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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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Multi-million Pound Veterinary School Building at Keele University

A new multi-million pound veterinary school building has been officially opened at Keele University. The building is already home to hundreds of students who are benefiting from its high-quality facilities as they train to become the next generation…
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Stoke-on-Trent Young Musician 2023 winners announced

Stoke-on-Trent Young Musician 2023 winners have been announced. Organised by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council run City Music Service, the competition was split into two categories, Junior, up to and including year eight and Senior, year nine…
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Newcastle-under-Lyme Chess Club launch online tournament

A North Staffordshire chess club is launching their own online tournament following recent successes. Newcastle-under-Lyme Chess Club have already been reaching all four corners of the globe since forming an online team in January 2023. Currently…
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New Vic looking to the Future thanks to support from the Denise Coates Foundation

The New Vic Theatre has welcomed the backing of the Denise Coates Foundation for its vision for the local theatre to be one of the top ten reasons to live and work in Stoke-on Trent and North Staffordshire. The Denise Coates Foundation will…
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Quality Street at the New Vic Review

Northern Broadsides are no strangers to the New Vic theatre, so it is great to see them back with their latest production, Quality Street. Review by Mel Osborne Originally planned to play before Covid this long awaited show was written by…
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International Women’s Day – REVIEW

@ BabaBaboon we publish many reviews...reviews from theatre & entertainment & sometimes other businesses too! Today this review is a little different and is a little blog about International Women’s Day 2023 - by our Founder &…
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Pop-up cinema to take over Goods Yard signal box for worthy cause

A FORMER railway signal box in Stoke-on-Trent will open to the public for the first time in over 30 years, with a charity pop-up mini-cini set to take over. For one weekend only, the Signal Box doors at Capital&Centric’s Goods Yard neighbourhood…
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Denise Coates Foundation supports local students

Staffordshire University has received a generous donation from the Denise Coates Foundation to help transform the lives of local students. The charity, founded by bet365 CEO and honorary doctor Denise Coates, is the longest standing major…
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Organisations encouraged to apply for share of £6 million UKSPF cash

Businesses, organisations and community groups across Stoke-on-Trent are being invited to apply for a share of £6 million government funding. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has secured almost £9.5 million from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)…
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Celebration of Local Heroes in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Community heroes are to be honoured for the first time in a local awards scheme. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council has launched the inaugural “Newcastle Heroes” awards, with a ceremony to take place at the Mayor’s Charity Ball at…