Virus shuts Stafford Hospital ward

A ward at Stafford Hospital has been closed due to an outbreak of norovirus.

It is the latest outbreak at the hospital, which was forced to shut five wards, and the Acute Medical Unit, to new admissions last month.

Interim director of nursing Julie Hendry said: "Although we are not stopping visitors from coming to the hospital, we would ask that members of the public support us in trying to reduce the spread by not attending where possible."