Dozens of new homes on a Staffordshire estate which is undergoing a £17 million transformation will be completed this summer, it was announced today.

Most walkers like nothing more than to sit down in the countryside, relax and take in the beauty around them.

More than 1,000 people from across the country braved Arctic conditions to take part in an 11- mile run through frozen lakes and over hills on Cannock Chase.

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.