Around 180 jobs are being created in Staffordshire in a recruitment drive by fast food giant McDonald’s.

The handover of all leisure centres, museums and theatres in Cannock from council control to a charitable trust has been delayed, it emerged today.

All would-be housing tenants will have to undergo police checks before being allowed the chance of a council home under plans by a Staffordshire authority.

A multi-million pound health centre that would have treated 10,000 patients in Staffordshire has been scrapped, four years after the plans were first mooted.

Shamed Staffordshire MP Aidan Burley today broke his silence over his Nazi stag-do row, apologising for the “terrible offence” he caused and saying he had put his family through hell.

The leader of Cannock Chase Council today called for MP Aidan Burley to step down after bringing what he described as “disgrace” on the town.

A waste worker has been fined for dumping rubbish at a Staffordshire beauty spot after finding a tip closed. Joshua Bridge, 19, dumped several black bags full of paperwork, food wrappers and general office waste in Cannock Forest.

Motorists in Cannock Chase paid more than £91,000 in parking fines in six months as figures showed the number of tickets handed out by enforcers in the district rose four per cent.

The cost of benefits in the West Midlands jumped by almost £56 million last year, with some areas claiming more than twice as much as parts of the same borough.

Councils in the West Midlands spent £34.6 million on agency staff in one year as they axed hundreds of jobs.