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      <title>​​​​​​​New initiative to tackle furniture poverty in Stoke-on-Trent</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council is tackling furniture poverty by giving unwanted household goods a second life.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>24 heritage landmarks across Stoke-on-Trent to share £240k restoration fund </title>
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      <description>Heritage landmarks across Stoke-on-Trent are set to receive a share of a £240k restoration fund.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:13:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New action to support sexual and reproductive health in Stoke-on-Trent</title>
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      <description>The city council are building on the city’s strong communities and local health services, by setting out plans that will make it easier for people to look after their sexual and reproductive health.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Steps taken to protect the future of early years provision in Bentilee</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council are taking steps to secure high quality early years and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision for families in the city. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>£4.7 million support to increase fire safety in high-rise flat blocks</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council is accelerating fire safety improvements in high-rise blocks across the city. </description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:18:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>City Council set to invest more than £7 million to help ensure high quality adult social care</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council is set to agree a multi-million-pound package to support high quality care for adults who need it the most and maintain high performance across its range of care providers.</description>
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      <title>Potteries Museum to get new foyer café bar in £5 million revamp</title>
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      <description>The Potteries Museum &amp;amp; Art Gallery will open a new fully licensed café bar as part of its £5 million transformation, creating a more welcoming and flexible space at the museum’s main entrance.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Work to begin on multi-million-pound Burslem Market Hall regeneration project</title>
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      <description>Multi-million-pound transformation work is starting on Burslem Market Hall as part of the council’s commitment to help safeguard and bring back into use the city’s most treasured heritage buildings.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:52:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New action plan to help city’s drains cope with heavier rainfall</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council has set out a new action plan to help the city’s drainage system cope with heavier rainfall and reduce the risk of flooding.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New head of adult social care and all-age commissioning appointed</title>
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      <description>The city council has appointed its new head of adult social care services for Stoke-on-Trent.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>£14,000 of illegal tobacco seized in latest crackdown</title>
      <link>https://www.stoke.gov.uk/news/article/2050/14000_of_illegal_tobacco_seized_in_latest_crackdown</link>
      <description>The city council’s trading standards team with partners have carried out an enforcement exercise to tackle the supply of illegal tobacco in Stoke-on-Trent.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:11:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Council orders clear up of Longport waste site</title>
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      <description>The council has served an Enforcement Notice requiring all waste operations on the site to cease.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Throw Down ceramics inspired by Stoke-on-Trent on display at Gladstone Pottery Museum</title>
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      <description>Ceramic pieces inspired by Stoke-on-Trent’s industrial heritage - and created in the latest series of The Great Pottery Throw Down - are now on display at Gladstone Pottery Museum.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Employers invited to strengthen financial wellbeing with new ‘Pledge Day’ initiative</title>
      <link>https://www.stoke.gov.uk/news/article/2047/employers_invited_to_strengthen_financial_wellbeing_with_new_pledge_day_initiative</link>
      <description>Employers across Stoke-on-Trent are being invited to take a simple but powerful step to support their workforce as the city prepares for its first Credit Union Employer Pledge Day. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>£2.8 million funding boost to help change lives of disadvantaged people in the city</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent has been awarded just under £2.8 million of government funding to help disadvantaged and vulnerable adults improve their life chances.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>City council launches new strategy to support children in education</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council has set out ambitious new targets to raise school standards, improve attendance and give every child a better start in life. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Council sets out plans to protect wildlife and improve access to nature</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent City Council has set out new plans to protect wildlife, restore natural habitats and improve access to green spaces across the city.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Housing repairs loans set to be offered to residents</title>
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      <description>Stoke-on-Trent residents could soon be able to access affordable home-improvement loans to help them make essential repairs and adaptations to their properties.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>More than 2,000 employees benefit from Social Care Academy in first 12 months</title>
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      <description>More than 2,000 people who care for adults across Staffordshire and Stoke‑on‑Trent have now signed up to access training through a new learning platform.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Draft Packmoor masterplan draws on key priorities set out by residents in wide-ranging engagement</title>
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      <description>People are being invited to have their say on a new draft masterplan for Packmoor, marking an important step in shaping the future of their community.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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