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Last Seen Profiles
We've only gone and been shortlisted to be a creative hub for
#Channel4
! You know our
#C4Stoke
bid is the best
@Channel4
- we've got the right
#LocationLocationLocation
Read more here
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IT'S COMING HOME!😁 That's right, today the iconic Spitfire returns to
@PotteriesMuseum
after 3 years of refurbishment 🛩️🇬🇧. It'll touch down in a stunning new glass-fronted extension, due to open in the autumn [thread👇]
#ItsComingHome
#MyStokeStory
#StokeIsOnTheUp
#StokeonTrent
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Say hello to your brand new cafe at
@HanleyPark
🤩 The Pavilion, now open seven days a week, marks a major milestone in the ongoing restoration of the 123-year-old park, with funding from
@HeritageFundM_E
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Great news! Stoke-on-Trent has been chosen as one of only nine
#HeritagePlaces
in the UK.
This means we’ll be receiving a share of £200m from The
@HeritageFundM_E
over the next 10 years to invest in our heritage and culture.
👇Here’s
@CllrAshworth
with the details👇
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🎉🎉Today is a good day🎉🎉
☎️ We’ve been picked by
@DCMS
as one of 69 places to receive a share of the £95 million
#HistoricHighStreets
fund
😍 We’ll get up to £2 million to redevelop vacant buildings in Stoke town centre and Spode Works, breathing new life into the area
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Flags at Town Halls in Stoke (pictured), Hanley and Longton have been lowered to half-mast in tribute to Gordon Banks
We are all very sorry to hear the sad news and our thoughts, sympathies and condolences go out to his family
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What a difference seven months can make! 😱 The 120-year-old Sutherland Chambers in Stoke has been beautifully restored thanks to a project between ourselves,
@HistoricEngland
and owner Trentdale Investments 🤝 It’s the 10th restoration project completed in the town since 2015
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Say hello to your newly restored bandstand at
@HanleyPark
The 123-year-old feature has been brought back to life as part of the park’s ongoing restoration project
It now has lighting, an electricity supply and will soon be alive to the sound of music...🎶
Isn’t she pretty 😍
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Hurrah. We did it! Today it's been confirmed that Stoke-on-Trent has made the shortlist to become
#UKCityofCulture2021
#sot2021
#BACKTHEBID
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😍 Here’s your first look at the restored Spitfire in its iconic new home at
@PotteriesMuseum
🇬🇧 To mark
#BattleofBritainDay
we gave 102-year-old Norman Lewis, the city’s last surviving Dunkirk veteran, a special preview
🔜 The gallery opens to the public at 10am on Saturday
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Thrilled as. We have just won 'Best tourism experience 2018' for Poppies: Weeping Window with
@Middleport_Pot
Thanks to everyone involved incl. our fab volunteers for helping to bring this iconic artwork to Stoke-on-Trent. Proud does not cover it.
#PoppiesTour
#enjoystaffsawards
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In Stoke Town hall the 6 amazing steel silhouettes to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of Armistice Day have been put on display before they head out to the six towns. These moving pieces will be placed in each town with each one having a local connection
#stokeremembers
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In 1985 County Durham pop band Prefab Sprout sung about Moving the River on their highly acclaimed album Steve McQueen. But why are we bringing this up now, and what has it got to do with life in Stoke-on-Trent in 2020? Well, strap yourselves in...
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The moment you’ve waited for – Poppies: Weeping Window at Middleport Pottery. Opens to the public tomorrow following today's media launch event. Get your FREE tickets now
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⚽️ Tonight, we are lighting up Hanley Town Hall red and white ahead of the Euro Quarter Final tomorrow – England vs Ukraine.
What do you think the score will be?
Good luck England – Bring it home ❤️🤍
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Four years after a major restoration project started at
@HanleyPark
and it’s only gone and won a
@GreenFlagAward
for the first time in its 123-year history
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴
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🌺🍅Well this is lovely
@stokecity
League Cup winner
@TerryConroy7
and
@ScobaStoke1863
have taken on one of our allotment plots in Fenton and transformed it with flower beds, summer house and original gates from the Butler Street entrance to the old Victoria Ground ⚽️🙌
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The Czech flag 🇨🇿 is flying over our town halls for the 79th anniversary of the destruction of
#Lidice
by the Nazis in WW2.
