
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)…

Homeschooling with Monica – Guest Blog
Monica Cru-Hall, 42, is a mum of four, business owner, teacher and therapist.
Monica has worked on various community and educational projects.
Therapy North Staffordshire is Monica's own business which is working with H.O.P.E. (Helping Our…

Supporting small businesses and good causes via Potto Lotto
Potto Lotto players could win one of five £100 Etsy gift vouchers and £100 for their chosen cause in a bumper prize draw.
The last year has been tough for everyone so this prize draw is a great opportunity to win an amazing prize while…

Jaguar retailer renews local rugby club sponsorship
Crewe based Jaguar retailer, Swansway Jaguar Crewe celebrates its second consecutive year of sponsoring Staffordshire’s premier senior rugby club, playing in the Midlands 2 West (N), Longton Rugby Club.
North West based, family owned and…

Mental Health Helpline 24/7
A mental health helpline set up in response to the second national lockdown caused by the COVID 19 pandemic has received more than 11,000 calls since it first began operating at the beginning of November 2020.
During December 2020 helpline…

Community – It still happens only there is more of it – Guest Blog Adam Gratton
What exactly is community? Here Adam Gratton discusses his view on "Community" in his latest Guest Blog for Baba Baboon...
We all use the word Community & no doubt have each got our own idea of what we think it is, but in this…

National Insight Awards – Guest Blog Phil Parkes
Expert Citizens is a Community Interest Company led by people with lived experience of homelessness, mental ill- health, addiction, domestic abuse, poverty or histories of offending behaviour.
Expert Citizens have been hosting the National…

New Lockdown Business Grants welcomed by Borough Council
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is poised to act quickly to distribute one-off top up grants designed to help borough businesses through the latest Coronavirus restrictions.
The Government has announced that businesses in the retail, hospitality…

Newly formed bottle oven club launched in Stoke-on-Trent
The bottle oven has long-been an iconic symbol of the Potteries, with around 2,000 existing across Stoke-on-Trent at their peak.
These huge brick-built structures were an essential tool in pottery manufacture and were the dominant feature of…

Plans submitted for library’s modern and inviting new home
Images detailing the proposed new home for Stoke-on-Trent’s City Central Library have been unveiled.
Plans have been submitted for the large ground floor space at Two Smithfield, with the aim of offering a modern, inviting, flexible facility…

£83,000 boost to voluntary and community groups
Voluntary and community groups awarded £83,000 in grants to continue to provide important support to city residents through the coronavirus pandemic.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council announced 41 groups are to receive funding through the latest…
