
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)…

Improvements to Parking Permit Scheme
The Borough Council is shaking up its parking permit scheme to make it easier to understand and cheaper for drivers to use.
Current arrangements, which involve offering motorists a range of options and different charges are being taken away…

New service gives library users access to free e-audiobooks
A new service which will allow customers to borrow free e-audiobooks online 24 hours a day has been launched by Stoke-on-Trent’s libraries.
Library users can access BorrowBox seven days a week from their mobile phones, tablets and laptops…

New Cafe at Hanley Park
The new café in Hanley Park’s pavilion building has officially opened to the public – marking a major milestone in the National Lottery supported multi-million pound restoration of the 60-acre site.
Named The Pavilion and operated by company…

Agreement Renewed for historic landmark
An historic landmark in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre, which dates back to 1713 is busy, full of life and providing a useful range of services to the local community.
That is the conclusion of a 12-month arrangement with Support Staffordshire…

College students celebrate success at regional hairdressing competition
Hairdressing students from Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) are celebrating after scooping six awards at the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists (AHT) semi-finals.
Level 2 Hairdressing apprentice from Newcastle College,…

Funding boost for Meir Matters
Meir Matters has received £3,200 in funding to make their Sow & Grow site accessible to the whole community and keep running sessions all year round with a new poly-tunnel.
Meir Matters is a group with more than 130 members who run a…

Business appointees will help Alice Charity to support more vulnerable families
The Alice Charity have welcomed two new trustees from the business world to help them support more vulnerable families in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Entrepreneur Matthew Dashper-Hughes and Finance Director Larne Payne bring…

Belong join forces to help neighbours
An initiative launched by Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme has seen customers and residents from two care villages join forces in aid of animals affected by the catastrophic bushfires in Australia.
The Lower Street care village invited participants…

Last Chance to Enter Future Journalist Awards
Students aged seven to eighteen have only days left to enter Staffordshire University’s annual Future Journalist Awards.
The awards are organised by third-year journalism and PR students and aim to discover the next generation of journalists…

School pupils design recycling art work
Four primary school pupils from Stoke-on-Trent schools have been announced as winners of the city council’s ‘Design our bin wagons’ competition.
At the start of the academic year, Year 6 pupils from Stoke-on-Trent schools were invited…
