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Specialist engineers brought in by Stoke-on-Trent City Council have today given the go-ahead for council contractors to stabilise the fire-hit buildings on Newcastle Street to ensure this important city road can be re-opened as a matter of urgency.  Newcastle Street in Middleport has been closed since April 2024 due to a building fire. The owners […]

Hope is on the horizon for a 300 year old building in Stoke on Trent. Plans to breathe new life into one of the city’s oldest public houses have reached an important milestone. The Leopard, in Burslem, is a grade II listed building which dates back to 1765, and Now a ‘Listed Building application’ has […]

A  tree sculpture was unveilled at Brampton Park yesterday commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings.  The carving has been done by local sculptor Anthony Hammond who some time ago created another tree carving at Brampton Park, of Wolstanton war hero Tom Brown Tivey. Both pieces are situated close to the metal sculpture of […]

Green-fingered residents of all ages in Newcastle-under-Lyme are once again being asked to show off their gardening prowess. Entries are invited into the summer horticultural competitions as part of the borough’s latest Heart of England in Bloom campaign. This year’s theme, “Go Bloomin’ Green”, encourages people to think about changes we can introduce and how […]

Conservative Aaron Bell announced on Friday that he will not be standing for re-election as Newcastle-under-Lyme’s MP – just a week before the deadline for nominations. Mr Bell posted an open letter on social media saying that he had made the decision ‘with a very heavy heart’ due to ‘personal and family reasons’, and that […]

Officers from Staffordshire Police have arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized around £10,000-worth of crack cocaine and heroin, thousands of pounds in cash and phones believed to be linked to dealing in Stoke-on-Trent. Last Friday officers from the major and organised crime proactive teams forced entry and searched a property in Etruria. They found […]

Newcastle-under-Lyme is playing its part in the national 80th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day landings. At 9.15pm on Thursday, June 6th a beacon will be lit in Queens Gardens, Newcastle, one of many across the nation, to mark the Allied landings in Normandy in 1944. Guests will attend a civic church service at St Giles […]

Members of the public are being urged to help identify key species that should be prioritised for conservation within Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. This initiative is part of the plans to develop a new long-term strategy to recover, protect and enhance nature and wildlife. Led by Staffordshire County Council, the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for […]

Bereaved families may soon be able to scatter their loved ones’ ashes within the beautiful and peaceful grounds of Bradwell Crematorium or Keele Cemetery. Dedicated areas of natural meadowland and wildflowers at both sites would be available for the spreading of cremated remains from September, under plans being considered by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Cabinet members […]

A holiday cottage in Alton was reduced to rubble after a faulty gas regulator caused an explosion last year. The incident happened on 29 December on Bradley Lane in Threapwood. We got a call shortly after 12.40pm and sent local crews to the scene. By 1.30pm, the remaining hotspots and flames had been put out. […]