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A simpler housing allocation system is being planned to help eligible people to find social housing. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council and Aspire Housing will be carrying out an eight-week consultation on proposed changes to how people go about finding a property. The proposed amendments will bring the joint policy in line with national best practice. Gill […]
A new independent report has revealed that Keele University contributes around £345 million annually to the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire economy, supporting more than 5,500 jobs in the area. Regarding Newcastle, the report said over 39% of the University workforce lived in the borough, spending their salaries locally thus creating further economic impact. In total, the […]
Patients and staff from Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke have come together to celebrate the third birthday of the children’s centre based within Royal Stoke University Hospital. Staffordshire Children’s Hospital at Royal Stoke launched in March 2020 creating a ‘hospital within a hospital’ concept, providing 100 services of specialist care for young people as […]
The majority of parents in Staffordshire have found out today that they have been allocated their first-choice primary school. More than 95 per cent of parents have been allocated a place at their top preferred primary school, with more than 99 per cent being offered one of their top three. Figures revealed show that out […]
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (SSOT ICB), which coordinates care across GPs, hospitals and local councils in the county, has been nominated for five national awards …  four at the HSJ Digital Awards 2023 and two nominations in the same category at the ‘Make a Difference Awards 2023’. The Care Boards use of […]
Deputy Staffordshire Commissioner Helen Fisher visited HMP Dovegate to see graduates of the Twinning Project receive football coaching certificates from Stoke City Football Club, as part of an initiative to give prisoners the skills to seek work upon release. The Twinning Project is a partnership between Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and professional […]
A man has been arrested after a petrol pump was damaged in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Police were called to a petrol station on Talke Road, Chesterton, at 11.15 on Friday night following reports of criminal damage. A black Nissan Nivaro was seen entering the petrol station at just after five past 11, Shortly afterwards, a white Ford […]
Action Fraud reported receiving more than 6,000 reports of online rental scams last year, and it is estimated that victims lost more than £10 million. Many people are now using many different platforms to advertise and search for properties, and this has led to a rise in online rental scams. There has been an increase […]
A showpiece centre celebrating one of Newcastle under Lymes most famous sons has identified its headquarters. The new Astley Centre for Circus & Performing Arts, to be run by a Community Interest Company (CIC), will occupy a town centre building currently lying empty. Using Government funding currently being approved, 23-25 Merrial Street in Newcastle will […]
A double initiative will make Newcastle-under-Lyme’s town centre streets feel safer from now on. Police are preparing to enforce public space protection orders (PSPOs) in the town centre and Queen Elizabeth Park to tackle anti-social behaviour. And on Friday nights qualified medics will be working in the town centre between 9pm and 2am, as part […]
