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Drayton Manor is opening a brand new land with three rides later this year

Drayton Manor theme park in Staffordshire is opening three new rides in a new Viking themed land later this year including a ride for young children

Daily Mirror

‘I like all of it’: Neil Baldwin, Staffordshire local hero, on a new play about his remarkable life

A theatre adaptation of the TV film Marvellous, which starred Toby Jones, finds new insights into what makes this football mascot, clown and friend of archbishops special

The Guardian - UK

Armed gang who left woman so terrified she wet herself chased off by brave gran

The three men, aged between 20 and 28, were part of a six-strong gang who stormed the address in Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire in search of drugs and cash - but fled empty handed when a brave grandma threatened to call police

Daily Mirror

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Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire firms urged to have their say in huge business survey

Businesses have just days left to take part in the Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire LEP's economic status report

Birmingham Post

Funding deal reached on huge Staffordshire warehouse project which will create 500 jobs

The 330,000 sq ft warehouse is being constructed as part of the Novus Point project in Newcastle-under-Lyme

Birmingham Post

Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire gearing up for electric vehicle 'revolution' in next decade

New research suggests more than 200,000 cars could be on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire by the end of 2030

Birmingham Post

Man, 63, was forced to crawl due to agonising illness that had him considering suicide

Alan Bentley, 63, from Leek in Staffordshire, has had Olmsted Syndrome, a rare condition which means his live has been a living hell for years and left him contemplating taking his own life

Daily Mirror

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Brit in Ukraine begs for help after Russian invasion leaves family hiding in cellar

English teacher Harry Richardson, who once worked at a college in Leek, Staffordshire, said he and his family are sheltering with another 70 terrified locals in a cellar beneath Cherkasy - a town around 100 miles from Kyiv

Daily Mirror

Road worker dies on M6 following police car chase

Staffordshire police say man was driver of a stationary ‘highways vehicle’ hit by a car they were pursuing

The Guardian - UK

New 'Levelling Up' report outlines major plans to improve A50/A500 corridor in Staffordshire and Derbyshire

Midlands Connect says the plans will help reduce congestion, support businesses and promote greener transport use along the 90km stretch

Birmingham Post

Serial raider guilty of murdering two pensioners in separate 'vicious' burglaries

Amos Wilsher, 29, killed an 88-year-old widow and an elderly widower, 87, following a spate of 'vicious' burglaries in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent

Daily Mirror

520 jobs saved as Staffordshire biscuit factory sold to Bernard Matthews owner

2 Sisters Food Group announced it was putting Elkes Biscuits, in Uttoxeter, on the market last year

Birmingham Post

Heartbroken husband stayed with wife's dead body for three days in woods

Michael Winter and his wife Angela, 56, had been forced to live in a tent at a campsite in Burton, Staffordshire, after they lost their jobs due to the pandemic

Daily Mirror

New partnerships for RKW and Tile Mountain and more Staffordshire business news

Caravans in the Sun, Water Plus and Dig-X also feature in this week's news in brief round-up

Birmingham Post

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Movers and shakers: A round-up of appointments from across Staffordshire

A marketing agency, a law firm and a technology company have all recently welcomed new recruits

The Independent UK

NHS hospital doctor arrested on suspicion of sexual assault

Staffordshire Police confirmed there was an investigation ‘ongoing’ into the actions of a 34-year-old West Midlands man.

The Guardian - UK

West Midlands doctor arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting child patient

Police had previously investigated suspect in 2018 but case dropped for ‘insufficient evidence’

Daily Mirror

Landlady warns drinkers taking cocaine "I'm onto you" with angry note in pub loo

Landlady Judy Boulton announced she had found empty cocaine bags behind a loo in her pub in the New Inn, in Burslem, Staffordshire, in a message she taped to the tiles in the men's toilets

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Birmingham Post

News in brief: Seven of the latest business stories from across Staffordshire

Fisher German, Acorn Training and CPCL all feature in this week's round up

Daily Mirror

Postie's nightmare as pheasant attacks him most days and goes for his ankles on rounds

Mark Brough claims the bird is often in hot pursuit of him on his route in Cheddleton, Staffordshire, and that residents of Vale View have 'had enough' of the beaked bully

Birmingham Post

Company behind Pilgrims Choice and Kerrygold brands launches recruitment drive in centenary year

There are around 80 vacancies up for grabs at Staffordshire-based Ornua Foods UK

The Independent UK

Mother to take fight over landfill site to European Court of Human Rights

Rebecca Currie lives near a quarry in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, and claims gases from the site risk shortening her son’s life.

Daily Mirror

Mum fights off intruder with hammer 'to protect baby' - before spending 8 hours in cell

Bethany Leese claims a gang of four turned up at her house in Milton, Staffordshire, while she was alone with her baby so she grabbed a hammer and tried to protect herself

Daily Mirror

Gran, 82, dubbed Britain's 'most loyal guest' after going to same hotel for 80 years

Anne Dunn, 82, from Lichfield, Staffordshire, has spent around £20,000 on her regular stays at the three-star Colwall Park Hotel in Malvern after first going in 1942

Daily Mirror

Boy, 9, is second Brit to be crushed to death by falling tree in Storm Malik 80mph winds

A nine-year-old boy is one of at least three believed to have been killed by Storm Malik, with Staffordshire Police confirming he died after a tree uprooted near Tean

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