Hundreds of lorries will flood a South Staffordshire village each week for decades after plans to quarry an area the size of 15 football pitches near homes were approved.

The mother of murder victim Richard Deakin today spoke of her devastation and fears after one of the men accused of his killing escaped from his prison van.

Three more men were in court today charged with the murder of a father shot dead in his Staffordshire home. They are Andrew Hill and John Anslow both from Bilston, and Leigh Astbury, from Wolverhampton.

Charges have been brought against Staffordshire County Council after dangerous asbestos fibres were released into a primary school.

A controversial development of 32 new homes in South Staffordshire has been rejected by the Government’s planning inspector.

Three generations of one family today spoke about their battle with cancer – after all being diagnosed with the disease in the same month.

The family of a woman killed when she was knocked from her bicycle on an accident blackspot in South Staffordshire today described her as a “devoted” mother.

When Jill and Vic  Powell welcomed two youngsters into their Staffordshire home they thought that, like a lot of children, the girls would want to eat junk food and watch hours of TV.

Further “radical” changes will follow a sweeping shake-up of policing in Staffordshire, one of the county’s most senior officers said today.

A sneak-in burglar took purses and handbags containing sentimental items from four pensioners’ flats within an hour in South Staffordshire, police revealed today.