Building owners in the UK must take more care than ever before to guard against Legionnaires’ disease. The new State of the UK climate report (published in the Royal Meteorological Society’s ‘International Journal of Climatology on July 13, 2025), concludes that weather extremes are now the norm in the UK, with record temperatures and rainfall becoming more frequent.  As the …

A family run café has cooked up a unique inter-generational project in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Tuesday Club will offer free meals for older people at Loui’s Kitchen, the Westlands, each Tuesday, between 12.30 and 2pm, with the meal made and served by young people from the Keele-based Caudwell Children charity. Loui’s Kitchen was set up by Special Connections CIC in 2023 …

Hanley Economic Building Society, in partnership with the Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire, has awarded a total of £28,907 to seven local charities through its Hanley at Home Fund. The funding will support a wide range of community initiatives aimed at promoting independence, education, and housing stability in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle Borough and Stafford Borough. The latest round …

North Staffordshire cyber security experts SyTech IT is advising more businesses to ensure their data is secure as possible. Managing Director Darren Kirby is working to support companies to reach the Government’s Cyber Essentials standard and to go further to gain the gold standard Cyber Essentials Plus certification. The cost of a cyber attack on business has been highlighted by …