City residents vowed ‘Lidice Shall Live’ and raised money to rebuild the village.
Now
@LidiceLives
have unveiled plans for a statue and friendship garden.
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The count has been concluded for the Bentilee and Ubberley By-Election, Lynn Watkins of the Labour Party has been elected. The full breakdown of the vote is
Lynn Watkins (Lab) 469
Sharon Edwards (Ind) 143
Matthew Bridger (Con) 138
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🇨🇿 Have you seen the Czech flag flying above the Town Hall?
Today is Czech Independence day, one of three days chosen to fly the Czech flag remember the city's links with their fellow mining community in Lidice.
➡️Read more:
@LidiceLives
#LidiceShallLive
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SNEAK PEEK: Our teams are working behind the scenes to help create innovative new pod accommodation to support homeless people at the
@MacariFDN
, in response to
#COVID19
.
Watch as
@AbiBrown1
and
@LouMacari10
take a look inside 👏
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Happy
#oatcakeday
everyone! These lovely fresh
#Oatcakes
are ready to be filled, but what's the best filling?
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̶T̶h̶i̶a̶g̶o̶ ̶H̶a̶v̶e̶r̶t̶z̶ ̶W̶e̶r̶n̶e̶r̶
We’ve got a signing of our own to announce ✍🏻
💰 £4m investment coming to Stoke town centre
🤝 4-year deal agreed with
@HistoricEngland
✅ Disused and dilapidated buildings restored into new homes, shops and workplaces
More 👇🏻
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It's the weeeeeekend and we've got some exciting news for you - we've just been told the planning application for the stunning new Spitfire gallery at
@PotteriesMuseum
has been approved! Work is expected to start on the new gallery this summer
#stokeisontheup
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Culture plans will forge ahead despite city not being successful in UK City of Culture 2021 bid
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Civic scorer!
@petercrouch
becomes the first person since
@TheDesmondTutu
to be given a civic plaque - honouring 100
@premierleague
goals
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🫖 We always knew we were the global centre for ceramics and now it has been recongised.
🎉 Stoke-on-Trent been awarded World Craft City Status by the World Crafts Council.
👉 Read more:
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Our bin men hard at work today, making sure household waste is collected across the city 👏🌈 Remember to tag us in your messages of support for them.
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We're really pleased to announce that we're finalising a five-year lease for the Macari Centre, providing long-term security for it to continue its excellent work in supporting homeless people in the city
@AbiBrown1
@MacariFDN
@LouMacari10
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Coming soon to
@HanleyPark
🤩 Main Pavilion - open in October as an all-year round cafe and function venue with indoor & outdoor seating
😱 The Boathouse - open in autumn for hire with seasonal public opening
🥳 Children’s play area - an cream & snack kiosk
We. Can’t. Wait!
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Academy Award winner
@RachelShenton
is lending her voice to our bid to bring a
@Channel4
hub to this great city. Will you add yours?
#C4Stoke
#Channel4
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🔵Today we unveiled only the 2nd blue plaque of the
@HistoricEngland
national blue plaques scheme.
🌞It honours Clarice Cliff - one of the most influential pottery designers of the 20th century.
🔶It's located at 20 Snow Hill, Shelton, Cliff's first independent home.
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We're all lit up! What an amazing start to
#LightNightSOT
. Over the next 3 nights see Burslem glisten and glow like never before
#SoTCulture
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The count has now finished for the Stoke-on-Trent North constituency. The result has been declared…
David Williams from The Labour Party has been elected.
A full breakdown of the vote can be found here: .
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We had to share this from our friends in Liverpool. This a great little video showing the uncovering of the most fantastic
#MintonTiles
underneath the floor. We're sure you'd agree they really are something special!
#localandproud
#MyStokeStory
#ICYMI
- The Minton Tiles have been revealed!
This August, you’ll have the opportunity to see these spectacular tiles in all their glory.
