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Global bathroom manufacturers brought together by their Stoke-on-Trent-based trade association have signed a landmark agreement aimed at reducing billions of litres of waste water from toilets, taps and showers around the world. At the same time they pledged to innovate and design new products to reduce the risk of potentially

South Staffordshire-based Keon Homes is starting work on a prestigious regeneration project to build 124 dwellings in the next phases of a major Birmingham initiative. It’s starting works on phases 3A, B and C of the prestigious Icknield Port Loop Development in partnership with sister company Cameron Homes and housing association Midland Heart. This

More road and transport changes have been announced as the next phase of improvements begin around Stoke Station. Work is starting to upgrade the area around Winton Square, outside the North Stafford Hotel, as the project enters its second phase. While this work is being carried out, the railway station’s

Halloween fans in the county still have time to win a £50 restaurant voucher by repurposing those pumpkins and reducing waste. Staffordshire-based Willshee’s Waste & Recycling has joined forces with Burton restaurant Isabel’s to challenge the local community to show off the ways they are cutting pumpkin waste. The social

Newcastle’s newest eatery is set to open its doors next week after its owner transformed a clinic into a cosy international café.  Fresco Café and Eatery will launch on Monday, November 4, with the Merrial Street venue offering a range of British, Polish and Italian food seven days a week.  

Stoke-on-Trent City Council has named Nick Degg as Centenary Poet Laureate ahead of the city’s 100th anniversary next year.  The North Staffordshire wordsmith, who is from Porthill, was appointed to the honorary position at a city council meeting and will represent the city through poetry throughout the centenary year in

A free Diwali celebration is taking place in Stoke-on-Trent this weekend featuring traditional music, dance and crafts.  The Potteries Museum in Hanley is set to host the event in honour of the Hindu and Sikh festival of lights on Saturday, November 2, from 11am to 5:30pm.  Professional artists and local

Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Abdulrazak Gurnah, will visit Staffordshire to give a public reading from his work at Keele University.   Gurnah, who became the first black African writer in 35 years to win the prestigious award in 2021, will spend time working with Keele University’s Creative Writing students on

Staffordshire businesses across a range of sectors responding to yesterday’s budget described a mixed bag of bad and good news, plus a few surprises thrown into the mix. Liam Nicholson, Associate Director at RSM UK, Tax based on Festival Park, offered the following post-budget reaction: “My initial response to the