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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)…
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Foster care heroes needed

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is making an urgent call to recruit new foster carers, especially during the current coronavirus pandemic, as the authority prepares to begin a carefully considered recovery plan. There is a huge need for more…
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Nathan “Hitman’ Heaney surging to the top

Professional boxer Nathan “Hitman” Heaney is not only the first Stoke fighter to win the IBO Continental belt - but he has also been snapped up by legendary boxing promoter Frank Warren. The 31-year-of Trentham, who won the IBO super middleweight…
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Singing a tune during lockdown – Guest Blog Samantha Lloyd

Samantha Lloyd is 27, and lives in Stoke On Trent. Samantha has been singing professionally for 5 years and performs at all kinds of gigs from corporate Castle gigs (Peckforton Castle is one of her favourites so far), to Private Parties, Weddings,…
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Brown bin collections carry on in 41 areas of the city and finance teams prepare for guidance on business grants 

Details have been announced of the 41 areas of Stoke-on-Trent where brown bin collections will take place this week, as the second of a two-week sweep of garden waste collections is under way. Stoke-on-Trent City Council crews will travel across…
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Housing Pods Created for the homeless

Stoke-on-Trent City Council is continuing its managed response to support homeless people through the coronavirus outbreak. Part of this response has seen the authority continue to work closely with the Macari Foundation with Unitas - the…
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VE Celebrations ONLINE

A string of activities have been put together to help celebrate VE Day at home. Stoke-on-Trent City Council services have come up with several activities and are asking residents to share tributes, stories and photographs on social media of…
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#StokeonTrent Together campaign supporting thousands

A campaign to support vulnerable households through the coronavirus outbreak has received 5,000 calls and issued nearly 3,000 food parcels.   #StokeonTrent Together - an initiative by Stoke-on-Trent City Council and voluntary sector partner…
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Micro-Grants available to Creative Groups

Micro-grants of up to £200 have been launched to help not-for-profit creative groups in Stoke-on-Trent share their creativity with people feeling isolated during the Covid-19 Pandemic, as part of #GetCreativeAtHome.  Stoke-on-Trent City…
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Business Grants hailed and vital Survey launched

Businesses across the city have hailed a grant scheme administered by the city council as a lifeline to get them through the coronavirus outbreak. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has given out around £30m in small business grants to support local…
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Follow Jamie to Learn Your Sign

Jamie Stonier has taken his free sign language sessions to a whole new level using the power of social media. The 32-year-old had regularly hosted workshops in the community to teach British Sign Language, but once coronavirus hit and the…