
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)…

Carers Recognised at Midlands Awards
Carers at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme have had their hard work recognised at the Great West Midlands Care Awards.
As well as their work going above and beyond during the Covid-19 crisis, Employer Belong also took home a regional Social Care…

New exhibition showcasing Circus legend in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Local born showman, performer and Philip Astley expert Andrew Van Buren has produced an exhibition of items relating to the local legend which are on display in Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Centre.
The exhibition - which is displayed in the…

What’s in a Cheesy Naan Bread? With blogger Aysha
Aysha Mahmood, has recently studied media and marketing at Keele University. Aysha has been taking part in work experience here with BabaBaboon and explored the world of food which took her around the world.
Here Aysha shares her own food…

Nine new arrivals at Trentham attraction
Trentham Monkey Forest is excited to announce the arrival of nine beautiful baby Barbary macaques.
Visitors are encouraged to come see the babies in all their glory and observe the bundles of joy explore their new world.
The team at…

New careers beckon thanks to work experience programme
Hundreds of jobseekers are getting their foot on the career ladder with help from a work experience programme delivered by Staffordshire County Council.
Christian Lockley, aged 49, is the latest person to benefit from the Open-Door programme…

Exploring Newcastle-under-Lyme’s outdoors with Uzair
Uzair Hussain a former masters student at Staffordshire University, studying Sports Journalism. Uzair has been taking part in work experience here at BabaBaboon. In his second guest blog, Uzair shares some ideas for summer walks in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
"WALKING…

Results celebrated at Staffordshire’s leading College
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) have been congratulating ‘The Class of 2021’ students following A Level and BTEC results.
For the second consecutive year, grades were not based on a student’s final exam performance due…

Eric returns to the New Vic for the Full Monty
Popular character ‘Eric’ and his friends are returning to the New Vic from Monday 23 August to Saturday 4 September.
David Graham Productions’ loveable rogue ‘Eric’ has been entertaining audiences at the New Vic for more than 20…

Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme residents go for Gold
As Great Britain racked up the medals at Tokyo 2020 - another team was also been competing for podium success, with residents living at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme care village enjoying a bit of friendly competition at their very own Olympics.
The…

Celebrations with Friends of Lyme Brook
A special open day is to take place to celebrate environmental protection group - Friends of Lyme Brook's - two year anniversary.
A demonstration of scything, a plant sale and the opportunity to spy some of the creepy crawlies that give…
