
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)…

Queen’s Baton Relay to visit Four locations in Newcastle-under-Lyme
The route that the Queen’s Baton will take in FOUR Newcastle-under-Lyme locations in JULY...
As part of a national announcement of the route through England, the four locations that the Baton will visit in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme,…

Queen’s Baton Relay visiting Stoke-on-Trent
The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay is confirmed to visit Stoke-on-Trent during its final journey through England this summer, as the full route is revealed.
Birmingham 2022 is hosting the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay – a journey…

Support continues for the Potters Arf 2022
Support for the iconic Potters 'Arf is pouring in with weeks to go before the 2022 race...
This year it is anticipated that 1700 runners will be taking part in the 13.1 mile race on 12 June, which will also be helping to raise thousands…

Foster carers take centre stage for national campaign
Staffordshire’s foster carers are taking centre stage for Foster Care Fortnight celebrations.
Bonny Sandford and Jayne Vause are leading the county’s celebrations for the annual event - which started on 9 May 2022 - to raise the profile…

Rotary Club adding sparkle everywhere they go
A Newcastle-under-Lyme Rotary Club are storming ahead with an array of activities aimed to put a sparkle on their local community.
For the last few months, members of Wolstanton Rotary Club have been busy taking part in litter picking around…

Shortlist for Arnold Bennett Book Prize 2022
Poetry, two crime novels and a novella have made the shortlist for this year’s Arnold Bennett Book Prize.
The international prize, which was established in 2017 to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arnold Bennett, attracted many…

Local care village operator to feature in Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Album
Not-for-profit care village operator and dementia specialist Belong, which has a location on Lower Street, in Newcastle-under-Lyme - has been chosen to feature in the official publication of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations alongside…

Thousands Celebrate Staffordshire Day
Thousands of people from across Staffordshire turned out for the county’s seventh Staffordshire Day celebrations which took place on Sunday 1 May.
A film festival, artisan markets and Instameets were amongst the events and activities which…

University bids fond farewell to campus bobby
Staffordshire University’s popular on campus police officer is retiring after nearly eight years of university life.
PC Simon Stone, 55 from Newcastle-under-Lyme, has worked as Staffordshire University’s dedicated Police Liaison Officer…

Pothole-busting partnership wins prestigious awards
Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s use of pioneering JCB technology to fix potholes quickly and permanently has won two prestigious industry awards.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council and JCB were high commended in the ‘safety and innovation project…
