
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)…

Residents encouraged to find out about employment opportunities
Staffordshire residents are being urged to find out about rising employment vacancies in various sectors as latest out-of-work claimant statistics for the county show another reduction.
At the same time, many vacancies remain unfilled as…

Children invited to take part in a Summer of reading
Children from across Staffordshire are being invited to take part in a Summer Reading Challenge.
Thousands of children are expected to sign up for the campaign being delivered by Staffordshire County Council’s Libraries Service in partnership…

£7.5m boost to support the High Needs Educational Provision in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is set to receive additional High Needs Education Capital as part of the Department for Education’s DfE ‘safety valve’ programme.
Twenty million pounds has been set aside to support High Needs capital…

Staffordshire University in the spotlight with National Awards
Staffordshire University’s role in levelling up the UK has been celebrated at a new set of awards.
The Levelling Up Universities Awards recognise those higher education institutions and their staff that are committed to boosting opportunity…

College student launches music career
A Level student, Luke Gilmore, or Luke Wonder as he’s known in the world of music, has launched his new single ‘Doesn’t Have to be Love’ featuring Finnish co-producer and co-mixer, Kyyhky.
The 18-year-old, who is a second year A Level…

Young Artists in the frame for success
Young artists are stocking up on their art supplies after winning a popular children’s painting competition.
Tamara Redfern, aged seven, and Mary Wu, nine, have received £20 gift vouchers to spend at The Art Studio Gallery in Newcastle…

Competition to honour Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Philip Astley
An exciting children's competition has been launched to help raise awareness for the father of the modern circus Philip Astley - who was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Staffordshire Poet Laureate Mel Wardle Woodend has teamed up with the Philip…

Work starts on new city centre multi-storey car park
Work has started on a new 730-space multi-storey car park in Stoke-on-Trent city centre – that will allow the city to plan for the future, support the economy and provide modern and secure parking spaces for residents and visitors.
The new…

Volunteers sought for Community Art workshops in Burslem
Volunteers are being sought for a new exciting project to work alongside visual and performance artists from Stoke-on-Trent.
The Burslem Port Trust are inviting local residents of Burslem and Middleport to volunteer with a team of visual…

St George’s flag flying high in Newcastle-under-Lyme to celebrate England’s Euros Final
The flag of St George is now flying proudly above a stunning focal point in the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme to celebrate England reaching the final of a major football tournament for the first time in 55 years.
England has made the final…
