
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 Lord Mayor appointed
Councillor Ross Irving has been appointed as Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent.
First elected back in 1973 and with more than 40 years’ service with the city council, during which he’s held many senior positions including council leader, Cllr…

CAFAG reopens its doors at the Whitfield Valley Centre
A Stoke-on-Trent charity, which has supported hundreds of residents during the pandemic, has now resumed several of its face to face services.
Chell Area Family Action Group (CAFAG) had to temporarily close the Fegg Hayes Whitfield Valley Centre…

Allotments flourish during lockdown
Kingsfield allotments in Basford have been awarded the top accolade once again in a 2020 allotment competition.
The allotment site was judged to be the best small allotment site this year, following judging that took place virtually early…

Closure Review
Closure is a brand new play which has drama, comedy and several twists included in a story which was created during lockdown.
Emma (Debbie Cornock) is the seemingly “happy go lucky” wife of Josh who is played by Adam Goode, and as the play…

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…

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…

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.…

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,…

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…