
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)…

Voting open for 2021 Design Awards in the Borough
Residents - and other interested parties - can help to shine the spotlight on their favourite building projects and landscape schemes in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Online nominations are being accepted for the Council’s 2021 Design Awards -…

Virtual awards night to celebrate local company’s pandemic response
Business Boost is to hold its first ever livestreamed awards night to celebrate Newcastle-under-Lyme companies which survived and thrived during the Covid-19 lockdowns.
An online awards event will be held at 7pm on Wednesday, December 1…

New Young Poet Laureate for Staffordshire
Erin Gascoigne-Jones has been selected as the new Young Poet Laureate for Staffordshire.
The Year 11 pupil from Sir Thomas Boughey Academy in Newcastle-under-Lyme was appointed to the role at a special poetry event organised by Staffordshire…

Gardeners Celebrated at 30th Bloom anniversary event
An incredible space packed full of interesting features in Kidsgrove and a delightful, wildlife- friendly area in Clayton were announced the best residential gardens in Newcastle-under-Lyme in an annual competition.
Maureen Wilson and Graham…

National fostering film project launched in Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent City Council fostering service alongside fostering services from across the country have joined together for the national release of a new short film commissioned by the largest collaboration of local councils and children’s…

Staffordshire librarian shortlisted for national award
A librarian from Staffordshire County Council’s Libraries and Arts service has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award for the second year running.
Liz Gardner, Stock Services and Activities Officer, has been shortlisted for…

First live audience for film Running Naked in Stoke-on-Trent
A film, produced by Staffordshire University film lecturers and shot on location in and around Stoke-on-Trent, is to get its first live screening.
Running Naked, is a movie about Mark and Ben, friends since meeting as teenage cancer patients.…

Birthday celebrations day for Artisan Market
Castle Artisan Market - which is held in Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre - is celebrating its first birthday with a family friendly Halloween theme.
The brainchild of local trader and market host Mike Davies of Punx Puds together with son…

Share memories in New Archives project
People from across Staffordshire are being invited to share the stories behind some of their most prize possessions in a new on-line exhibition.
Meaningful Mementos is the latest project from Staffordshire County Council’s Archives…

Ladies unite to raise awareness for domestic abuse
Lady Boxers are uniting for a special charity night to raise awareness for domestic abuse.
Sixteen ladies from various Stoke-on-Trent gyms are set to enter the boxing ring on Saturday 23 October, for eight separate bouts of three rounds…
