
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)…

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…

Show Your Creative Side for Staffordshire Day Celebrations
Creativity will be the focus for Staffordshire Day when it returns for the fifth time on Friday 1 st May 2020.
Coordinators Enjoy Staffordshire, in conjunction with Staffordshire County Council and other local authority partners, are encouraging…

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…

Local Artist Making Waves with must-Sea Exhibition
The sky is the limit for a local artist who is enjoying a solo exhibition at the Brampton Museum as his reward for blowing competition out of the water.
Paul Newcastle – who specialises in landscape and seascape paintings – is currently…

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…

Hero war animals honoured at Potteries Museum
A new exhibition honouring hero war animals is heading to the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent from February.
The exhibition – PDSA Dickin Medal: Extraordinary Animals In Action – was created by leading veterinary…

New Vic Youth Theatre explore the challenges of growing up
Featuring a large cast and full young band, this electrifying gig-style performance marks the New Vic Youth Theatre’s fourth time performing as part of National Theatre Connections.
Set in and around a swimming pool, The Changing Room follows…

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…

Potteries Museum to develop natural history displays
Natural history displays - which will share the story of Stoke-on-Trent 300 million years ago - are to be developed at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery were successful in a bid to the Arts Council…
