Stafford news


Seven jobs to be axed at Shugborough

Seven posts will be axed at Staffordshire’s Shugborough estate due to funding cuts, it can be revealed today, with volunteers expected to plug the gap.


Rangers boss vows to attack Chester

Stafford Rangers manager Greg Clowes insists there’s no way his team will be “parking the bus” at Evo-Stik Northern Premier League leaders Chester.


Rising visitor numbers for high streets

Soaring numbers of shoppers are flocking to high streets in Staffordshire, town centre bosses said today.


Rangers boss wants to keep up form

Stafford Rangers boss Greg Clowes today challenged his side to keep up their momentum in Feburary after a breakthrough month for the club.


Outcry over ‘offensive’ Top Totty ale helps sales

Staffordshire family-run brewer Slater’s today revealed it has seen sales sky rocket since one of its ales upset a female MP.


Hospital staff face huge rise in car parking bills

Nurses and doctors at Cannock Chase Hospital are being forced to pay huge increases in staff parking charges, it emerged today.


The rise of the meat megamarket

Gary Walker opened his Town and Country Meat Megastore in the Black Country just last week – and welcomed more than 3,700 customers in his first two days.


PCSOs given new powers over booze

Police community support officers throughout Staffordshire are now able to seize drugs and alcohol as well as detain suspects following the granting of new powers.


Rangers boss backs the big away day

Stafford Rangers manager Greg Clowes today backed the initiative to take the club’s biggest away following of the season to league leaders Chester.


Number of empty shops among country’s highest

High streets in the Black Country have some of the largest number of empty shops in the country, new figures revealed today.

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