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      <title>Loan scheme means business for Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire SMEs looking to scale up</title>
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      <description>Interest-free loans of up to £100,000 are available to help local businesses invest and grow. </description>
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      <title>Young people gain industry experience through Families First animation project</title>
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      <title>Council action on untidy gardens helps improve appearance of neighbourhoods across the city</title>
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      <description>A targeted estate management initiative is helping to improve the appearance of neighbourhoods across Stoke-on-Trent.</description>
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      <title>Seven local sporting heroes join Sporting Hall of Fame </title>
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      <description>Some of the city’s most inspiring people from the world of sport have become the latest people to be inducted into the Stoke-on-Trent Sporting Hall of Fame. </description>
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      <title>Marrow House receives Good CQC rating with outstanding recognition for innovation and continuous improvement</title>
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      <description>The city council's specialist assessment and therapy unit for older people living with dementia has received an overall Good rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Real results delivered as ambitious Future 100 plans turned into economic growth, regeneration and better services for residents and businesses </title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent’s ambitious Future 100 programme is delivering real results for local people, with millions of pounds of investment secured, major regeneration projects advancing and new partnerships.</description>
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      <title>Council introducing new planning controls for small HMOs across Stoke-on-Trent</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to bring in new planning controls aimed at better managing the growth of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) across the city and protecting local communities.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Customer service and digital strategy to put residents first and deliver better value for money</title>
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      <description>Council services will be easier to use, quicker and more convenient thanks to a new programme of digital transformation. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Stoke-on-Trent’s centenary hailed a huge success with lasting legacy</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent’s centenary brought the city together, put it in the international spotlight and left a lasting legacy, a major report has found.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:06:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description>Plans to transform Hanley are set to take a major step forward, with an ambitious and deliverable City Centre Masterplan going to the city council's Cabinet next week.</description>
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