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.
Recovery work and support for residents are continuing after the major Sandyford fire, with four properties identified as dangerous structures and a public appeal established for affected families.
A council leader faces chamber outburst allegations, Best of British Beer turns 15, and the Horn Dance returns to Abbots Bromley. This week in The Staffordshire Signal Weekly.
A Newcastle-under-Lyme beer business is raising a glass to 15 years with a special collection featuring Staffordshire brews, local stories and a nod to the Potteries.
We're asking Staffordshire to help us take the Signal further, expanding Signal TV, launching a new podcast, and building the app that puts local news back in your pocket, not an algorithm's. Here's why, and how you can back us.
The Environment Agency has declared drought in the West Midlands, with reservoirs low and greenspaces increasingly at risk of fire. This is the weekly round up from The Staffordshire Signal, delivered every Wednesday.
The Upper House Hotel in Barlaston is celebrating 30 years as one of Staffordshire's most loved country house hotels, restored from a derelict council home into the elegant venue it is today. Built for the Wedgwood family in the 1840s, the grounds even hide a Celtic grave. Here's the full story...
We need your help. Introducing the Autumn Edition, our first Staffordshire Signal special edition magazine, with autumn events and editorial content on the website too, so you never miss what is on this Halloween, bonfire night and beyond.
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.
