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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)…

Local Information, Stoke-on-Trent

New council campaign under way to recruit 40 children’s services staff

A new campaign is underway to recruit social workers and other children’s services workers at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The campaign called Shape Stoke’s Future aims to recruit more than 40 permanent members of staff to jobs where…

Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Your Story

Staffordshire Artist shortlisted for National Young Trader Award

Twenty-seven-year-old Grace Hancock of Basford, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been highly commended at a National Youth Market competition. The artist and entrepreneur, who ran her own stall at the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s second…

Local Information, Stoke-on-Trent

Provisional results show increase in GCSE attainment

Students across Stoke-on-Trent have scored GCSE successes as the percentage of passes in key subjects went up, according to provisional results. A total of 2,489 pupils completed GCSE courses at 14 schools and academies in Stoke-on-Trent.…

Community News, Local News, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

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…

Burslem, Community News, Local News, Stoke-on-Trent

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,…

Kidsgrove, Local Information, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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…

Community News, Hanley, Local News, Stoke-on-Trent

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…

Local Information, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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…

Community News, Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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…

Local Information, Newcastle-under-Lyme

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…

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