More information:
#Liverpool
#MintonTiles
@SGHLpool
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The count has now finished for the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency. The result has been declared…
Allison Gardner from The Labour Party has been elected.
A full breakdown of the vote can be found here: .
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🌎Today is
#commonwealthday
2023, 13 March - an annual celebration observed by people all over the globe.
This year's theme is 'Forging a sustainable and peaceful common future'.
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This bench has today been unveiled at
@HanleyPark
in recognition of retiring
@StaffsPolice
officer David Marshall, who has spent 18 years on the beat in Shelton. The bench is the first of 20 to be installed in the park, as part of its ongoing multi-million pound restoration.
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We are proud of our diverse, multicultural city. Tonight we’ll be turning Hanley Town Hall purple 💜 as a symbolic act of solidarity in memory of George Floyd and in support of his family’s sentiment of peaceful protest against prejudice.
#BlackLivesMatter
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We’ve been awarded £300k + to help safeguard one of the city’s most iconic heritage buildings.
The
@HistoricEngland
grant will be used to make improvements to the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem to make it water-tight and safe to access.
👉Full story:
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A pear tree has been planted outside the Victoria Hall in Hanley as a symbol of the strong bond between Stoke-on-Trent & Lidice, Czech Rep. The sapling is taken from the single living thing to survive the atrocity in Lidice in 1942.
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Three historic bottle kilns, known as Three Sisters, have been repaired and restored at Bournes Bank in Burslem.
The site is currently being developed into a new housing estate for 43 two and three-bed homes.
👉Read the full story here:
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These latest images show how the stunning new Spitfire gallery will look at
@PotteriesMuseum
in Hanley. A planning application for the development is being submitted today and work could start on the project in March
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Huge CONGRATULATIONS to local lass
@RachelShenton
as The
@SilentChildFilm
has shortlisted for the Oscars!
She not only acts in it but also wrote the screenplay 😮.
Well done Rachel and everybody who worked on The Silent Child from everyone here in Stoke-on-Trent.
#Proud
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The great man - Gordon Banks - passing by the site of
@stokecity
’s old Victoria Ground one final time
#RIPGordonBanks
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😴While most of us are asleep, Stoke athlete
@JazminSawyers
will be jumping as far as she can!
🇬🇧The
@StokeAC
long jumper will be competing in the qualification round at
#Tokyo2020
in the early hours of tomorrow morning.
🤞Good luck Jazmin!
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Restoration of the
@PotteriesMuseum
's iconic Spitfire is moving ahead. Work on the Rolls-Royce Merlin 266 engine is nearly done and a trial fit of the wings back to the fuselage has been a success. When finished, the plane will return to the museum as the star of a new attraction
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The best of luck to the cast and crew of
@SilentChildFilm
ahead of this Sunday's Oscars. Especially local lass
@RachelShenton
who wrote, produced & starred in the film.
Who knows we might see a local girl and Longton Park might win an Oscar this weekend.
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A piece of history has been unearthed in Tunstall after road resurfacing work uncovered historic tram lines which have remained hidden for decades
The tracks were revealed on High Street, where trams last ran in 1928 as part of the Potteries Electric Traction Company
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We are very sorry to hear the sad news that Gordon Banks has passed away. Our thoughts, sympathies and condolences go out to his family. Gordon was in the City's Sporting Hall of Fame and made a Freeman of the City in 2015. Flags on Town Halls will be flying at half-mast today
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Today we launched
#StokeonTrentTogether
❤️️
We can offer help with;
💊collecting prescriptions
🛒shopping
💴topping up gas/electricity meters
🗣finding someone to speak to
🐶dog walking
Contact us if you’re self-isolating & need help
➡️
➡️0800 5615610
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Who fancies a sneak peak of the restoration work that has taken place inside Longton Town Hall? 🙋🏼♂️
✅ £2 million invested to bring the Grade-II listed building back into use
✅ Longton Local Centre (and 25 staff) will move in before Xmas🎅🏻
✅ New entrance to the town’s market
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GREAT NEWS!
Two Stoke-on-Trent parks have been recognised among the best in the country.
