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£1.5m care home plan to create 35 jobs

Up to 35 new jobs are set to be created by the £1.5 million conversion of Albrighton’s former Elysium health club into a care home.


Preparation to begin for £2.1m station at Cosford

Work to prepare the ground where a £2.1 million new station will be built near Wolverhampton is expected to begin this week, transport chiefs said today.


Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley joins hunt spectators

Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley was among hundreds of spectators who gathered for an annual Boxing Day hunt in Staffordshire.


Residents’ fears on Jaguar Land Rover plant flyover bid

A motorway flyover serving the newly-approved Jaguar Land Rover engine plant would be “catastrophic” for residents living nearby, it was claimed today.


Rail passengers stranded on tracks near Penkridge

Train passengers in Staffordshire were left stranded for up to three hours and forced to clamber down onto tracks amid chaos on the rail network.


Horns Of Boningale, Boningale

With a history dating back more than 300 years it is perhaps no surprise to learn that The Horns of Boningale started out serving nothing but ham and eggs to the cattlemen of Shropshire, writes Helen Cartwright.


Firm saves struggling Royal British Legion clubs

A Midland company with interests in the soft drinks industry has come to the rescue of struggling Royal British Legion social clubs by taking them over at a cost of hundreds of thousands of pounds.


Alison Norton’s am dram round-up – October 7

Show Week is finally here, writes our am dram guru Alison Norton! My home company, South Staffs, are very excited as Guys and Dolls starts next week and all their hard work will hopefully pay off, but already the cast are thinking about next year’s show, which we are very proud to say will be [...]


Cannock man victim of M54 crash

A man who died when he was thrown out of a van in a four-vehicle crash on the M54 was from Staffordshire.


Man dies following M54 smash

A man has died after a smash between two lorries and two vans on the M54 between Junction 3, for Albrighton, and Junction 4, near Shifnal, just before 8.30am today.

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