Newcastle-under-Lyme

BY Baba

The reopening of community sports facilities in Kidsgrove will take a huge step forward next week as Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s Cabinet is set to approve the latest refurbishment plans and funding structure. Earlier this year, the Cabinet confirmed its support for this hugely significant project with a pledge of £5.6million from Council...

Newcastle-under-Lyme, Reviews, Stoke-on-Trent

2nd September 2020

Closure Review

BY Baba

Closure is a brand new play which has drama, comedy and several twists included in a story which was created during lockdown. Emma (Debbie Cornock) is the seemingly “happy go lucky” wife of Josh who is played by Adam Goode, and as the play opens the audience is invited into their home to experience a […]

Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent, Your Story

27th August 2020

Staffordshire Artist shortlisted for National Young Trader Award

BY Baba

Twenty-seven-year-old Grace Hancock of Basford, Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been highly commended at a National Youth Market competition. The artist and entrepreneur, who ran her own stall at the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s second young traders market, is in with a chance of being crowned national “young trader of the year” and winning a cash...

Kidsgrove, Local Information, Newcastle-under-Lyme

18th August 2020

Million Pound Plans Revealed for Town Centre

BY Baba

More than £1 million is set to be spent in Newcastle-under-Lyme before the end of the financial year on kick-starting regeneration and economic growth. The ambitious plans for urban renewal, skills and enterprise infrastructure and connectivity will be fully funded by advanced payment allocations from the Government’s Towns Fund: Kidsgrove Town Board will...

Local Information, Newcastle-under-Lyme

14th August 2020

Weekly Food Waste Service Resumes

BY Baba

Food waste recycling will be taking place again in Newcastle-under-Lyme following a temporary suspension. Residents can recycle their food waste again from Monday 17 August, after a temporary suspension to focus on making collections safe during the Coronavirus pandemic and launching a new recycling service earlier than planned. Residents should put their green...

Community News, Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme

14th August 2020

New Vic Borderlines reach out to the Community

BY Baba

A shadow-puppet version of Red Riding Hood will be visiting venues across Staffordshire this month as part of a New Vic Borderlines project to combat local food poverty. With some performance dates still available, Borderlines are calling on community groups to get in touch if they want the project to be brought to their area. […]

Local Information, Newcastle-under-Lyme

14th August 2020

Staffordshire’s Leading College Announces ‘Class of 2020’ Results

BY Baba

Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) have congratulated ‘The Class of 2020’ students on A Level and BTEC results. Headline results are: 1112 A Level entries with pass rate of 97.21%, 450 A Level entries achieved high grades A*-B (+5% v’s prior year) with 763 achieving A* – C (+7% v’s prior year), 32 A […]

Building services, Business News, Community News, Local News, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent

7th August 2020

The Hitmix welcomes new additions

BY Baba

Newcastle-under-Lyme Radio Station, The Hitmix, has welcomed three new presenters to its team. The community radio station has recently seen ex-Signal 2 presenter Paul Fairclough sign up for a weekday show, plus experienced radio presenter Dave Evison will be doing a new Soul show and Brit Pop expert Rob Fiddaman is set to start his […]

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

7th August 2020

Guest Blog Jamie Summerfield – Taking music out of the Darkness and into the Light

BY Baba

Jamie Summerfield, 46, has been working in journalism and communications for 20 years and been an independent PR practitioner for five years. Music is Jamie’s passion and he’s been writing about it and creating his own since he was a teenager. Now – better late than never – he’s started to release some of his […]

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

7th August 2020

Take the Tour De Alice Challenge

BY Baba

A charity is offering an innovative way to blow off the lockdown cobwebs, get fit this summer and support vulnerable families. The Alice Charity has teamed up with fitness platform Strava and is challenging everyone to ride a virtual Tour de France. Just like “le tour”, the Tour de Alice takes place from 29th August to […]

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Newcastle-under-Lyme

Sports Centre plans to move to next stage

Closure Review

Staffordshire Artist shortlisted for National Young Trader Award

Million Pound Plans Revealed for Town Centre

Weekly Food Waste Service Resumes

New Vic Borderlines reach out to the Community

Staffordshire’s Leading College Announces ‘Class of 2020’ Results

The Hitmix welcomes new additions

Guest Blog Jamie Summerfield – Taking music out of the Darkness and into the Light

Take the Tour De Alice Challenge

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