Tag Archive for: 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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Sports Centre plans to move to next stage

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,…
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Allotments flourish during lockdown

Kingsfield allotments in Basford have been awarded the top accolade once again in a 2020 allotment competition.  The allotment site was judged to be the best small allotment site this year, following judging that took place virtually early…
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Closure Review

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…
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New council campaign under way to recruit 40 children’s services staff

A new campaign is underway to recruit social workers and other children’s services workers at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The campaign called Shape Stoke’s Future aims to recruit more than 40 permanent members of staff to jobs where…
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Staffordshire Artist shortlisted for National Young Trader Award

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…
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Residents enjoy a summer of #Stokecation adventures

Your 2020 holiday plans may have gone out of the window, but you haven’t needed to travel far from your front door to enjoy a whole summer of fun. Residents across the city have been enjoying their own Stoke-cations by visiting our parks…
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Rescue kennels benefit from professional photographer Cathy Bower’s love of dogs

A photographer's passion for rescue dogs has led to donations of food to support Stoke-on-Trent's City Dogs Home. Cathy Bower pledged to support the rescue kennels by taking portraits of pet owners and their adopted dogs and she’s now appealing…
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Provisional results show increase in GCSE attainment

Students across Stoke-on-Trent have scored GCSE successes as the percentage of passes in key subjects went up, according to provisional results. A total of 2,489 pupils completed GCSE courses at 14 schools and academies in Stoke-on-Trent.…
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Gladstone claims gold at national tourism awards

Gladstone Pottery Museum received a top honour in national awards which recognise the best tourism businesses in the country. The iconic Stoke-on-Trent site claimed the gold award in the Small Visitor Attraction of the Year category at the…
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End of an Era as Gavin Yorke Leaves Port Vale

Gavin Yorke, better known to generations of Port Vale supporters as ‘Boomer’, has made the difficult decision to call it a day in his role as the popular club mascot.  Gav, who has taken on the role of Boomer for almost two decades,…

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