Staffordshire County, England News

A pregnant woman who invited a policewoman into her half- decorated home ended up being reported to social workers for being a potentially unfit mother.

A WOMAN who dumped a Milking Bank man just two days after their wedding told a jury how he savagely lunged at her with a kitchen knife when he went to the house where she was living with her new boyfriend.

A 32-YEAR-old man has been sent into custody following a shooting at a Brierley Hill nightclub.

A man who repeatedly self-harmed, even stabbing himself in the stomach, was found hanged in a barn weeks after asking to be re-admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

A PUB near Uttoxeter is now offering people in the area an English alternative to the traditional takeaway.

A pub customer disarmed a gangster gunman despite being shot four times, a court heard yesterday.

A man with a history of mental illness died in police custody after being hit by a patrol car that was called to his home, a jury inquest has been told.

A FILM funded with public money and exposed by the Sunday Express for promoting gang violence has been pulled from cinemas after threats of drive-by shootings.

A BRANSTON lorry driver has been cleared of blame for the death of a cyclist who hit his head on the back of the truck after falling from his bike.

SIX families were duped out of a total of 177,750 after falling victim to a pyramid investment scheme.

A DENSTONE woman involved in one of two major crashes in less than a week at an accident blackspot near Uttoxeter has called for action on the danger road.

As illegal gun dealer Paul Alexander starts an indefinite sentence for supplying guns to the criminal underworld, BBC News examines his criminal past.

A CRIMINAL who broke into 30 homes in Crewe has been sent to prison for four years.

A MAN has been jailed after being caught on CCTV in Brierley Hill - by the camera he was attempting to steal.

THE man accused of attacking a rival with a machete has said the victim was injured by his own friend.

A 32-YEAR-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Brierley Hill nightclub.

Two men have been taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition after separate road accidents in Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

A UTTOXETER woman who was four times the drink-drive limit may have survived a fatal road smash had she been wearing a seatbelt, an inquest has heard.

A PAEDOPHILEa TMS victim was left terrified to leave home after her attacker walked free for a year.

POLICE in Leek say they are cracking down on car thieves following a spate of attacks in the last month.