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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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Inspirational Women celebrated with floral displays

Creative floral displays enjoyed by thousands of people every year are this time paying homage to the achievements of inspirational women in history. Queen Victoria and the women’s suffrage movement in the UK are the themes for the Council’s…
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Jamie Stonier and his sign language mission

IN 2016 Jamie Stonier decided to set out on a new venture with the aim of helping to remove barriers faced by people with hearing impairments. The 31-year-old, with the help of his wife Sarah, started to hold sign language workshops within…
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Improvement Plan for Historic Market

Trading incentives, relocating stalls to the Guildhall area and introducing cashless forms of payment are just some of the new ideas which could breathe new life into Newcastle’s historic market. The Council is refining a programme of proposed…
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Stoke-on-Trent’s 93rd Lord Mayor

Stoke-on-Trent’s Lord Mayor for 2019/20 is was announced as Springfields and Trent Vale Councillor Jackie Barnes. Councillor Barnes is to officially become the 93rd Lord Mayor of the city and receive the iconic gold civic chain at the…
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Female Prisoners Exhibition at the Brampton Museum

An exhibition at Brampton Museum opens up the dark world of female prisoners at Stafford Prison using photographs taken more than 100 years ago. The exhibition creator - artist Ruth Singer - has brought the images of female criminals, photographed…
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Simon White – Mayor for a second time in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Simon White is taking up the civic reins of office for the second time in three years. The Madeley councillor was elected as the borough’s Mayor at the Annual Council meeting. Both he and Cllr. Elizabeth Shenton were nominated for Mayor and…
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Raising the barre in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Improvements are being made at a Council-run leisure centre to make way for an enhanced dance programme. A ballet barre and floor length mirror are being installed in the activity studio, next to the gym so that it can accommodate specialised…
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Royal Time at the Brampton Museum

Royal tales will be shared by the Friends of the Brampton Museum, in Newcastle-under-Lyme to mark the 200th birthday of Queen Victoria. History fans will be able to enjoy talks surrounding Britain’s second longest reigning monarch’s succession…
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NEW Proposals to support Town Centre – Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Borough Council has outlined additional steps it plans to take to help breathe new life into Newcastle town centre. A number of positive steps have already been taken by the authority to reinvigorate the retailing heart of Newcastle such…
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Titanic Bod Cafe Bar to open in Trentham

A NEW bod café bar is set to be opened by Titanic Brewery in Trentham. Located in a former bank building on Longton Road, it is the third Titanic bar to open in the brewery’s innovative new café bar concept. bod café bars have been…