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.
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This week's edition of The Staffordshire Signal Weekly is out. Deliberate fires in Middleport, an MP's first column for the Signal, and how to watch the solar eclipse from Westport Lake. Staffordshire's news, written by Staffordshire, for Staffordshire.
Two derelict building fires were reported in Middleport on Monday evening, including a deliberate blaze on Milvale Street. Police are appealing for CCTV, doorbell and dashcam footage as their investigation continues.
Westport Lake View Café in Stoke on Trent is staying open until 8.30pm on Wednesday 12 August, giving visitors the chance to enjoy the solar eclipse with lakeside views, refreshments and solar eclipse glasses.
A Leek couple have received suspended prison sentences and lengthy animal bans after hundreds of calves suffered and a dog starved to death at Westwood Hall Farm.
From the Torch to Shelley's, the clubs that shaped Stoke's nightlife are about to get their own mural in Hanley. The funding is in place, and a wall has been offered; Jenna Goodwin caught up with the two men behind it.
Drivers across south Staffordshire and the wider Midlands are being warned to plan ahead this weekend, with the M6toll closing in both directions and the M42 shutting entirely while engineers install new railway structures for HS2.
Families, authors, artists and performers came together for a hugely successful Festival of Brilliant, held within the historic surroundings of Biddulph Old Hall.
Staffordshire's Local Government Reorganisation is confirmed: all ten councils, including Newcastle-under-Lyme, will be abolished and replaced by two new unitary authorities, North Staffordshire and South Staffordshire, by 2028. Here's what it means for residents, businesses and services.
Staffordshire's film office has completed its first year, with 150 locations scouted, 250 shoot days delivered, and over £1.3 million pumped into the local economy from a public investment of £125,000. The Staffordshire Signal went along to Weston Hall to hear how the numbers stack up.
