
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)…

Tips from Approach Dementia Support this Christmas
Approach Dementia Support - Festive tips
Christmas is a time for enjoyment, for celebrating and having fun.
However, for someone living with dementia and their carers it can be somewhat daunting. Here charity Approach Dementia Support…

150,000 rapid result coronavirus tests to be rolled out in Stoke-on-Trent
More than 150,000 rapid result coronavirus kits are set to be rolled out in the biggest community testing programme of its kind in the Stoke-on-Trent.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has taken stock of hundreds of boxes of the lateral flow tests…

Staffordshire University widens its search for ‘Future Journalists’ with national competition
An annual competition which aims to discover the next generation of journalists and vloggers has launched at Staffordshire University.
The Future Journalist Awards, which is open to young people aged seven to 18, is usually aimed at budding…

Baba Baboon – Sponsoring journalists of the Future
A Staffordshire public relations and media company is supporting a competition which aims to discover the next generation of journalists from the UK.
Baba Baboon is sponsoring an award at the Staffordshire University Future Journalist Awards…

Game On for Staffordshire University Students who take on 24 hour hackathon
Students from Staffordshire University joined forces with Stoke-on-Trent City Council and VX Fiber for a fast and furious virtual hackathon to generate concepts for a state-of-the-art gaming hub for Stoke-on-Trent.
Under the guidance of senior…

Active Travel Fund for Stoke-on-Trent
Walking and cycling facilities are set to be improved throughout Stoke-on-Trent thanks to Government funding.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has been awarded more than £600,000 from the Government to improve walking and cycling facilities in…

£556,000 already given to voluntary and community groups – And advice for supermarkets
Voluntary and community groups across the city are already benefiting from more than £500,000 of funding to help them provide crucial services to residents through the coronavirus, with more to follow.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has moved…

People in Stoke-on-Trent urged to get tested ahead of festive break
People in Stoke-on-Trent are being urged to get tested ahead of the festive break.
The advice from the city’s leading public health expert comes following news that Stoke-on-Trent remains in the top 10 for the highest number of coronavirus…

£1m scheme to help ensure 18,460 children do not go hungry this winter
Thousands of schoolchildren, vulnerable families, homeless people, and voluntary and community groups are to benefit from a £1m scheme to support residents over the winter months.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has secured £1.083m from the government’s…

Leisure facilities and markets open
Shapes Health and Leisure at Fenton Manor and Dimensions Leisure Centre welcomed back members on 2 December.
The two Stoke-on-Trent city council-run gyms reopened with strict Covid-secure measures in place after national lockdown restrictions…
