Staffordshire News

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Monday’s (March 30) episode of the popular Channel 4 reality TV show Four in a Bed features the Potbank Aparthotel in Stoke on Trent. The show is set in and around the Potbank Aparthotel – a recently converted early 19th century “potbank” within the 250 year old former Spode factory. Filming took place in the […]

Community News, Newcastle-under-Lyme

27th March 2020

Young pen pals provide reasons to stay cheerful

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Residents at Belong care village in Newcastle-under-Lyme and others in the group operated by not-for-profit care provider Belong, have found real reasons to be cheerful during the Covid-19 epidemic, as a result of an initiative from Liverpool-based charity, Ready Generations, which has encouraged children of all ages to become pen pals for older people in...

Community News, Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent

27th March 2020

Containers needed to help Gin distillery supply hand sanitiser

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The owners of a gin distillery in Newcastle-under-Lyme have switched from producing gin to hand sanitiser during the Coronavirus pandemic. Staffordshire Gin supplied Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council with 25 litres of the hand sanitiser on Wednesday March 25, to help with the essentials the local authority need for recycling and waste crews. Since then the...

Fenton, Hanley, Local Information, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Tunstall

24th March 2020

Outdoor markets close and bulky waste collections stop

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Outdoor markets at council-run locations across the city have closed, and new requests for bulky waste collections have stopped, following government guidance in response to the coronavirus emergency. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has confirmed that it is also reviewing indoor markets, in line with national guidance released overnight which allows stalls that...

Guest Blogs, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent Town

24th March 2020

How to become a Book Detective? – Guest Blog by Mel Sherratt

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Mel Sherratt is the author of fourteen crime novels, all of which have become bestsellers. She works with publishers as well as self-publishing and has sold over 1.5 million books. She’s also written four books under the pen name of Marcie Steele. For the past four years, Mel has been named as one of her […]

Community News, Local Information, Stoke-on-Trent

24th March 2020

#StokeonTrentTogether – Community Support Scheme

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Residents are being encouraged to get behind a new community support scheme which has been set up to help meet the everyday needs of vulnerable people affected by the coronavirus. #StokeonTrentTogether has been formed by the council and voluntary sector organisation VAST and will specifically help those who are self-isolating and who do not have […]

Local Information, Local News, Stoke-on-Trent

24th March 2020

Council provide information for those who cannot work due to Coronavirus

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Stoke-on-Trent City Council has produced a range of information covering rent and financial advice for tenants who cannot work due to the Coronavirus. If residents cannot work because they have the coronavirus or are self-isolating they may be eligible for statutory sick pay. This is paid from day one, rather than the fourth day of […]

Local Information, Stoke-on-Trent

23rd March 2020

Potters Arf 2020 cancelled

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The Potters ’Arf marathon has been cancelled as civic leaders urge residents to follow social distancing health advice, in response to the coronavirus. Stoke-on-Trent City Council has taken the step to call off the road race in consultation with Hanley Economic Building Society, race sponsors and charities as part of a managed and proportionate response...

Business News, Business Services, Cleaning, Stoke-on-Trent

23rd March 2020

1st Time Clean Launch New Service

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A Stoke-on-Trent contract cleaning company has launched a new service aimed at deep cleaning and sanitising premises. Burslem based 1st Time Clean were due to launch the new system in the summer but have brought it forward in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The company which employs thirty people has contracts across the UK and […]

Entertainment, Newcastle-under-Lyme

20th March 2020

Beauty and the Beast to enchant audiences at the New Vic

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A spectacular retelling of the original, much-loved fairytale Beauty and The Beast will take centre-stage at the New Vic for Christmas 2020. New Vic Artistic Director Theresa Heskins (The 39 Steps; Olivier-nominated The Worst Witch; The Snow Queen, UK Theatre Award Best Show for Children and Young People) will return to the original versions of the Beauty...

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Staffordshire News

FOUR IN A BED HOTEL ACCOMMODATING KEYWORKERS DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN

Young pen pals provide reasons to stay cheerful

Containers needed to help Gin distillery supply hand sanitiser

Outdoor markets close and bulky waste collections stop

How to become a Book Detective? – Guest Blog by Mel Sherratt

#StokeonTrentTogether – Community Support Scheme

Council provide information for those who cannot work due to Coronavirus

Potters Arf 2020 cancelled

1st Time Clean Launch New Service

Beauty and the Beast to enchant audiences at the New Vic

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