Stone mayor Cllr Mike Shaw and his wife Sue will be launching the town’s giant Advent calendar when they unveil the first window at the library in Market Square on Saturday (December 1) at 11am. This year’s theme is carols from around the world and the civic leaders will be helped by Walton Priory Middle...
For the third year running a giant community Advent calendar is being revealed day by day in Stone shop windows from 1st December to 24th. The theme this year is Christmas Carols. Sixteen of this year’s windows involve partnerships between the shops and schools and other organisations in the community. The decorated windows will remain over...
Few will have missed the skydiver who broke the speed of sound in October. The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner (43, why do we have to know people’s age?) prepared for 7 years for this memorable attempt. He jumped from 24 miles above New Mexico and reached a maximum velocity of 833.9 mph (1,342 km/h) during...
Stone traders are getting ready to wish everyone a very merry Christmas as they plan to turn the town into a giant Advent calendar again. After the huge success of the last two years with their giant Advent calendar, businesses are repeating the project this year with the theme of carols from around the world....
We had a very successful mission week last month with Glasgow based rockers, the Royal Foundlings. The band was able to take music classes, run lunch time concerts and take the assemblies at Alleynes High School. The band was well received by staff and pupils alike. Many of the young people really enjoyed the music...