Burslem Park and Hanley Park have each received a Green Flag Award thanks to the hard work and dedication of our teams.
👉Full story:
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💐10 June 1942: Nazis entered Lidice, Czech Republic, shot 173 men, removed the women and children and destroyed the village.
🇨🇿 Today we are flying the Czech flag to commemorate those who lost their lives and our city's enduring friendship with Lidice
➡️
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Commitment to culture: We joined
@KeeleUniversity
and partners today to sign a landmark agreement that will see £36m invested in 10 years on 2,200 cultural events, 300 new jobs, cultural projects for 150 innovative businesses and 350 new student places
#KeeleDealCulture
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Some more pics from the old Minton Earthenware factory on London Road, Stoke, where our archaeologists have found a 19th century bottle oven
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The count has finished and the results are in.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is now made up of:
✅29 Labour seats
✅14 Conservative seats
✅1 City Independent seat
You can see the full results on our website here: .
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Now the main body of the Spitfire is being removed from the
@PotteriesMuseum
- the first time it has seen daylight for over 30 years
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Thanks to
@jasonmanford
& the cast of
#ChittyChittyBangBang
for taking part in our mass selfie for
#StaffordshireDay
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Fantastic news!
@AbiBrown1
announces we have been named as the top UK city for jobs growth for the second year running. We’ve topped the
@irwinmitchell
Powerhouse league, with over 8,000 jobs created in the past five years
@StokeStaffsLEP
@MakeItSoTStaffs
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📜 The Etruria Valley Link Road has been given planning approval today
🚗 It will link the A500 at Wolstanton to the city centre via Festival Park and Ceremic Valley Enterprise Zone, reducing traffic and unlocking more land for development
🏗 Work could start next year
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📣
@PotteriesMuseum
secures £5 million from Cultural Development Fund 📣
@PotteriesMuseum
is set to benefit from a £5 million investment following a successful application for the
@DCMS
@ace_national
Cultural Development Fund.
Read more ➡
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And we have our first back and men's winner, Chris Gidlow,
@StokeAC
City of Stoke. 😁👍🏅👊
#PottersArf
Amazing
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And the covers are off! Stoke-on-Trent's newest cultural highlight: a statue of Arnold Bennett, on his 150th birthday
@BennettSoc
@sot2021
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Great news! We're cutting bus fares by up to 50%.
Bus passengers travelling around the city & Newcastle are set to benefit from discounted ticket prices from Saturday 1 July.
Day tickets will now cost just £3.50 (adults) and £2 (young people).
Full story:
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The count has now finished for the Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency. The result has been declared…
Gareth Snell from The Labour and Co-operative Party has been elected.
A full breakdown of the vote can be found here: .
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🥳Congratulations...
Cricketer
@Danni_Wyatt
and canoeist
@joeclarkek1MBE
will be inducted into the Stoke-on-Trent sporting hall of fame.
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If you've not seen the
#Poppies
yet or not sure why you should visit, here's what people who have seen them have to say. This stunning cascade of ceramic poppies is free to view until 16 Sept. Book your tickets
@1418NOW
@Middleport_Pot
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Poppies: Weeping Window is coming to Stoke-on-Trent.
@Middleport_Pot
will be presenting this iconic sculpture.
#PoppiesTour
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🏆 Fa Cup of Flags
🏆 World Series of Flags
👏🏻 Huge congratulations to
@PenkhullflagC
#forgottosavetheoldprofilepic
#thecockerelmighthavetostay
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Channel 4 are looking for a home outside London, let's make sure they come to the right
#LocationLocationLocation
- back the
#C4Stoke
bid.
@Channel4
#Channel4
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Our crews have been working around the clock, incl. a driver who lives in Brown Edge in the Staffordshire Moorlands who had to leave his car because he couldn’t get through the snow this morning. He ran into work at our depot in Stoke, so that he could drive his gritting route.
