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Giant Advent calendar for Christmas again!
Published on 19 Oct, 2012 at 9:01 in News | Viewed 590 times | 3 Comments
Stone traders are getting ready to wish everyone a very merry Christmas as they plan to turn the town into a giant Advent calendar again. After the huge success of the last two years with their giant Advent calendar, businesses are repeating the project this year with the theme of carols from around the...
Stone actor lands Blood Brothers role
Published on 17 Oct, 2012 at 20:45 in News | Viewed 483 times | No Comments
Stone actor Jorden Bird will be in for something of a homecoming when the musical Blood Brothers hits the Birmingham Hippodrome later this month. Jorden, aged 30, will reprise his role as Eddie, one of the set of twins who give the show its title, and will star alongside Wet, Wet, Wet frontman Marti Pellow,...
Birds take flight while new aviary is built
Published on 15 Oct, 2012 at 10:07 in News | Viewed 245 times | No Comments
Birds from Stonefield Park have left their home – but only while a new aviary is built for them. The birds are a popular feature of the park but will be taking residence in Stafford while their old home is demolished and a bigger one built. The move follows feedback from people in the...
Stone Guides fly out to Kenya
Published on 15 Oct, 2012 at 9:08 in News | Viewed 362 times | No Comments
Twenty-six Guides and leaders from Stone were flying out to Kenya today to work on building a new school in a rural village called Kididima. They’re going to spend a fortnight in Kididima, which is about 30 minutes from capital Mombasa City. There are around 5,000 people living in Kididima. There is no running...
A close shave for charity for Jack!
Published on 14 Oct, 2012 at 21:51 in News | Viewed 390 times | 3 Comments
It was a case of hair today gone tomorrow for Jack Taylor as the young Stone chef had his head shaved for charity in memory of his nan. Just last weekend his flowing locks were on show as he cooked in the demonstration tent at the Stone Food and Drink Festival. Today, at the...
Video challenge from fire service
Published on 12 Oct, 2012 at 15:44 in News | Viewed 152 times | No Comments
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is challenging budding film makers in Stone to better the service’s official Push the Button video by recording their own versions. The competition is open to everyone and can be entered by a single person or group who need to recreate part of the ‘Sugaflames’ Push the Button video....
Cat dies from antifreeze poisoning
Published on 11 Oct, 2012 at 20:03 in News | Viewed 556 times | No Comments
A cat has died in Stone from antifreeze poisoning. The cat, called Minnie, belonged to Fay and Ben Legge from Station Road who run Fire And Slice Pizza and went missing on Monday. They issued an appeal on Twitter and discovered, via Facebook, that their pet had been found late on Tuesday night in...
Post office set for move into Co-op
Published on 8 Oct, 2012 at 11:49 in News | Viewed 637 times | 7 Comments
Post Office Ltd wants to move Stone’s post office into the Co-op supermarket in the High Street from its current base just across the road. The Post Office has now started a consultation to hear what local people have to say. It says moving the post office into the Co-op would result in a...
Get nominating Stone’s volunteer heroes!
Published on 4 Oct, 2012 at 19:27 in News | Viewed 140 times | No Comments
People in Stone can now nominate the town’s volunteering heroes for this year’s Volunteer Staffordshire Awards. The county-wide awards, now in their third year, will celebrate the invaluable contribution that volunteers make across the county. With 10 categories this year, including a new Sporting Volunteer of the Year, there is an award for every...
Cyclist in hospital after Yarlet Bank crash
Published on 4 Oct, 2012 at 10:42 in News | Viewed 585 times | 2 Comments
A cyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries this morning after a collision with a van near The Greyhound pub on Yarlet Bank. A white Citroen dispatch van was involved in the incident on the A34 at around 6.30am. The pedal cyclist, a man from Stafford, was taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire....
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