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Housebuilder explores what’s driving demand among Staffordshire homeowners in 2026

As we look ahead to 2026, the motivations of Staffordshire homeowners are evolving – shaped by economic pressures, the rise of multigenerational living and ever-increasing focus on sustainability.

Supporting image for story: Housebuilder explores what’s driving demand among Staffordshire homeowners in 2026

Supporting image for story: Alex Ballinger MP welcomes new funding to fix roads in Halesowen following top performance rating

Alex Ballinger MP welcomes new funding to fix roads in Halesowen following top performance rating

Supporting image for story: Political opinion: MP calls for expanded gritting on main roads across Cannock Chase

Political opinion: MP calls for expanded gritting on main roads across Cannock Chase

Supporting image for story: Talking Point with Vicky Turrell: 'We all invent ways of coping'

Talking Point with Vicky Turrell: 'We all invent ways of coping'

Supporting image for story: Reader highlights irony in letters whinging about the BBC - your letters, and archive image captures rock choir joy

Reader highlights irony in letters whinging about the BBC - your letters, and archive image captures rock choir joy

Supporting image for story: Political opinion: Alex Ballinger MP welcomes first Road Safety Strategy in over a decade

Political opinion: Alex Ballinger MP welcomes first Road Safety Strategy in over a decade

Supporting image for story: 'Life in Dudley has been 40 years of hurt' - Mark Andrews on why his beloved town has been damaged by Merry Hill

'Life in Dudley has been 40 years of hurt' - Mark Andrews on why his beloved town has been damaged by Merry Hill

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Supporting image for story: A reader’s anger over ‘double standards’ in animal welfare laws - your letters, plus RAF Cosford bids farewell to Ben the dog mascot in a picture throwback

A reader’s anger over ‘double standards’ in animal welfare laws - your letters, plus RAF Cosford bids farewell to Ben the dog mascot in a picture throwback

Supporting image for story: Thoughts on vaping in public - your letters, plus when Wolves and Shrewsbury crossed paths in a picture from the archive

Thoughts on vaping in public - your letters, plus when Wolves and Shrewsbury crossed paths in a picture from the archive

Supporting image for story: Mark Andrews: Trump's sour grapes, Storm Goretti, and when did shoplifting become socially acceptable?

Mark Andrews: Trump's sour grapes, Storm Goretti, and when did shoplifting become socially acceptable?

Supporting image for story: Your Letters: 'From joy to global fears' – a reader’s view on facing the year ahead, plus a look back at gritting the 1950s way

Your Letters: 'From joy to global fears' – a reader’s view on facing the year ahead, plus a look back at gritting the 1950s way

Supporting image for story: 'The world has lost its great leaders,' says reader: Your Letters, and a 1977 picture of the last Hastings aircraft at RAF Cosford

'The world has lost its great leaders,' says reader: Your Letters, and a 1977 picture of the last Hastings aircraft at RAF Cosford

Supporting image for story: Political opinion: Wolverhampton MP says this year Britain turns a corner

Political opinion: Wolverhampton MP says this year Britain turns a corner

Supporting image for story: Political opinion: MP's campaign to ban ghost number plates has been victorious – here’s why it matters

Political opinion: MP's campaign to ban ghost number plates has been victorious – here’s why it matters

Supporting image for story: 'A heartfelt note to Peter Rhodes on his illness' - Your Letters, plus 1947 snow and an unexpected worker in a picture throwback

'A heartfelt note to Peter Rhodes on his illness' - Your Letters, plus 1947 snow and an unexpected worker in a picture throwback

Supporting image for story: 'Is America heading for its own Suez moment?' asks reader - Your Letters, plus a throwback to 1978 when heavy snow closed schools across the region

'Is America heading for its own Suez moment?' asks reader - Your Letters, plus a throwback to 1978 when heavy snow closed schools across the region

Supporting image for story: Opinion: 'This year Britain turns a corner' - Alex Ballinger MP

Opinion: 'This year Britain turns a corner' - Alex Ballinger MP

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Supporting image for story: Government signals U-turn on mandatory digital ID

Government signals U-turn on mandatory digital ID

Supporting image for story: Man dies following road crash which also claimed life of pregnant woman

Man dies following road crash which also claimed life of pregnant woman

Supporting image for story: Robison cannot say if five more national treatment centres will be delivered

Robison cannot say if five more national treatment centres will be delivered

Supporting image for story: Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in Moray Firth for provisions after seizure by US

Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in Moray Firth for provisions after seizure by US

Supporting image for story: BBC journalist Martha Kearney was ‘surprisingly nervous’ to be made CBE

BBC journalist Martha Kearney was ‘surprisingly nervous’ to be made CBE

Supporting image for story: US invasion would be an attack on all Nato allies, says Greenland minister

US invasion would be an attack on all Nato allies, says Greenland minister

Viral News

Supporting image for story: Man cycling from Cork to Mount Everest to raise money for children’s wards

Man cycling from Cork to Mount Everest to raise money for children’s wards

Supporting image for story: Irish basket weaver takes craft to Glastonbury and beyond

Irish basket weaver takes craft to Glastonbury and beyond

Supporting image for story: Scottish TikToker of the year revealed

Scottish TikToker of the year revealed

Supporting image for story: John Lewis recall popular toddler toys due to 'choking' risk

John Lewis recall popular toddler toys due to 'choking' risk

Supporting image for story: The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65

The Cure guitarist and keyboard player Perry Bamonte dies aged 65

Supporting image for story: Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Reiner among the celebrities we mourned in 2025

Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Reiner among the celebrities we mourned in 2025

World News

Iran Protests

Trump cancels meetings with Iran officials and tells protesters ‘help is on way’

Supporting image for story: Clintons face contempt charges after refusing to give evidence in Epstein probe

Clintons face contempt charges after refusing to give evidence in Epstein probe

Supporting image for story: Death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spikes to at least 2,000 – activists

Death toll from nationwide protests in Iran spikes to at least 2,000 – activists

Supporting image for story: Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial opens in Paris with 2027 presidential bid at stake

Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial opens in Paris with 2027 presidential bid at stake

Supporting image for story: Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial opens in Paris with 2027 presidential bid at stake

Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial opens in Paris with 2027 presidential bid at stake

Supporting image for story: Four killed as Russia launches another major attack on Ukraine’s power grid

Four killed as Russia launches another major attack on Ukraine’s power grid