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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)…
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£1m scheme to help ensure 18,460 children do not go hungry this winter

Thousands of schoolchildren, vulnerable families, homeless people, and voluntary and community groups are to benefit from a £1m scheme to support residents over the winter months. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has secured £1.083m from the government’s…
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Leisure facilities and markets open

Shapes Health and Leisure at Fenton Manor and Dimensions Leisure Centre welcomed back members on 2 December. The two Stoke-on-Trent city council-run gyms reopened with strict Covid-secure measures in place after national lockdown restrictions…
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Lidice Lives garden to remember

A memorial garden in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent, complete with sculptures, is to be home to an international effort to remember the tragic events which befell the small Czechoslovakian town of Lidice during the early part of the Second World…
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#LoveLocal on The Stones Newcastle-under-Lyme

Community supermarket Affordable Foods Stoke have teamed up with Newcastle-under-Lyme Markets, along with BabaBaboon, to deliver a celebration of local and small independent businesses. The open air event will take place on The Stones market…
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£36 million announced to transform Stoke-on-Trent’s transport network

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has won £29 million of Government funding to improve the city’s transport network and revolutionise how residents get around. The council has been awarded the money following a successful bid to the Department…
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£750,000 cash injection for Kidsgrove underway with park improvements

The first visible signs of action have appeared following a £750,000 Government windfall to boost residents’ health and well-being in Kidsgrove. A scheme to upgrade a popular park in the town is the first among an exciting package of approved…
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Mental health helpline supporting hundreds of calls for help

A 24-hour mental health helpline launched at the beginning of the second national lockdown has already received and supported more than 400 calls for help. The helpline, established by Stoke-on-Trent City Council with Brighter Futures, has…
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Christmas waste and recycling Stoke-on-Trent

Bin men in Stoke-on-Trent can look forward to a well-earned break this year – as the city council has announced its revised bin collection dates for the Christmas period. Residents will receive normal collections up to and including Christmas…
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Further grants available to Voluntary and Community Groups

Voluntary and community groups in Stoke-on-Trent are being given the chance to apply for a further £50,000 in funding to help them continue to deliver services through the coronavirus. Stoke-on-Trent City Council launched a new grant fund…
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GPS tracking for Gritter Lorries

Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s fleet of gritters and crews are officially on standby 24 hours a day for the next five months to deal with winter weather. Residents can now check which routes are being gritted in real-time after the council’s…

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