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Reassurance given to schools and £2.8m boost for small businesses

Schools are being reassured that if they need additional public health support to help them with reopening they will receive it. Stoke-on-Trent City Council leader Abi Brown has written to all headteachers across the city to thank them for…
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St Modwen secures planning for 216 new homes on former Royal Doulton site

St. Modwen Homes, the dedicated housebuilding arm of developer St Modwen, has secured planning permission from Stoke-on-Trent City Council to deliver 216 new family homes at the former Royal Doulton pottery factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent…
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Public realm improvements outside Stoke-on-Trent train station

A scheme to improve the public realm and paving around Stoke-on-Trent’s main railway station, including the planting of 13 new street trees, is due to get under way. The work will see improvements to Winton Square and Station Road, jointly…
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Lockdown changes receive approval

A new fortnightly recycling service, which is simpler for residents to use, cost effective to operate and will help keep streets looking tidy across the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, is being introduced earlier than originally planned due…
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Coronavirus infection rate shows ‘clear downward trend’, and teachers and families reassured as schools plan phased 1 June reopening

Coronavirus infection rates in Stoke-on-Trent are now showing a ‘clear downward trend’, after experiencing a much faster rate of increase in new cases in April and the first week of May than surrounding areas, public health leaders have…
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Newcastle and Kidsgrove Town Deal Investment Plans – Call for projects

Residents, organisations and businesses are being invited to submit project or investment ideas that could be included in Town Deal Investment Plans for Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kidsgrove. Any suggested projects or investments should fit…
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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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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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Angels Group Video Thanks Keyworkers

A group video sing-along of the Robbie Williams anthem Angels - to say thank you to the nation’s keyworkers - has been released to mark Staffordshire Day. More than 150 people from Staffordshire, including nurses and carers, recorded videos…
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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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Businesses continue to donate PPE and meals

Businesses are being thanked for donating personal protective equipment to support frontline care workers, and for making and distributing meals through the coronavirus pandemic. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has received a donation of PPE from…
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Residents urged: ‘stay at home and save lives’ this Easter

Residents are being urged to follow national health advice to ‘stay at home and save lives’ during the Easter weekend, as warnings have been raised over people destroying closure signs at public play areas. Stoke-on-Trent City Council…
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Staff Transfer Skills to Boost Key Services in N-U-L

Front line services provided by the Borough Council are to be supplemented by additional staff. Employees - who are in a position to contribute to the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council emergency coronavirus response in a more positive…