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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 Quotes Decorate Furniture Mine

YOUNG people from Stoke-on-Trent have decorated the indoors of the largest reuse furniture store in North Staffordshire as part of a community project. Members of a National Citizen Service (NCS) group spent hours fundraising for paint and…
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Young Market Traders Pitch for National Success

Two entrepreneurs who ran their own stalls on the Borough Council’s first young traders market, in Newcastle-under-Lyme are in with a chance of being crowned “national young trader of the year” and winning £500. Rebecca Jones and Fay…
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FUND to REVITALISE Newcastle-under-Lyme high street

Newcastle-under-Lyme is to benefit from a share of a £1 billion fund to revitalise the nation’s high streets. The Government has announced that the Borough Council has progressed to the next stage of the Future High Street Fund - a hugely…
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Support Group seeking Parents Stories

A fast-growing support group is seeking real life stories for a fundraising book offering advice to parents with children with special needs and disabilities. Parent engagement in Stoke (PEGIS) was started five years ago by a group of parents…
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Council Acts on Climate Change

Measures aimed at making Newcastle-under-Lyme “carbon neutral” in little more than a decade are moving forward. The Borough Council is stepping up its efforts on the green agenda in a move which should increase the pace at which the area’s…
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Funding to expand Arts Programme

Staffordshire’s New Vic Theatre has been awarded an Arts Council England grant to expand the work of award-winning arts programme Appetite. A grant of £1,750,000 has been awarded to a local consortium, led by New Vic Theatre, as part of…
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Scouts Bid for the Record Books

Youngsters from Newcastle-under-Lyme are keeping their fingers crossed that they could enter the Guinness Book of World Records. They attempted to create the largest ever human fleur-de-lis whilst taking part in a scout camp in Kibblestone,…
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Social Hub in Hanley

A new initiative is set to transform Hanley Piccadilly into a thriving hub for enjoying socialising and entertainment this August. Stoke-on-Trent BID is heading the initiative which is bringing FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIALS to Piccadilly during Friday…
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Iconic Characters Reunited in the Round

Two of Britain’s most iconic women – the Queen and Margaret Thatcher – will be reunited at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Friday 6 – Saturday 28 September as the theatre-in-the-round stage a new production of the Olivier…
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Pledge to support Voluntary Sector

A commitment to work shoulder-to-shoulder with the voluntary sector in Newcastle-under-Lyme has been signed by the Borough Council. Cllr. Simon Tagg, the Leader of the Council, put pen to paper on the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise…