
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)…

Families to benefit from “game changing” support to local charity
Vulnerable residents in North Staffordshire are set to benefit after the UK’s leading parcel delivery company pledged to support locally based Alice Charity, both financially and with hands on practical help, including IT equipment and transportation.
The…

CounterCoin begins bearing fruit
The founders of innovative volunteer reward scheme - CounterCoin - are inviting members of the public and business community to put on their wellies and pick up their gardening spades in a bid to help reduce North Staffordshire’s carbon footprint.
CounterCoin…

Young Market Traders Pitch for National Success
Two entrepreneurs who ran their own stalls on the Borough Council’s first young traders market, in Newcastle-under-Lyme are in with a chance of being crowned “national young trader of the year” and winning £500.
Rebecca Jones and Fay…

FUND to REVITALISE Newcastle-under-Lyme high street
Newcastle-under-Lyme is to benefit from a share of a £1 billion fund to revitalise the nation’s high streets.
The Government has announced that the Borough Council has progressed to the next stage of the Future High Street Fund - a hugely…

Council Acts on Climate Change
Measures aimed at making Newcastle-under-Lyme “carbon neutral” in little more than a decade are moving forward.
The Borough Council is stepping up its efforts on the green agenda in a move which should increase the pace at which the area’s…

Funding to expand Arts Programme
Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre has been awarded an Arts Council England grant to expand the work of award-winning arts programme Appetite.
A grant of £1,750,000 has been awarded to a local consortium, led by New Vic Theatre, as part of…

Scouts Bid for the Record Books
Youngsters from Newcastle-under-Lyme are keeping their fingers crossed that they could enter the Guinness Book of World Records.
They attempted to create the largest ever human fleur-de-lis whilst taking part in a scout camp in Kibblestone,…

Iconic Characters Reunited in the Round
Two of Britain’s most iconic women – the Queen and Margaret Thatcher – will be reunited at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Friday 6 – Saturday 28 September as the theatre-in-the-round stage a new production of the Olivier…

Pledge to support Voluntary Sector
A commitment to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the voluntary sector in Newcastle-under-Lyme has been signed by the Borough Council.
Cllr. Simon Tagg, the Leader of the Council, put pen to paper on the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise…

Borough Green Spaces internationally recognised
Parks and green spaces maintained in Newcastle-under-Lyme have been named as some of the best in the world.
Six venues are among a record-breaking 1,970 sites in the UK, and 131 in 13 other countries, that have received prestigious Green…
