
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)…

New Vic Borderlines reach out to the Community
A shadow-puppet version of Red Riding Hood will be visiting venues across Staffordshire this month as part of a New Vic Borderlines project to combat local food poverty.
With some performance dates still available, Borderlines are calling…

Staffordshire’s Leading College Announces ‘Class of 2020’ Results
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) have congratulated ‘The Class of 2020’ students on A Level and BTEC results.
Headline results are: 1112 A Level entries with pass rate of 97.21%, 450 A Level entries achieved high grades A*-B…

The Hitmix welcomes new additions
Newcastle-under-Lyme Radio Station, The Hitmix, has welcomed three new presenters to its team.
The community radio station has recently seen ex-Signal 2 presenter Paul Fairclough sign up for a weekday show, plus experienced radio presenter…

Guest Blog Jamie Summerfield – Taking music out of the Darkness and into the Light
Jamie Summerfield, 46, has been working in journalism and communications for 20 years and been an independent PR practitioner for five years. Music is Jamie's passion and he's been writing about it and creating his own since he was a teenager.…

Take the Tour De Alice Challenge
A charity is offering an innovative way to blow off the lockdown cobwebs, get fit this summer and support vulnerable families.
The Alice Charity has teamed up with fitness platform Strava and is challenging everyone to ride a virtual Tour…

Lewis goes the extra mile for key workers
A Newcastle-under-Lyme man has raised over £400 for key workers by running the equivalent of a half marathon around Belong, the dementia care village where they work.
Lewis Yorke, aged 27, completed 65 laps of the Belong site on Lower…

Artist creates marvellous opportunity
Lockdown restrictions have resulted in creative opportunities for Newcastle-under-Lyme artist, Nick Moore.
Making virtual contact with artists and friends who were also affected by isolation has strengthened his existing friendships and opened…

Astley Fest Extravaganza Online
This year’s Astley Fest is taking place virtually on Saturday 1 August, with an exciting line-up of online workshops and inspiring performances for families to get stuck into, thanks to The Philip Astley Project.
Astley Fest was due…

Jamie’s Sign Language mission continues
In recent months Jamie Stonier has been reaching out to more communities online sharing his sign language skills.
The 32-year-old has posted regular videos on social media in which he provided simple demonstrations of every day words, and…

Brampton Museum Reopening
Staff at Newcastle’s popular Brampton Museum are preparing to reopen the museum and gallery to the public next week for the first time since the lockdown and with new Covid Secure measurements in place.
Initially, the museum will be open…
