Tag Archive for: local news stoke-on-trent

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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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Stoke Billboard helping to showcase local businesses

Local businesses are reaping the benefits of a prime digital advertising board located in Stoke Town centre. Ashley Booth, who owns Stoke Billboard situated in Elenora Street - adjacent to the popular Potbank Hotel – is providing large…
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Win a year’s supply of fruit and veg and support your community with Potto Lotto

Potto Lotto players could win one of three tasty prizes of fresh fruit and veg delivered directly to their door from Boxxfresh. All players that have joined Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s online lottery by Saturday 26 June will be entered…
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WHY Baba Baboon? – with founder Sonya Farrall

Baba Baboon is all about Community, Business & Charity News in one... Here Creative Director & Founder of Baba Baboon, Sonya Farrall gives an insight into why... Why the name? What is Baba Baboon? - questions which I have often been…
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Queen’s Award for YMCA North Staffordshire

A North Staffordshire charity is celebrating after receiving a prestigious national award. YMCA North Staffordshire, which has operated within the city for more than 170 years, has been selected for the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in its…
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China plate inspires 1,000th Potters ’Arf entrant to claim prize with hundreds signing up

More than 1,000 runners and walkers have signed up for this year’s Potters ’Arf Marathon. Entries have been pouring in, with the figure now about 200 up on the 2019 and 2020 figures at the same stage (5 may 2021). In total, 1,052…
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How ART finds you – Guest Blog Emma-Leigh Hayes

Emma-Leigh Hayes is a freelance Watercolour, Acrylic and Digital artist living in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire. She creates custom art for her clients, be that painting the beloved family pet or a secret mushroom forest. Here in her first…
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Community Renewal Fund Available for City projects

A new funding opportunity is open for applications from organisations across Stoke-on-Trent. The fund, which totals £3 million, aims to support people, businesses and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches…
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Nick Moore remembering Berry

Lockdown has been a productive time for Society of Staffordshire Artists member and resident of Newcastle-under-Lyme, painter Nick Moore.  Nick, who has had recent success with portrait paintings of local legend, Neil “Nello” Baldwin…
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Amazon Alexa providing social support to patients in new NHS funded project

A Digital Inclusion project across Staffordshire, funded and supported by the NHS, is illustrating how easily people can use digital technology ​to support ​their health and wellbeing. The project is supported by the Staffordshire and…
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New Lord Mayor appointed

Councillor Ross Irving has been appointed as Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent. First elected back in 1973 and with more than 40 years’ service with the city council, during which he’s held many senior positions including council leader, Cllr…