A teenager who repeatedly stamped on the head of an unconscious victim outside a Wolverhampton city centre nightspot was today behind bars.

Appearances can be deceiving as our reviewer, Shaun Lintern, found out on a trip to Penkridge.

The brave grandmother who armed herself with a mop and chased a masked gunman from her South Staffordshire corner shop today admitted she felt sorry for her attacker.

This CCTV shows the dramatic moments an elderly shopkeeper armed herself with a mop and chased a masked gunman from her South Staffordshire store.

A criminal gang that sold stolen luxury cars in a £1.1 million “highly-sophisticated and well-planned” con was today starting prison sentences totalling 32 years.

Market traders in a Staffordshire town have launched a new initiative to help out struggling businesses.

A shopkeeper today told how she fended off an armed robber after grabbing a mop and chasing him from her Staffordshire store on the “spur of the moment”.

A shopkeeper chased a masked gunman out of her Staffordshire store with a mop and pursued him until he fired in her direction, a court heard.

A burglar sneaked into a leisure centre pretending to be a member of a football team before kicking in the door to their changing rooms and stealing phones, cash and clothes.

A housing development, supermarket and hotel earmarked for land near a Staffordshire village are poised to be given the go-ahead – despite opposition from residents and parish councillors.