New Vic Theatre’s Chair of the Board of Trustees, Bryan Carnes MBE, has announced he will be standing down from the role at the end of 2026, concluding almost 25 years of dedicated service to the theatre, in a year that marks the theatre’s 40th anniversary. After joining the Board as a Trustee in May 2001, Bryan was appointed Chair in September 2015, providing leadership, strategic vision, and an unwavering […]
With Councils across England now required to collect food waste each week, the District Council has announced that preparations are underway to commence this service in the Moorlands at the end of June when residents will need to present any food waste separately from garden waste. At the same time, the Council and its waste and recycling collection partner Alliance Environmental Services (AES) will be introducing an opt-in subscription scheme […]
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service have appointed a new Deputy Chief Fire Officer (DCFO) following a rigorous selection process. Michelle Hickmott has been appointed as DCFO and will take up her new role in June, when Chief Fire Officer Rob Barber retires from the service and current DCFO Glynn Luznyj takes his post. Michelle brings with her more than two decades of experience within the fire and rescue sector, having served […]
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Staffordshire Day, children turning ten this year are being invited to enter a special birthday prize draw for a chance to win a fun day out for all the family. Staffordshire Day, taking place on 1 May, marks ten years of celebrating everything that makes the county unique and the birthday of the county’s new visitor mascot, Staffy. To mark this occasion, children also celebrating a tenth […]
A woman, who hit 80mph on a 60mph road in Cheadle before crashing, has been jailed. Faye Dawson, 50, from Cheadle, was sentenced to one-year-and-two-months in prison at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court recently, after pleading guilty to dangerous driving at a previous hearing. She was also disqualified from driving for four years-and-seven months. It happened on Friday 7 March last year when Dawson lost control of the Vauxhall Corsa she was driving […]
Welcome to the latest episode of A View from the Wings - the arts & entertainment podcast produced by Moorlands Radio. Carol is back! So her and Dave chat about tribute acts and the role they play for fans of the originals. They chat Sunny Afternoon, Good Golly Miss Molly, the all important What's Ons and much more. Sit back with a brew and have a listen.
The New Vic continues to celebrate its forty years in a new building by bringing back Good Golly Miss Molly. And Goodness Gracious it is still able to produce Great Balls of Fire as a piece of musical theatre even though it is around four decades since it was first shown to the public. Relevance to the 2020s remains as communities still have to fight for the preservation of their […]
It is ten years since Sunny Afternoon made its first UK tour and I was unable to catch a performance at that time. My friend constantly teased me for missing that opportunity as he thought that the show was never likely to do the rounds again. I am so glad that he was wrong because this is a piece of musical theatre that is well worth waiting for. Whether you […]
This week’s edition of Moorlands Sport Extra is out. We catch up with Newcastle Town assistant manager Paul Wright following their 3-1 win over Shifnal Town last weekend. It’s a big weekend for Port Vale as they head to Chelsea in the quarter-final of FA Cup. Dave Stringer previews the tie with manager Jon Brady and goal scoring hero Ben Waine. Elsewhere Speedway returns to Buxton this week eight years […]
Welcome to the Easter edition of A View from the Wings. We don't hear the lovely Carol Lovatt this week as she's a little under the weather but hopefully she will be back in time for the next episode. We've dragged Tony 'the Wizz' Walley from his technical duties to co-host with the legend that is Dave Stringer. On this weeks episode we her interviews with Jospeh O'Brien who plays […]
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