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Did you hear our amazing news? The Leekfrith Iron Age gold is coming home! Watch this space for more details 😍
@pmagfriends
@PotteriesMuseum
@artfund
@ace_national
@heritagelottery
@britishmuseum
@BM_AG
@julia_farley
@StaffordshireCC
@GoldsmithsCo
#leekgold
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What a weekend it was at
#LightNightSOT
!!! Thanks to every single person who made it possible. The comments have been amazing and we're loving all the pics. It was just fab... including this awesome turn from someone who was very light on their feet 🕺💃😍👍
@appetitestoke
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It's
#WorldHeritageDay
and we all know that Stoke-on-Trent has heritage in spades. What's your favourite part of this great city's long heritage?
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Huge congratulations to
@Coventry2021
,
#CityofCulture2021
. We are incredibly proud to have bid and can't wait to push forward as a city.
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🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈Join us as we create a virtual rainbow trail and help us spread some hope and happiness around the city. Share pictures and photos of your rainbows or ones you've come across in the city using
#SoTRainbows
. We can't wait to see all your rainbows! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
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The temperatures are plummeting so we are asking everyone to help share these important numbers.
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Archaeologists studying the two bottle ovens at Phoenix Works, in Longton, have made an exciting and pretty significant discovery
Let’s find out what it is that has got their trowels twitching...⬇️
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Stoke-on-Trent submitted its final bid to be
#UKCityofCulture2021
- and it’s out of this world. The bid was sent… via space!
#sot2021
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📢We’re thrilled that the Government has backed our
#PoweringUp
ambitions and we've secured £56m in Levelling Up funding:
*⃣£16m for the
@CapitalCentric
Goods Yard
*⃣£20m for the city centre regeneration area
*⃣£20m for heritage projects in Longton, Tunstall & Stoke
🧵
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We want to thank everyone who's backed the bid so far, but now we've been shortlisted it's time to shout louder
@sot2021
#CityOfCulture2021
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BREAKING: Great news for Stoke-on-Trent's regeneration -
@HiltonHotels
to open a 140-bedroom Hilton Garden Inn at Smithfield
#Stokeisontheup
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👨⚖️As our favourite
@PotteryThrow
judge
@KBJWhitstable
says and after all he knows
#StokeOnTrent
pretty well...
❤️ We all need to look after ourselves and our loved ones.
😷 Please remember
#HandsFaceSpace
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The 98th Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent has officially been appointed.
Cllr Lyn Sharpe was selected as the city’s Lord Mayor during Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s annual council.
A true community champion, volunteering at the Foodbank & supporting Fenton Town Hall & more.
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Just in case you missed it, we've been shortlisted for a
@Channel4
creative hub! 😀 Well it's no surprise when we have such a wealth of creative talent within the city. But don't just take our word for it, ask Oscar winner
@RachelShenton
. She's behind the bid, are you?
#C4STOKE
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It’s very cold out there this morning 🥶
The roads were gritted 3 times overnight at 7pm, 11.15pm & 2.30am
The next shift of drivers came on at 6am. All the grit wagons have been refuelled and restocked, ready to go out again when needed
Take care if you’re out and about today
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Work will start on Wednesday to begin the exciting process of moving and restoring the city's Spitfire. A £6m glassed front extension is planned at
@PotteriesMuseum
so the iconic plane can inspire generations to come and is more viewable to the public. Completion due in 2019.
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Today we celebrated the launch of the Stoke-on-Trent Ceramic Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) with
@HistoricEngland
- one of only eight areas nationally. The 5-year scheme aims to revive Longton, its historic buildings and give a fresh focus on the future of the city’s iconic pot banks
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The iconic Hammersley Fountain
@HanleyPark
was today turned on for the 1st time in decades - part of the park's ongoing £4.5m Lottery revamp
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🇨🇿The Czech flag has been flying above the town halls in Stoke and Hanley today
🇨🇿It's for Czech Independence Day and is part of the commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Lidice atrocity
❓If you don't know about the link between Stoke-on-Trent and Lidice, here's a 🧵
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Congratulations to 11-year-old Mina Tideswell who has been named the city’s Junior Chef of the Year. Her dish, Staffordshire Sausage Paella, will be added to school menus 🍽👩🏻🍳😋
Well done to all 33 pupils who took part in the competion, run by our City Catering Service 👏🏻
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