News published August 2020
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Residents across the city enjoy a summer of #Stokecation adventures
Your 2020 holiday plans may have gone out of the window, but you haven’t needed to travel far from your front door to enjoy a whole summer of fun.
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Plea to communities in Stoke-on-Trent for continued co-operation to avoid lock-down as case numbers continue to rise
As cases numbers continue to rise across Stoke-on-Trent, communities are being urged by Stoke-on-Trent City Council to continue to abide by public health guidance to avoid local lock-downs.
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Council welcomes £2.8m from Government’s Getting Building Fund
City council leaders have welcomed the £2.8 million cash injection from the Government’s Getting Building Fund to deliver jobs and skills and support the economy across Stoke-on-Trent.
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Tunstall Town Hall restoration continues to move forward
Restoration work at an historic town hall has stepped up a gear – as the first phase of a £4 million investment into a major city heritage asset edges nearer to completion.
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Residents in Normacot urged to get coronavirus test, after increase in cases
Residents in Normacot are being urged to get a coronavirus test – and a temporary mobile testing centre has been set up with the NHS – after an increase in cases in the area.
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Pubs and drinkers urged to follow social distancing rules
Two pubs in Stoke-on-Trent are being monitored after the city council received further allegations that rules on social distancing are still being broken.
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Pub-goers urged to follow health guidance, and 342 small businesses benefit from further £1.1m of grants
Pub-goers are being urged: be sensible, plan ahead and follow health measures. Plus, the authority is allocating a further £1.1m in discretionary grants. And council extends opening of leisure centres
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Trading standards teams investigate after reports of social distancing being flouted in pubs
Pub goers are urged to prepare for and plan their visits, and follow health measures in venues, as trading standards teams respond to a number of reports of social distancing rules being flouted.