A charity is urging people to get into the Christmas spirit to raise funds for North Staffordshire families in need. The Alice Charity has organised a Christmas Jumper Day on Friday, December 12. The charity is appealing to people to wear a festive jumper to work and make a donation to the Alice Charity. Local businesses on the Silverdale Enterprise …

A Stoke-on-Trent community will celebrate Christmas with a twist this year. Meir will be home to a spectacular six metre high Christmas tree – made from thousands of discarded plastic bags. The colourful Consumerist Christmas Tree has been commissioned by the Meir Christmas Events Board working with the arts programme, Appetite. The tree will be next to the Health Centre …

An historic Congleton town centre inn will reopen as a pub with the community firmly at its heart, following a major refit. Ye Olde Kings Arms will open on Thursday, 13 November, under the ownership of Titanic Brewery. Experienced pub manager Kathy Morton (pictured) is overseeing the transformation of the 16th Century pub which has perhaps been best known for …

Artist Sarah Nadin aims to get people talking with the help of her #chumbrella. The #chumbrella is simply an umbrella adorned with the Twitter hashtag – a shorthand form for sharing which is familiar to millions of Twitter social media users. Sarah hopes her #chumbrella will get people talking in open spaces around the world, but is trialling it in …