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A few months ago, the elected members of Stoke-on-Trent City Council united to support a motion calling for the end of Modern Day Slavery and Human Trafficking...

Pleased to be able to support the local campaign to reduce loneliness and isolation at Christmas, by linking the Up For Arts ‘Give An Extra Card’ project with...

As part of Light Night Stoke-on-Trent, we are encouraging residents right across the city to light up their house, place of work, or even their street! To...

I was delighted to be asked to speak at the Canal and River Trust Annual Public Meeting about the improvements we have made to the 15 miles of canal network...

You might recall this little piece on our recent work to keep the Stoke pound in Stoke. Interesting today to see that my tweets about council services have been...

Some good coverage of the Light Night Stoke-on-Trent launch, including an interview with BBC Radio Stoke!

It is always a pleasure to welcome government visitors to Stoke-on-Trent, but there are few occasions when this manages to chime so nicely with a number of...

What an absolute pleasure to be able to launch Light Night Stoke-on-Trent at Burslem’s old town hall, alongside the new #SoTCulture hashtag. Read my speech from...

I am sure I am not alone in noticing that, in recent years, the numbers attending Armistice Day have grown year by year. For the last few years, I have been...