Staffordshire County, England News

The Queen's Head remains one of the most popular and authentic public houses in the Black Country of the West Midlands.

A band who had just performed in a Staffordshire pub spent the night at a police station over allegations a firearm had been seen in their van.

OLD Mammund Burhanuddin has been jailed for five years after smashing a concrete slab over a man's head.

RETAIL business bosses were commended for their efforts to cut crime in the borougha s high streets and shopping centres.

BUSINESSES say a multiple vehicle crash on the A500 which closed half of the road for more than 12 hours affected their trade.

A man has died in hospital and another victim is being treated for gunshot wounds after a shooting at a nightclub.

DIGGER manufacturer JCB has announced plans to shed almost 200 jobs at its UK factories.

POLICE are warning drivers not to leave valuables in their vehicles after thieves stole tools from a van in Abbots Bromley.

DRUG user David Benbow twice drove the wrong way along the M6 at more than 100mph while being chased by police.

AN ELDERLY Buxton man was beaten and robbed in his own home by teenagers he thought were his friends, a court was told.

A man threatened at knifepoint by two men who burst into his Telford home as he lay in bed today welcomed the jail terms handed out to the robbers.

BRIAN Houssart is well-known as a taxi driver and former Southend councillor. Yet few realise he has spent 37 years doing his best to help others.

A DUDLEY teenager has been handed suspended jail sentences by Dudley Magistrates after assaulting two police officers.

A CORONER has ruled a teenage passenger was unlawfully killed in a car crash which also claimed the life of the 17-year-old driver.

A haul of heroin with an estimated street value of more than 3.5 million has been seized by police in Stourbridge.

The carer and close friend of Councillor Bill Thomas, the former leader of Sandwell Council, stole money off him to pay off drug dealers.

ASHBOURNE'S rich heritage looks set to take centre stage over the coming years after the Ashbourne Partnership secured funding to begin a project geared at showing off our proud history.

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The 10 worst railway stations in the country have been named and shamed in a report.

THREE well known Crewe authors have joined forces to write a book on Crewea TMs involvement in the Boer War.