Staffordshire County, England News

Sandyford had made their way to 117-2, thanks to 43 not out from Will Marks and Mitchell Underwood's 42.

PATIENTS treated at North Staffordshire's A&E unit can no longer be guaranteed a safe service, according to its director.

MAJOR Scunthorpe company Kestrel-BCE is set to expand and boost employment as the workers get ready to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its opening.

This week the men Darren Hackett, 31, Pool Farm Road, in Acocks Green , Francis Gilsenan, 28, and Daniel Sheridan, 20, of Tyseley Lane, Tyseley , were jailed for a total of eleven years after admitting three counts of burglary at Birmingham Crown Court .

Young Jack Thompson from Crewe met Coll, the Savigny's Eagle Owl and handler Jimmi Hill, during Reaseheath College's Family Festival Spectators enjoyed demonstrations by celebrity chef Brian Mellor, football freestyler Craig Gorey and the Pen Llyn Lusitano classical dressage horse display team.

Damien Herian, 10, had been enjoying a day-out at a popular adventure theme park in the former Punjab state capital of Jalandhar when he fell ill A Black Country schoolboy died in his father's arms just minutes after being given a mystery injection for a stomach ache while on holiday in India.

In a statement, Jake's family said: "Jake was a smart, caring, beautiful man who had a great sense of humour and could always make you smile.

A woman driver who left a nurse paralysed for life when she crashed her car while driving on the wrong side of the road has been spared jail and fined just A 90.

From Baltic to the Lowry, grand building projects invigorated provincial life, but the attitude is: if it doesn't pay, why bother? Maria Miller used her first public speech as culture secretary last month to insist that funding for the arts will have to be justified by returns.

Wolverhampton University student Maddison McNally with her art 'Man in Machine' at the Ruskin Glass Centre.

The kennels can look after up to 120 dogs in kennels on three floors of the building in Digbeth, near Birmingham city centre "You get people telling you it looks like a prison, and it does," admits Darren Calveley about the Birmingham Dogs' Home premises he manages.

A new heritage trail has been launched in Handsworth and Lozells to highlight and promote the history of the areas.

A VIOLET carpet dominates as far as the eye can see as spring finally blooms at a renowned visitor attraction in East Staffordshire.

TWO thugs have been jailed after they assaulted a man in a working men's club on Christmas Day night.

Paul Slim in his impressive home cinema shed which is running for Shed of the year.

A TEENAGER who lost part of a leg to cancer is celebrating after he and his partner won a national gymnastics title.

John Robert Clive, currently of no fixed abode was arrested in February following burglaries at the British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research, Age Concern and Crick and Mardling solicitors on February 20.

Indian restaurant Roshni, in Forsbrook, near Stoke on Trent, evoked memories of an Indian holiday for Louise Elliott and her husband, Martin, when they dined there recently.

Street entertainer Dizzy Lizzy will be among a host of characters and attractions aiming to use creative talent to bring people together for the Forge Forward Art's Day in Dudley town centre.

Buy this photo MP Gavin Williamson helping lifting Kegs as Part of Dray Day at Kinver Brewery.