Author: Hitmix Local News
Caudwell Children are in fact hosting a fantastic Literacy Event, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust. It’s designed especially for children with Special Educational Needs bringing the joy of storytelling to life in a truly magical way. And, According to the National Literacy Trust, over three quarters of the wards of Stoke-on-Trent have the […]
Also on Wednesday 19th February at the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Longton, with shows at 11.30 and 1.30 you can take part in the Peter Pan Show – you can Join the Boy who never grew up as he sets sail on a brand-new adventure alongside his fairy Tinkerbell and of course Captain Hook! It […]
Also another great place to visit for half term – Affinity Staffordshire at Talke, previously known as Freeport, have an event going on from through to Sunday 23rd Feb where you can take an adventure ‘Down The Hole’ for some mini golf madness every day … as always its for free! So whatever the weather […]
And half term is finally here – and there are a few things for you to do with your youngsters to keep them happy – the team who run Winter Wonderland are bringing ‘Funderworld Theme Park’ to the same car park that Winter Wonderland sets up on opposite the bus station in Hanley. All of […]
Another nice one for half term for 11 to 16 year olds who are into creative writing. Stoke on Trent City Council as part of their 100 year celebrations are looking for 100 writers for their ‘100 books in 100 years’. This week there are three creative writing workshops with Lou Cliffe-Minns to help your […]
A total of £50 million could be spent on building new schools, and maintaining and improving existing ones in Staffordshire over the coming year. Staffordshire County Council’s cabinet will discuss plans that could see scores of primary and secondary schools benefit from maintenance and improvement projects. Last year, schools up and down the county saw […]
Three more shops in Stoke-on-Trent have been forced to close after a Trading Standards operation uncovered the sale of illegal cigarettes and vapes. The closures follow months of investigation, including test purchasing a co-ordinated operation to target illegal cigarettes and vapes being sold in the city. The city council has now used its powers to […]

Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Children and Families service will exit government intervention, after achieving substantial improvements in outcomes for children and families. The Department for Education has confirmed consistent progress and recommended lifting the intervention – which has been in place since 2019 following an Ofsted inspection that rated the service as ‘Inadequate’. A subsequent inspection […]
New Vic Theatre – The Last Quiz Night on Earth – by Alison Carr. Photographs courtesy of Andrew Billington Something quite new for The New Vic – usually so perfectly scripted and followed to the letter with every word and pause in the right place – this play relies on the audience who are […]