
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)…

Gladstone claims gold at national tourism awards
Gladstone Pottery Museum received a top honour in national awards which recognise the best tourism businesses in the country.
The iconic Stoke-on-Trent site claimed the gold award in the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year category at the…

End of an Era as Gavin Yorke Leaves Port Vale
Gavin Yorke, better known to generations of Port Vale supporters as ‘Boomer’, has made the difficult decision to call it a day in his role as the popular club mascot.
Gav, who has taken on the role of Boomer for almost two decades,…

Million Pound Plans Revealed for Town Centre
More than £1 million is set to be spent in Newcastle-under-Lyme before the end of the financial year on kick-starting regeneration and economic growth.
The ambitious plans for urban renewal, skills and enterprise infrastructure and connectivity…

Stoke-on-Trent residents given starring role in new gallery
A unique new gallery has opened its doors at intu Potteries, showcasing an array of photography, artwork and poetry that was created over the course of lockdown by the region’s residents.
The Lockdown Gallery showcases more than 10 lockdown-themed…

Weekly Food Waste Service Resumes
Food waste recycling will be taking place again in Newcastle-under-Lyme following a temporary suspension.
Residents can recycle their food waste again from Monday 17 August, after a temporary suspension to focus on making collections safe…

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.…
