough Council is stepping up its efforts on the green agenda in a move which should increase the pace at which the area’s…

Scouts Bid for the Record Books
Youngsters from Newcastle-under-Lyme are keeping their fingers crossed that they could enter the Guinness Book of World Records.
They attempted to create the largest ever human fleur-de-lis whilst taking part in a scout camp in Kibblestone,…

Pledge to support Voluntary Sector
A commitment to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the voluntary sector in Newcastle-under-Lyme has been signed by the Borough Council.
Cllr. Simon Tagg, the Leader of the Council, put pen to paper on the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise…

FREE events to celebrate Stoke-on-Trent’s heritage
Hidden cultural treasures and historic venues are being opened up to visitors for a series of free events to celebrate Stoke-on-Trent’s heritage.
During the festival, residents and visitors will have the unique chance to access events and…

Borough Green Spaces internationally recognised
Parks and green spaces maintained in Newcastle-under-Lyme have been named as some of the best in the world.
Six venues are among a record-breaking 1,970 sites in the UK, and 131 in 13 other countries, that have received prestigious Green…

Victorian artist hanging around in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Victorian artist, Sam Gallimore, who passed away in 1898, has been found hanging around in the town’s Belong Heritage Gallery...
But before anyone dials ‘Ghostbusters’, the presence is purely on canvas, courtesy…

Summer fun at the Brampton Museum
A family-friendly exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings has
launched at the Brampton Museum.
“Out of this World” looks at the production of toys, games, TV programmes and other items from the 1960s and 1970s…

Men Unite from Chesterton and beyond
Mental Health is not something to be taken lightly. Depression and feeling isolated is a serious illness which can affect any one of us in any walk of life. To have those feelings, which can escalate to suicidal thoughts, and to share those…

New affordable homes in Stoke-on-Trent
Work has started on building new affordable housing for rent alongside specially adapted bungalows for families in need.
Two former garage sites off Fallowfield and Pembridge Road are being turned into a total of 11 three-bedroom homes, including…