
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)…

Care village residents celebrate gym reopening
Residents living at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme on Lower Street are defying stereotypes of older people as they celebrate the re-opening of the care village's specialist gym, which provides personalised one-to-one programmes.
The exercise…

New nursery places at Staffordshire University’s first net-zero carbon facility
Staffordshire University have broken ground on a new £4.4m Nursery and Forest School at their Leek Road site in Stoke-on-Trent which will create over 50 new nursery places for the local community.
Due for completion in 2022 by principal…

Turnip Field Review
Taking my seat as I returned to the theatre for the first time in two-years was a treat, little did I know how much of a sensory feast I was in store for as the lights dimmed around and silence fell at the Repertory Theatre in Stoke...
Opening…

Gardening Competition returns with Blooming difference
Green-fingered residents are being invited to enter a digital version of an annual gardening contest.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is running its popular horticultural competitions – organised as part of the borough’s Heart of…

£11 million secured from Future High Streets Fund for Newcastle
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has been successful in its bid for funding from the Future High Streets Fund, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has confirmed.
Following the submission of a revised scheme in January…

Celebrating 20 Years of Community Support in Chesterton
A Newcastle-under-Lyme community advice and information hub has reached a notable milestone after celebrating 20 years of providing support to the Greater Chesterton community.
The Chesterton One Stop Shop, which is run by volunteers from…

New Borough Mayor announced
The new Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme for 2021-22 is Ken Owen.
Full Council voted unanimously for the new mayor at a Full Council meeting on Wednesday 19 May.
Ken has been elected as a borough councillor twice, first from 2014-18 and he…

Local author’s Mission to success
Everything comes to those who wait - certainly applies to author, Paul Forrester-O’Neill, who, after forty years of writing, had his novel, Mission, published in April by Hookline Books. Not only that, but the publisher has submitted the…

Business Boost launches one off pandemic response awards
A popular business awards programme aimed at smaller companies in the Newcastle-under-Lyme borough plans to celebrate firms who responded well in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Organisers of Business Boost want to hear from anyone in…

Stoke Billboard helping to showcase local businesses
Local businesses are reaping the benefits of a prime digital advertising board located in Stoke Town centre.
Ashley Booth, who owns Stoke Billboard situated in Elenora Street - adjacent to the popular Potbank Hotel – is providing large…
