Founder, CEO and editor of The Staffordshire Signal, a Staffordshire-based writer, historian, photographer and filmmaker, also known as The Red Haired Stokie, covering local news, heritage, culture and community stories across the county.
Carlsberg Britvic’s proposal to close Marston’s Brewery by summer 2027 would affect around 310 people. Beyond the jobs, it raises a bigger question for Burton: if the brewing moves away, what happens to the skills, the beers and the town’s place in British brewing? We look at what’s at stake.
Duchess China lands fresh investment and a global JCB order, the fallow deer rut gets going on Cannock Chase, and more than 2,000 runners tackle the Potters 'Arf. This week in The Staffordshire Signal Weekly.
A date stone reading 1888 still sits above the gate on Uttoxeter Road, and behind it people are still making fine bone china by hand. With fresh investment and a global order from JCB, Jenna Goodwin argues that Duchess China proves Stoke's ceramics story is far from finished.
Every October, fallow deer gather on Cannock Chase for the rut, bringing weeks of bellowing and clashing antlers. Jenna Goodwin and Natalee Trowbridge head out with their cameras to capture one of Staffordshire’s great autumn wildlife spectacles.
A new borough wide initiative bringing together business support, skills development, community programmes and regeneration projects has officially launched in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Stoke-on-Trent's first ever book festival opens this Saturday, the New Vic is looking for Potteries people to bring Rachel Shenton's Gladstone Girls to the stage, and Gnosall is crowned Staffordshire's best kept village. This week in The Staffordshire Signal Weekly.
Local people are being invited to help bring the Potteries’ working life to the stage in Gladstone Girls, a new play by Stoke-on-Trent born Oscar winner Rachel Shenton.
Stoke-on-Trent is getting a book festival, bringing author talks, creative workshops and free family events to the city from 3 to 10 October 2026. Here is your complete guide.
On Monday 28 September, newsrooms on every continent mark World News Day. Here's what it is, why a community-led, non-profit newsroom in Staffordshire has signed up, and what you can do to keep local news alive.
Ofsted inspectors have praised Fulford Primary School pupils for their kindness and community spirit, highlighting the school’s support for children and its links with the local community.
Bradwell's green space sale row rumbles on, the fire hit Leopard Hotel gets a fresh set of plans, and Castle Classics revs back into Newcastle. This week in The Staffordshire Signal Weekly.
Reform UK led Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is considering selling part of a 16.6 acre greenspace beside Bradwell Crematorium for housing to help fund a proposed £1.4 million expansion.
