Nine Staffordshire Moorlands pubs have been recognised for their quality and service by North Staffordshire’s Titanic Brewery.  The pubs have been awarded Blue Riband Inns of Excellence Service by the Burslem based brewer.  And to celebrate, customers are being given the chance to claim a limited edition T-shirt, by having a special Blue Riband passport stamped in each pub.  The Staffordshire Moorlands Blue Riband Pilgrimage launches on New Year’s Day.  T-shirts are available to anyone who gets their passport stamped in each of the nine pubs during January and February.  The Inns of Excellence ...

Staffordshire Housing Association is offering free courses to residents looking to boost their education and skills. The North Staffordshire based social housing group offers a Live and Learn Programme to its 3,000 residents. A wide variety of education, leisure and vocational training opportunities are available through Live and Learn. Former stay-at-home mum, Maria Tylman, is hoping to embark on a career in education with the help of qualifications achieved on a Live and Learn course. Maria passed a Level Three Child Protection Awareness course after reading about the Live and Learn ...

A Hearing Advice Day is due to be held for all workers in Great Yarmouth and surrounding areas who may have been exposed to noise at work at some point during their life.  Attwood Solicitors, specialist Noise Induced Hearing Loss Solicitors, have already had great success for shipyard workers in the North of England and are now looking to extend their help to those in Great Yarmouth.  The Hearing Advice Day will run from 10am to 4pm at St James Health and Resource Centre, Queens Road, Great Yarmouth on Wednesday, 14 December.  Qualified audiologists will be on hand to conduct the hearing tests.   The ...