Security on tap for festival

A pub landlord has found a novel way of protecting his alcohol ahead of a beer festival this weekend – by sleeping with it.


Villagers planning opening of own store

Residents are banding together to open up a community store in their village near Lichfield.


Allotment fight goes on after bid rejected

A £500,000 bid to turn an overgrown eyesore into community allotments has been rejected. But the director of health for Sandwell says he is not going to give up on the project.


Festival prices cut to boost ticket sales

A star-packed line-up is not enough to prevent a popular Staffordshire music festival featuring Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson being hit by the recession and a slump in ticket sales.


Soccer coaching goal for youngsters

More youngsters with disabilities and special needs in Staffordshire are to have specialist soccer coaching thanks to an innovative scheme being launched by a community group.


Marathon man Ian praises machines

A veteran marathon runner has given the thumbs-up to new running machines at Burntwood Leisure Centre.


Pie jibe hard to swallow for Saddlers

Avid Walsall FC fans have jumped to the defence of the club’s pies after a footie-mad foodie rated them among the worst in the country.


Letter: Downhill trip with yob trio

I am writing to tell you what happened to me and a bus full of innocent passengers on the evening of April 22, and how our society is fast going downhill.


Arrests in police blitz

Four people were arrested in Kidderminster and Stafford during raids carried out by West Mercia Police as part of a crackdown on burglaries.


Man injured in scaffold fall

A man, in his 30s, was airlifted to hospital after falling from scaffolding while working on a property at Castle Road, Cookley, near Kidderminster.

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