
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…

£2.8m cash injection for Stoke-on-Trent from Government fund
City council leaders have welcomed the £2.8 million cash injection from the Government’s Getting Building Fund to deliver jobs and skills and support the economy across Stoke-on-Trent.
They have responded to news of a successful bid on…

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.…

Tunstall Town Hall restoration continues to move forward
Restoration work at an historic town hall has stepped up a gear – as the first phase of a £4 million investment into a major city heritage asset edges nearer to completion.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is bringing the Grade-II listed Tunstall…

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…

One year on for Hanley’s Virtual Reality experience
The owners of XP-VR, Hanley’s virtual reality experience on Piccadilly recently celebrated their first year in business.
The virtual reality attraction opened it’s doors back in July last year and has been a roaring success since then…

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…
